A brilliant new collection of spin-off stories from famous episodes throughout the history of Doctor Who - and a new format for the successful Target publishing range.
Terrance Dicks (Author)
Terrance Dicks became Script Editor of Doctor Who in 1968,
co-writing Patrick Troughton's classic final serial, The War Games,
and editing the show throughout the entire Jon Pertwee era to 1974.
He wrote many iconic episodes and serials for the show after,
including Tom Baker's first episode as the Fourth Doctor, Robot;
Horror at Fang Rock in 1977; State of Decay in 1980; and the 20th
anniversary special, The Five Doctors in 1983. Terrance novelised
over sixty of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books,
including classics like Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen and
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, inspiring a generation of
children to become readers and writers. He died in August 2019,
only weeks before the publication of his final Doctor Who short
story, 'Save Yourself', in The Target Storybook.
Matthew Sweet (Author)
Matthew Sweet presents the BBC radio programmes Free Thinking,
Sound of Cinema and The Philosopher's Arms. He has judged the Costa
Book Award, edited The Woman in White for Penguin Classics and was
Series Consultant on the Showtime/Sky Atlantic series Penny
Dreadful. His books include The West End Front and Operation Chaos-
The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers and
Themselves.
Simon Guerrier (Author)
Simon Guerrier is co-author of Doctor Who- The Women Who Lived and
Whographica for BBC Books, and has written countless Doctor Who
books, comics, audio plays and documentaries. He has been a guest
on Front Row and The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4 and, with his
brother Thomas, makes films and documentaries - most recently
Victorian Queens of Ancient Egypt for Radio 3.
Colin Baker (Author)
Colin Baker is an English actor who became known for playing Paul
Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976. He
went on to play the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the TV
series Doctor Who. He reprised the role for the 1993 Children in
Need special, Dimensions in Time, and the 1989 stage show Doctor
Who - The Ultimate Adventure. He has also voiced the Doctor for
over 140 Doctor Who audio stories for Big Finish Productions.
Matthew Waterhouse (Author)
Matthew Waterhouse played Adric, companion to Tom Baker and Peter
Davison's Doctors from 1980 to 1982. Since then, he has worked
extensively as an actor in theatre. His published writing includes
a memoir, Blue Box Boy, three novels and a book of stories.
Recently he's appeared in episodes of the audio version of Dark
Shadows and numerous Doctor Who audio projects, including an
award-winning one-man play, Doctor Who- A Full Life, and a
forthcoming quartet of new adventures starring alongside Tom
Baker.
Jenny T Colgan (Author)
Jenny T. Colgan has written numerous bestselling novels as Jenny
Colgan, which have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, been
translated into 25 languages, and won both the Melissa Nathan Award
and Romantic Novel of the Year 2013. Aged 11, she won a national
fan competition to meet the Doctor and was mistaken for a boy by
Peter Davison.
Jacqueline Rayner (Author)
Jacqueline Rayner is the author of over 40 books and audio plays,
including number one bestseller The Stone Rose, the highest-selling
Doctor Who novel of all time, and two Doctor Who 'Quick Reads' for
World Book Day. She lives in Essex with her husband and twin sons,
and writes regularly for Doctor Who Magazine.
Una McCormack (Author)
Una McCormack is a New York Times bestselling author. She has
written four Doctor Who novels- The King's Dragon and The Way
through the Woods (featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy, and Rory);
Royal Blood (featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara), and Molten
Heart (featuring the Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham). She
is also the author of numerous audio dramas for Big Finish
Productions.
Steve Cole (Author)
Steve Cole is an editor and children's author whose sales exceed
three million copies. His hugely successful Astrosaurs young
fiction series has been a UK top-ten children's bestseller. His
several original Doctor Who novels have also been bestsellers.
Vinay Patel (Author)
Vinay Patel is a playwright and screenwriter. His television debut
was the BAFTA-winning Murdered By My Father and for Doctor Who he
has written Demons of the Punjab. His latest play, An Adventure,
ran at the Bush Theatre in 2018. Elsewhere, he contributed to the
bestselling collection of essays, The Good Immigrant.
George Mann (Author)
George Mann is a Sunday Times bestselling novelist, comics writer,
and screenwriter. He's the creator of the Wychwood supernatural
mystery series as well as the popular Newbury & Hobbes and Tales of
the Ghost. He's written comics, novels, and audio dramas for
properties such as Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Judge
Dredd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Dragon Age.
Mann lives near Grantham, England, with his wife, children, and two
noisy dogs. He loves mythology and folklore, Kate Bush, and
chocolate. He is constantly surrounded by tottering piles of comics
and books.
Susie Day (Author)
Susie Day is the author of the Pea's Book and Secrets series from
Puffin. Her latest novel for children, Max Kowalski Didn't Mean It,
is about dragons and toxic masculinity. Between books, she works as
a copywriter in Birmingham. Susie currently lives in Coventry with
her partner and two silly cats.
Mike Tucker (Author)
Mike Tucker is a visual effects designer and author who has written
several original Doctor Who novels as well as fiction for other
shared universes. He has also co-written numerous factual books
relating to film and television, including Impossible Worlds and
the TARDIS Instruction Manual.
Joy Wilkinson (Author)
Joy Wilkinson is an award-winning writer working across film,
television, theatre and radio. As well as Doctor Who her TV credits
include Nick Nickleby and The Watch. Her directing debut - the film
Ma'am - is released in 2020.
Beverly Sanford (Author)
Beverly Sanford's first Young Adult novel, The Wishing Doll, was
published by Badger Learning in 2014, followed by Remember Rosie,
Silent Nation and two non-fiction books. A BBC Writer's Room
semi-finalist (2011) and an Editor's Choice in the Jim Henson
Co/Penguin Dark Crystal Author Quest (2014), Bev is currently
working on a screenplay for Sun Rocket Films and a children's
fiction series.
KIRKUS -- Join the Doctors and their companions on journeys through
space and time. Spanning the entirety of the Doctor Who series run,
this anthology caters to a broad fan base by balancing original and
post-reboot Doctors while also giving the Doctors' companions their
own stories. In "Gatecrashers" by Joy Wilkinson, the 13th Doctor
and her fam visit a locked alien world, where lives are trapped by
technology. Both murder mystery and foreshadowing of modern
society, this story also analyzes the beauty found in dark places.
"Grounded" by Una McCormack begins with Ben, his Dad, and his Dad's
friend as they cover conspiracy theories and aliens; it's a quiet
and charming tale compared to the more action-packed stories. In
"We Can't Stop What's Coming" by editor Cole, the eighth Doctor,
Fitz, and Trix investigate time distortions facing hostile
Neanderthals, relying on empathy and their wits rather than Time
Lord technology. "Pain Management" by Beverly Sanford steals the
show with its spot-on characterization and tone. It features the
12th Doctor, Bill, Nardole, and Missy, who, while trying to be
good, accidentally cause massive havoc. From captive Doctors to
brave companions, invading aliens, lifesaving missions,
explorations of war and humanity, and the universe's beauty, these
15 short stories are as varied and intriguing as the series itself.
The stories vary in terms of accessibility depending on readers'
familiarity with all the Doctors' various incarnations, which may
encourage f urther viewing of this classic. Exhilarating and
timeless. (Science fiction. 13-adult)
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