Book #221 of 2021: Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown edited by Steve Cole This 2020 publication is a lovely collection of short fiction, all either written during the COVID-19 pandemic or at least unreleased until then. Only three of the sixteen entries are brand-new for this title; most were posted free online over the course …
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Book #234 of 2020: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole This is the first novel in Time Lord Victorious, a multimedia Doctor Who event unfolding over books, comics, Big Finish audio dramas, and more. It’s also the first title so far to feel like it’s taking …
Book #49 of 2020: Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred with Steve Cole and Mike Tucker As the final companion when the ‘classic’ series of Doctor Who went off the air in 1989, the character of Ace McShane casts a long shadow over the franchise. Her nuanced characterization and complicated relationship with the …
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