We are Target Who and in our crazy mission to spread our
books out across the country we are receiving lots of help. Help from family, friends, work colleagues,
other Doctor Who fans and teachers. All
are working with us to ensure our books reach the school libraries, where a new generation of Doctor Who fans will discover and be enthralled
by them. Here we will break down one
such journey to demonstrate just how people are aiding us.
One of the earliest and most supportive people to contact
us was Nicola Gwilym, School Mentor at Dovedale Junior School in
Liverpool. We received a lovely email of
support on the very morning of our very first delivery. It ensured my day started with a smile as I
nervously returned to my childhood school with our first bundle of books. Shortly before the summer break began, Dovedale Junior
School received a small parcel of books, and here is the crazy journey it took
up the country to reach them.
1. The books were purchased in Essex and Andrew collected
them and took them back to Fordingbridge in Hampshire.
2. David then travelled down from Gloucester and collected a large portion of the books to form the Gloucestershire Hub.
3. The nearest member of our group to Liverpool was Dave Pashby up in Leeds. Several hundred books were taken up to Birmingham by David’s wife Emma,who was meeting relatives for a 40th Birthday weekend treat in a hotel. She passed the books to her sister Donna, who transported them up to Rotherham where she lives. From here Dave collected them, forming a Leeds Hub.
4. Dave now asked for help around his workplace. He managed to find someone working over in the firms Manchester office called Jon who lived in Runcorn willing to help, but how to get the books from Leeds to Manchester?
5. Dave then found a maintenance worker named Darren who volunteered to take the books over to Manchester. This caused a slight unforeseen problem though! The company has two offices in Manchester and Darren mistakenly delivered them to the wrong one! This was sorted with the help of Liam who transported them to the correct Manchester office and passed the books to Jon.
2. David then travelled down from Gloucester and collected a large portion of the books to form the Gloucestershire Hub.
3. The nearest member of our group to Liverpool was Dave Pashby up in Leeds. Several hundred books were taken up to Birmingham by David’s wife Emma,who was meeting relatives for a 40th Birthday weekend treat in a hotel. She passed the books to her sister Donna, who transported them up to Rotherham where she lives. From here Dave collected them, forming a Leeds Hub.
4. Dave now asked for help around his workplace. He managed to find someone working over in the firms Manchester office called Jon who lived in Runcorn willing to help, but how to get the books from Leeds to Manchester?
5. Dave then found a maintenance worker named Darren who volunteered to take the books over to Manchester. This caused a slight unforeseen problem though! The company has two offices in Manchester and Darren mistakenly delivered them to the wrong one! This was sorted with the help of Liam who transported them to the correct Manchester office and passed the books to Jon.
6. Nicola travelled to Jon’s house and and collected the books along with two more sets for other Liverpool schools, which she then
helped deliver.
So the full route is:
Andrew -> David -> Emma -> Donna -> Dave
-> Darren -> Liam -> Jon -> Nicola -> Dovedale Junior School
Nicola told us:
We asked in assembly this
morning for any Dr Who fans to meet with me - but to avoid a deluge I asked
only for SERIOUS fans, ones who could name at least five of the Drs! I had
twelve pupils who met with me and I told them the story of TargetWho. They were
very excited and it was interesting how many of their parents were equally
die-hard fans. Several of the children had some Dr Who books at home but only
one had seen a book like the ones you presented to them.
I gave them each a picture quiz to do - they have to name as many of the Doctors and put them in order. I will mark them and maybe give them all a prize next week.
I gave them each a picture quiz to do - they have to name as many of the Doctors and put them in order. I will mark them and maybe give them all a prize next week.
I have given each of them the task of suggesting ways in which we can use the books to encourage reluctant readers. They are meeting with me next week with their ideas and then we will put them into practise. All eight books have been given out to some of the pupils and you asked about the effect it had on them! Two of the boys asked if they could stay in and read the book at lunchtime, another lad was walking out of school towards his mum reading the book as he went. Some of the pupils who met with me I have never worked with before but there was genuine excitement about being involved in a new venture - to use Dr Who to get others to read. Who knows where this might lead the group?
During
the course of communication with Nicola, we discovered that John Lennon was a
former pupil of Dovedale Junior School.
Die hard Doctor Who fans will know that The Beatles made a cameo
appearance in a 1965 episode of Doctor Who, singing Ticket to Ride on the
TARDIS Time/Space Visualiser. Now that
gives me another idea …
Target Who would like to thank everyone involved in the transportation
of these books to Liverpool
.
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