Every generation has their own Doctor Who and for a certain subset of Generation X who came of age in the early 1990s, that is Doctor Who: The New Adventures. Not a television series, of course, but a series of … Continue reading DW60: Too Broad, Too Deep, Too Far, Too Soon…? The New Adventures
These celebrity Doctor Who novels are interesting. Sure, we all know that they are written with the assistance of an established novelist (in this case Jac Rayner) but you can always feel something of the performer coming through in the … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – The Ruby’s Curse’ by Alex Kingston: Review
The Witchfinders arrives in the latest wave of ‘Target Books’ style releases – alongside Dalek, The Crimson Horror and re-releases of The Pirate Planet, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks and the TV Movie – and for some … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – The Witchfinders’ by Joy Wilkinson Review
This is not the book I intended to review. Over the Christmas holidays, I started reading The Knight, the Fool and the Dead by Steve Cole, the first book in the multi-platform, multi-Doctor Time Lord Victorious extravaganza, but the chill … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – The Christmas Invasion’ by Jenny T. Colgan
Following on from the success of Tom Baker’s Doctor Who – Scratchman, BBC Books have released a novel by Sophie Aldred, who played the companion Ace in the era of the Seventh Doctor. Now, I have to confess that I … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – At Childhood’s End’ by Sophie Aldred: Review
Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks are two parts of a trilogy in which nobody can really decide what the third part is. It might be Remembrance of the Daleks, which continues a lot of the themes … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – Revelation of the Daleks’ by Eric Saward
In the golden olden days of the Target novelisations, there were a few casualties that never made it through to the end of the run. The two Patrick Troughton Dalek stories were novelised shortly afterward by John Peel under the … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – Resurrection of the Daleks’ by Eric Saward
Tom Baker may well be the greatest author our country never had. His autobiography, Who on Earth is Tom Baker? was quite unlike any other book before or since; reading it was a bit like having Tom tell you his life story over the bar of the Dog and Duck, pint in hand, slightly sozzled. It was a masterpiece. He followed this up with The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, a children’s book… probably. No-one knew quite what to make of it, but I loved it. It ended up in the bargain bins very quickly, which just goes to show how … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who – Scratchman’ by Tom Baker
Borrowed time is the second new release from BBC Books and, like The Triple Knife, it has been previously published in some form previously. Written by prize-winning author Naomi A. Alderman, it was previously released in hardback during the tenure of the Eleventh Doctor, but this attractive re-branded paperback is well worth a second look. Doctor Who doesn’t have a terrific track record when it comes to stories in which time itself is a pivotal element – The Time Monster, Timelash, the TV Movie – none of them are the series’ brightest moments, but where Borrowed Time scores over all of those is in its … Continue reading ‘Borrowed Time’ by Naomi A. Alderman
The Triple Knife is one of two Doctor Who paperbacks released under the new brand. They’re not featuring the forthcoming new Doctor, of course – that would be giving too much away ahead of the new series – but they are both by prominent female writers in promotion of Doctor Who’s Year of the Woman. Written by Jenny T. Colgan, The Triple Knife is a collection of short stories either starring or told from the perspective of a significant female character from the recent years of Doctor Who. There are five stories of varying lengths in this collection: the story after which the book is named The Triple … Continue reading ‘The Triple Knife and Other Doctor Who Stories’ by Jenny T. Colgan
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