Book #9 of 2025: Doctor Who: The Adventures Before by Mark Griffiths, Steve Cole, Janet Fielding, Gary Russell, Beth Axford, Janelle McCurdy, E. L. Norry, and Ingrid Oliver This short story collection has a fun concept that’s mostly executed rather well, depicting new prequel events for eight Doctor Who episodes: The Daleks (First Doctor, 1963-1964), …
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Book Review: Doctor Who: The Star Beast by Gary Russell
Book #22 of 2024: Doctor Who: The Star Beast by Gary Russell Novelizations are a bit of an odd genre in terms of their target audience, especially in this day and age when the original piece of media that’s being adapted is generally accessible to all. (Decades ago, buying or renting a movie / show …
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Book Review: Doctor Who: The Novel of the Film by Gary Russell
Book #59 of 2021: Doctor Who: The Novel of the Film by Gary Russell For the most part, this is a pretty straightforward novelization of the 1996 Doctor Who movie, which isn’t great, but certainly has its share of goofy charm. (It was produced after the original program was cancelled in 1989, and was intended …
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Regeneration by Philip Segal with Gary Russell
Book #90 of 2019: Doctor Who: Regeneration by Philip Segal with Gary Russell This oral history of the 1996 Doctor Who movie is unauthorized and poorly-edited, making it feel somewhat amateurish despite being written by one of the project’s executive producers and earliest champions. But it’s packed with inside information on the production, including some …
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock
Book #144 of 2016: Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock An absolutely delightful collection of Doctor Who short stories – one for each incarnation so far except the War Doctor – all set around Christmas, somewhere in time and space. All …
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