Book #4 of 2026: Doctor Who: Lux by James Goss Novelizations are obviously set up for success on the strength of the source material that they inherit, and so one of Ncuti Gatwa’s best outings as the Fifteenth Doctor on Doctor Who unsurprisingly makes for a pretty fun read. And yet that characterization risks shortchanging …
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Book #46 of 2024: Doctor Who: The Giggle by James Goss This. THIS is what I’ve been hoping for from these recent Doctor Who novelizations, a winking adaptation that elevates its source material into something even madder and ever more brilliant. Don’t get me wrong: this James Goss novel obviously owes its existence to the …
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Book #93 of 2019: Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker with James Goss “Doctor Who Meets the Scratchman” was the working title of a movie script written by Tom Baker (who played the Fourth Doctor) and Ian Marter (who played his companion Harry Sullivan), during their time starring on Doctor Who back in the 1970s. …
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Book #264 of 2017: Doctor Who: The Legends of Ashildr by James Goss, David Llewellyn, Jenny T. Colgan, and Justin Richards Four generally unrelated short stories about the immortal Doctor Who character memorably played by Maisie Williams in 2015, all set between her first two appearances there (The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who …
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