Doctor Who: Short Trips #19 : Dalek Empire edited by Nicholas Briggs with Simon Guerrier Dalek Empire is a 2001-08 audio spin-off series fr…
George White has had a storied life and has the photos to prove it. But when he gives a presentation in Hoxteth, he meets the Doctor and they realize this isn’t the first time they’ve been in the same place at the same time… There is a razor thin line between gentle and twee and…
Doctor Who : Ten Days of Christmas by Steve Cole Longtime readers of my blog will know that every year since 2011, I have read a Christmas-t…
Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection : Collected comic strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Alan Barnes, Andrew Cartmel,…
By James Goss BBC Books The Target novelisation of the third of the Doctor Who diamond anniversary specials. I imagine that when adapting some of the more ‘leisurely’ Doctor Who serials, Terrance Dicks thought to himself ‘Right, let’s make this a bit more lively.’ I cannot however imagine that James Goss had that experience with…
By Mark Morris BBC Books, out now in eBook, print copy 11 January The Target novelisation of the second of the Doctor Who diamond anniversary specials. As those who read my review of the televised episode will recall, I wasn’t totally on board with Wild Blue Yonder. Quite apart from the hype generated by the…
SPOILERS It’s the 43rd Century and a ship from 1,000 years upstream has just crashed and is calling for help. Danny Bartok is part of the retrieval team. But what use is ethics in the face of ambition? Writer Ash Darby and director Lisa Bowerman excel at tight ensembles like this and what starts as…
By Jonathan Morris, Simon Guerrier and Una McCormack BBC Books The essential celebration of 60 years of Doctor Who, featuring familiar faces from across time and space. In 60 years, a lot of guides have been written about Doctor Who, whether in-universe or focusing on the making of the show. This handsome hardback with full…
By Gary Russell BBC Books: eBook available now, paperback January An electronic Target novelisation of the first of the three Doctor Who diamond anniversary specials. Gary Russell adapts Russell T Davies’ screenplay, which in turn is partially based on the Doctor Who Weekly comic strip by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, and what a lot…
