BBC Books: Ninth Doctor Novels clarification

To expand upon the announcement last week about the forthcoming young adult Doctor Who novels based on the new television series, Justin Richards of BBC Books has contacted us with a statement that should clear up some confusion. "The 'blurbs' are taken from the BBCW internal project management system and intended to describe each of the projects. They aren't real back cover blurbs or marketing copy, they're just placeholder text. Similarly, the titles are working titles only. The schedule is provisional - and actually has been typed in wrong anyway! The order of the novels' release has already changed, for example. And the storylines have not yet been agreed in detail, so everything in these could turn out to be wrong. For the record, the audience we are aiming for is 'family' - exactly the same as the TV show. It would be rather silly to aim the books at a different audience, after all. That basically means the books will be every bit as sophisticated as the current range of novesl, but written with an awareness that children from about age 12 (rather than about 15 as now) will likely read them - so no graphic sex scenes or over the top violence or sadism etc." (Thanks to Justin Richards)