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: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box by Steve Cole
Book #109 of 2024: Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box by Steve Cole A cute idea with a fairly adequate execution, attempting to retell nearly all of Doctor Who — from An Unearthly Child in 1963 through The Legend of Ruby Sunday in 2024 — from the perspective of the alien …
Book Review: Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown edited by Steve Cole
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 Review: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole
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 Review: Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred with Steve Cole and Mike Tucker
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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