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"DOCTOR WHO" FAQ POSTING - The rec.arts.drwho Frequently Asked Questions List - Updated: Sept.94 FAQ maintained and updated by: Siobahn (Shabang) Morgan morgans@cobra.uni.edu or smorgan@nitro9.earth.uni.edu Please send all suggestions, corrections, contributions, and flames to her. ================================================================================ CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE: Where to get Who material 0.1 File list of Dr. Who FTP site 0.2 Pictures from Dr. Who (.GIFs) 0.3 The Video and Audio Lists 0.4 WWW Sites 0.5 Author's e-mail addresses What is "Doctor Who" and where is it today? 1.1 Who, and what, is "Doctor Who"? 1.2 Why is the series called "Doctor Who" if that's not his name? 1.3 Just who is The Doctor? 1.4 What is regeneration? 1.5 What is the TARDIS? The present and future of "Doctor Who" 2.1 Is "Doctor Who" still on the air? 2.2 What were the last words ever spoken on "Doctor Who"? 2.3 Is this "cancellation" permanent? 2.4 Will there ever be more "Doctor Who"? 2.5 Is it really true that Steven Spielberg wants to buy the program? 2.6 What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special? 2.7 If "Doctor Who" has been cancelled, then what's this new radio special? 2.8 What are the "New Adventures"? 2.9 And what will the "Missing Adventures" be? 2.10 Is "The Stranger" Really the Doctor? - What are "The Stranger" Videos? 2.11 The Mythmaker Series The Lost "Doctor Who" Episodes 3.1 What are the "missing episodes"? 3.2 I know something about missing episodes. What do I do? 3.3 What are the "missing novelizations"? "Doctor Who" Fandom 4.1 How can I write to the actors who have played "Doctor Who" 4.2 I write "Doctor Who" fiction in my spare time. Who can I show it to? 4.3 How can I get a New Adventure published? 4.4 Which big celebrities have appeared in "Doctor Who"? 4.5 What is this "K9 and Company" show we keep seeing? 4.6 What "Doctor Who" reference books can I consult off the Net? 4.7 I can't find any videotapes or New Adventures anywhere. Help me! 4.8 Where can I find "Doctor Who" merchandise? The Best of "Doctor Who" 5.1 Best and favorite "Who" episodes - survey results 5.2 Best and favorite "Who" quotes ========================================================================= WHERE DO I GET "WHO" MATERIAL? ========================================================================= FAQ Item 0.1 - Doctor Who Archives The Doctor Who FTP Archives are located at: frontios.niagara.edu [192.188.5.50] in /pub/Doctor_Who/ Contains original fan stories, listings of all available Dr. Who Audio and Video tapes (updated montly), a copy of this FAQ, an episode guide, the official Bloopers list, and some other cool stuff. Anonymous guest login available. Write the Keeper if you're not familiar with mucking about in FTP sites. The Keeper is: Richard P. Kernin Niagara University - Administrative Computer Center Internet: rpk@niagara.edu This is also the new location for the comprehensive "Doctor Who" Quote File. In the UK the following site is available: tardis.soc.staffs.ac.uk [193.60.4.208] with material located in pub/Doctor_Who. It is supposed to be a mirror of frontios.niagara.edu with some extra stuff thrown in. Downunder in Australia there is the following site: ftp.cc.adfa.oz.au [131.236.1.2], with material located in archives/aus-sf/drwho. Some small locations (with perhaps only 1 or 2 items) include the following: shark.cse.fau.edu [131.91.80.13] in pub/text ftp.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] in pub/multimedia/images/gif/d =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.2 - Doctor Who Gifs Apart from the stuff available at Frontios (Main FTP site), there are some more Doctor Who Pictures available in .gif format from: grind.isca.uiowa.edu [128.255.200.3] Login: {anonymous} Its in directory: /image/gif/scifi There is a variety of sci-fi images here, so you will have to weed through them to find what you want. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.3 - The Video and Audio Lists See the Doctor Who Video List - available via ftp from frontios.niagara.edu [192.188.5.50] in /pub/Doctor_Who/matrix/videos , or via e-mail from the author, Daniel O'Malley <domalley@unix1.tcd.ie>. This list is also posted periodically to rec.arts.drwho ... A list of "Who"-related music releases, once a part of this FAQ, has been passed into the hands of Daniel O'Malley, who updates it as well as the video lists, and is available at frontios.niagara.edu [192.188.5.50] under /pub/Doctor_Who/matrix/audio. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.4 - Doctor Who WWW Sites There is my own WWW Doctor Who Page, the address of which is http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/homepage.html/ Other WWW sites include the following: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk (Univ. of Edinburgh) http://www.cs.curtin.edu.au/~raytrace/unnatural_terrain_images.shtml (Andrew Marriott's raytraces of Daleks in Australia) http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/DrWho/index.html (University of Surrey, UK) http://www.phlab.missouri.edu/ccpeace_www/Dr.Who/ (Loren Peace at Missouri, USA) http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~bjelli/Who/index.html (Brigitte Jellinek's Key to Time Model) If you would like your own home page included, or if you have run across a really neat homepage that you can suggest, please drop me a line (morgans@cobra.uni.edu) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 0.5 - Doctor Who Author E-mail addresses Several authors of recent (and not so recent) Doctor Who books have computer accounts. These folks often post items on rec.arts.drwho and have consented to have their e-mail address included in this FAQ. Daniel Blythe d.r.blythe@sheffield.ac.uk Paul Cornell paul@cornell.demon.co.uk Craig Hinton craggles@vnet.ibm.com Andy Lane andylane@goldfinch.win-uk.net Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier rjmlofficier@delphi.com Kate Orman korman@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.1 - Who, and what, is Doctor Who Doctor Who is, or was, the longest-running science-fiction series in the history of television. Created by the BBC in 1963 as a children's sci-fi series, Doctor Who eventually expanded its boundaries to just about every possible genre of television except for the musical. Spanning 26 seasons, with seven different actors taking on the lead role, Doctor Who was famous for its infinite flexibility and wide, dedicated, fan following. The show celebrates its 30th anniversary on November the 23rd, 1993. The 158th and final Doctor Who story, "Survival", aired in December of 1989. No further episodes have been produced by the BBC over the past four years, even though the show was never officially cancelled. In spite of this, Doctor Who lives on today, on the radio and in a popular series of full-length novels. RECOMMENDED EPISODES AND NOVELS: "An Unearthly Child", by Anthony Coburn "The Daleks", by Terry Nation "Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years" - Video "Doctor Who: The Troughton Years" - Video "Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years" - Video "Doctor Who: The Baker Years" - Video "Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years" - Video "Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years" - Video (the preceding 6 videos are available through BBC/ CBS/Fox video in both the UK, US, and overseas. They are compilation tapes of interviews, lost episodes, and histories of the series. They provide a great deal of background history to the show and some of the main characters, including some of the main villians. =========================================================================== FAQ item 1.2 - Why is the series called Doctor Who if that's not his name? In "An Unearthly Child", the very first Doctor Who episode, aired on November 23, 1963, William Hartnell, the show's main character, was introduced simply as "The Doctor", a cranky old man with a time machine shaped like a British Police Box. Because his character was shrouded in mystery, the title Doctor Who merely referred to the fact that we were never to know exactly who this man is. At various times in the show, different names were referred to: "The Doctor" - the name he introducees himself as in every single story, and the (proper) name many people call him by. "Doctor Foreman" - Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright refer to him as this initially when they are investigating their unusual student Susan Foreman. They soon give up on calling him this and just stick to the usual designation "Doctor". "Doctor Who" - WOTAN in "The War Machines" referred to the Doctor by this name; it was acknowledged as an error by the writing staff and never happened again. However, a later episode was titled "Doctor Who and the Silurians" "Dr. John Smith" - When he started working for U.N.I.T. during his exile on Earth, he needed a formal name for the paper-work and chose this non-descript designation. Used up to the time when he met Sarah Jane Smith ("Time Warrior"). "Theta Sigma" - Used twice, in "The Armageddon Factor" and "The Happiness Patrol"; apparently, a Time Lord nickname given to the Dr. during his time at the Academy on Gallifrey. His old school chum Drax calls him this; and the Doctor fills out a census with this name on Terra Alpha, in keeping with that planet's rather unique nomenclature. "Merlin" - It's revealed in "Battlefield" that, in a future incarnation, the Doctor will become Merlin, the ancient Celctic and adviser to King Arthur who lived his life backwards. This incarnation may occur in the Doctor's future, but it may be in the Earth's past and does involve other dimensions. "Idiot" - Panna the Wise Woman calls him this in "Kinda", after he is the only man able to retain his sanity after peering at the box of Jana; doubtless many other people have called him this as well behind his back over the years. Apart from what he was called, the series did present us, over the proceeding 26 years, with much more information. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.3 - Just who is the Doctor? The final episode of Season 6 was the ten-parter "The War Games". It did *not* feature Matthew Broderick and Dabney Coleman, contrary to popular opinion. However, it *did* reveal who the Doctor was: A Time Lord, one of a race of long-lived, omnipotent, omniscient intellects who observed the entire history of the Universe, with their power of time-travel; however, they only interfered in the course of events when it was absolutely necessary. In Season 14, Robert Holmes wrote "The Deadly Assassin", in which we are first introduced to the full culture of the Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey. They are something of an academic species, with many old men wandering University corridors in academic robes, debating issues. With a great love of ceremony and little else, the Doctor saves the planet from the forces of the Master, an evil Time Lord and a counterpart to the Doctor, and, in "The Invasion of Time", The Doctor becomes the President of the High Council of Time Lords. It is never explained in the series just why the Doctor left his home planet in the first place; we do know that he is stricken with wanderlust, and is never able to stay in a given place and time for generally more than 6 half-hour episodes, unless his time machine is taken away from him. RECOMMENDED EPISODES AND NOVELS: "The War Games", Episode 10, by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks. "The Three Doctors", by Bob Baker & Dave Martin "The Deadly Assassin", by Robert Holmes "The Invasion of Time", by David Agnew "Arc of Infinity", by Johnny Byrne "The Five Doctors", by Terrance Dicks "The Trial of a Time Lord", a 14-part story written by, among others, Robert Holmes, Philip Martin, and Pip & Jane Baker. All 14 parts are now available in a special boxed-set BBC/ CBS/Fox video release. _Timewyrn: Revelation_, by Paul Cornell. _Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible_, by Marc Platt =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.4 - What is Regeneration? In 1966, an ill William Hartnell decided to leave the program, in the middle of its fourth season (there are conflicting reasons; it was either illness or a contract dispute). In order to keep the series going, it was decided to draw on the Doctor's unknown abilities as an alien and have him "regenerate", or completely recharge his body when it hit the point of death, and assume a new form. In this fashion, William Hartnell was replaced by the younger, spritelier Patrick Troughton. Six such times did the Doctor "regenerate", and assume a new form, personality, and a spin on the series. RECOMMENDED EPISODES AND NOVELS: "The Tenth Planet", by Gerry Davis (novel form of missing TV show). "Power of the Daleks", by John Peel (novelization) "The War Games", by Hulke & Dicks "Spearhead from Space" "Planet of the Spiders", by Robert Sloman "Robot", by Terrance Dicks "Logopolis", by Christopher H. Bidmead "Castrovalva", by Christopher H. Bidmead "The Caves of Androzani" "The Twin Dilemma", by Eric Saward "Time and the Rani", by Pip & Jane Baker _Timewyrm: Revelation_, by Paul Cornell. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 1.5 - What is the TARDIS? The TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) is the time machine that the Doctor and other Time Lords travel in; it is the main vehicle for the series, which takes us to any number of times and places. It's "dimensionally trancendental" - bigger inside than out -, and, in the Doctor's case, it sometimes doesn't work properly. It is generally stuck in the shape of a Police Call Box, a familiar shape in England in 1963 but now obsolete. The version of the Tardis that the Doctor uses is known as a "type 40", as with the british Police Call Box, the type 40 is considered an obsolete and outdated version of a Tardis. On numerous occasions the Doctor has attempted to repair his ship, with humorous and disastrous results. There is evidently some sort of telepathic link between the Doctor and his ship; they share a symbiotic relationship, and, as in the New Adventures, when the TARDIS malfunctions, so does the Doctor. The TARDIS is perhaps the second-most important character in the series; it is our "passport to adventure", and, in many ways, is the Doctor himself. RECOMMENDED EPISODES AND NOVELS: "An Unearthly Child", by Anthony Coburn "The Edge of Destruction" "Logopolis", by Christopher H. Bidmead "Castrovalva", by Christopher H. Bidmead "Frontios", by Christopher H. Bidmead "Attack of the Cybermen", by Eric Saward _Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible_, by Marc Platt _Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark_, by Andrew Hunt _Deceit_, by Peter Darvill-Evans =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.1 - Is Doctor Who still on the air? No. The last episode to air so far "Survival", airing in December of 1989 as the last story of Season 26. While no official cancellation announcement was made, the BBC stopped production of the series, and has since generally treated the show as a dead object. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.2 - What were the last words ever spoken on Doctor Who? Part 3 of "Survival" ended with this quote by the Doctor; it's widely- quoted on this net and in .sig files everywhere. For your convenience: There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, the seas sleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold! Come on Ace, we've got work to do! =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.3 - Is this "cancellation" permanent? Twice before Doctor Who was actually cancelled. In 1969, Doctor Who was supposed to be axed due to falling ratings and fan interest; the show was given one more season merely because the BBC couldn't line up a replacement in time. In turn, new producer Barry Letts upgraded the level of the series, hiring a newer, more dynamic Doctor in Jon Pertwee, confining the stories mainly to Earth, giving the series a glossier (episodes were now in color), more fast-paced feel. Ratings soared, and the show was kept around. After Season 22, the first Colin Baker season, the show was again put on "hiatus"; for 18 months, no new shows were produced. When Doctor Who returned, season length was shortened, from 26 half-hour episodes, to 14 hour-long episodes, to 14 half-hour episodes. Colin Baker was fired, after making Season 23, the contiguous "Trial of a Time Lord" story, and Sylvester McCoy became the seventh, and final, Doctor. Many blame the poor quality of the most of the final five years as the reason for the BBC eventually dropping the show; others note a rise in quality of the final season's stories, although the series became riddled with inside jokes at the BBC and their lack of commitment to the program, and the last story of Doctor Who featured an alien race called the "Cheetah People" rather than concluding the series in a logical fashion. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.4 - Will there be more Doctor Who? Quite possibly. New director of the BBC Alan Yentob has recently hinted that he intends to restore Doctor Who to the air, but in light of many such rumors in the past, Whovians remain somewhat skeptical. However, he appears to be a dedicated fan and it is quite possible he will find a way to bring it back. A cryptic comment he made during a cameo appearance in "Thirty Years in the TARDIS", the 30th Anniversary documentary on the BBC, followed by the words "To Be Continued..." and a clip of a Dalek shouting "We will return!" leads many to wonder just what lies directly around the corner for Doctor Who. A series of net.rumors emanating from an Australian fan club purports that a new Doctor Who series will be on the air by 1995, with at least one notable actor/actress playing one of the companions. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.5 - Is it really true that Steven Spielberg has bought the program? Another highly substantial rumor has been flying about over the last few months. American film-maker Steven Spielberg, and his production company, Amblin Entertainment, has reportedly been in negotiations with the BBC in order to produce a new season of Doctor Who. Initial reports claim that Spielberg wants to make a 22-episode season, each episode being one hour in length. The most frequent rumors speculate that either David Hasselhoff (of "Knight Rider" and "BayWatch") or Christopher Lloyd ("Taxi", the "Back to the Future" trilogy) will inherit the lead role. More on this as it develops. As of today (8/1/94) the main rumors include - Eric Idle as the Doctor, Peter O'Toole also involved, some actress from Baywatch, and negotiations to have it shown on Fox, NBC and CBS. Just wait for more information. =========================================================================== FAQ ITEM 2.6 - What was the "Dimensions in Time" 30th Anniversary Special? From: davidg@compnews.co.uk (David Gibbs) Children in Need spearheads a unique event as the BBC launches television into a new dimension with "3DTV", a week-long package of programmes in stunning 3-D. For the first time viewers will be treated to elements of BBC-1's most popular programmes in three dimensions, starting with Children in Need on Friday, November 26. BBC-1's fund- raising spectacular includes the first of two specially-filmed mini- episodes celebrating 30 years of Doctor Who and featuring the cast of BBC-1's top-rating EastEnders. "Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time" finds five of the famous Time Lords - Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee and Sylvester McCoy - trapped in a 20-year time loop by arch-villainess Rani (Kate O'Mara), who is still pursuing them after all these years. The Doctor becomes stranded in the East End - much to the amazement of the residents of Albert Square, especially Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) and Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth). "Dimensions in Time" allows viewers to see Pauline and Kathy through a 40-year time span, both as young women in 1973, and as they will be in 2013. The adventure also features 10 of the original Doctor's assistants as well as the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney), K9 and myriad monsters, many of them from the Doctor Appreciation Society and wearing treasured costumes bought at Bonham's Doctor Who costume sales. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.7 - What's this new Doctor Who radio special? In the fall on 1993, the 3rd Doctor, Jon Pertwee reassumed the role of The Doctor in a series of "Doctor Who" radio dramas, "The Paradise of Death", broadcast over BBC Radio, and subsequently released on audio cassettes in the UK. "Paradise" was a five-part story, each part 1/2 hour in length, penned by Barry Letts, producer of Doctor Who during the Pertwee years, with a novelization forthcoming. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.8 What are the "New Adventures"? "Doctor Who - The New Adventures" are a series of authorized, full- length Doctor Who novels, continuing from the end of "Survival", the final Sylvester McCoy story, and featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and new companion Bernice "Benny" Summerfield, in a series of science-fiction plots and situations. Generally, a new one is released about every month, dating back to late 1991; authors include prominent Doctor Who people such as Terrance Dicks, John Peel, and Ben Aaronovitch, and new authors such as Paul Cornell, and net.contributor Kate Orman. They are published by Doctor Who Books, a division of Virgin Publishing Co. The New Adventures promise to deliver stories "too big and broad for the small screen; full length science fiction novels". In some cases, the traditional Doctor Who format has been reworked, as in stories such as Ben Aaronovitch's "Transit", in which the Doctor is not the central character and the genre of the book is cyberpunk, which clashes with previous editions of the Whoniverse. Another novel, _Birthright_ by Nigel Robinson, was primarily Doctor-less, although generally well-received. Many of the books are aimed at hard-core sci-fans, and some Who traditionalists do not find them totally satisfying. However, for the moment, they *are* Doctor Who, and as such we treat them reverently. Recent novels have brought back many of the traditional series villains and heroes, such as the Cybermen, the Ice Warriors, UNIT, and, sometime soon, a newly-regenerated Master. Some of the novels make up a series - though the features which make it a series are often subtle. Thus, you need not read them in order. A complete list of The New Adventures that have been released to date appears is given in the third part of this FAQ. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.9 - And what will the "Missing Adventures" be? As a tandem to the New Adventures, Doctor Who Books will be releasing a set of adventures featuring the previous six Doctors and his old companions; these will be stories that could have happened during the show's original run but didn't get thought of in time. Like the early New Adventures, the "Missing Adventures" will first be written by veteran Doctor Who writers until the series begins to take off. The first story is scheduled to be a Fifth Doctor adventure, authored by Paul Cornell. A complete listing of current and scheduled Missing Adventure novels is included in the third part of the FAQ. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.10 What are "The Stranger" Videos? From information provided by davidg@compnews.co.uk What are 'The Stranger' videos? A series of professional fan videos, produced by Bill Baggs. Originally only available by mail-order and some SF bookshops (e.g., Forbidden Planet), the distribution rights are now held by Pickwick Video, so can now be bought in high-street shops in the UK (e.g., W.H. Smith). They star Colin Baker as a mysterious space/time traveller. No one knows his name, nor how he arrives on planets. Any resemblance to a well-known BBC SF series is coincidental. His assistant is Miss Brown, played by Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown in Dr Who), minus the American accent. Any resemblance to a well-known BBC SF series is coincidental. They find themselves tangled up in various bizarre occurrences with a definite SF bent. There have been four Stranger videos (duration 30-50 minutes) so far: "Summoned by Shadows" "More than a Messiah" "In Memory Alone" "The Terror Game" Another Baggs story, "The Airzone Solution", features Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Jon Pertwee - but not as the same character. Although produced by the same team, this is not a Stranger video, in that Colin Baker plays a more down-to-earth (?) charcter. "Summoned by Shadows" and "More than a Messiah" are now available on one tape from Pickwick, priced #10.99, with "In Memory Alone" on its own tape with a "Making Of" and blooper reel on the end, also #10.99. The quality of these productions is extremely high, with many fans claiming that they are better than recent Doctor Who! Colin Baker in particular has been praised for his excellent performances that prove what a good Doctor he could have been. Most importantly: any resemblance to a well-known BBC SF series is coincidental. Further details and ordering information (UK) from: BILL BAGGS VIDEO 53 South Road Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1LY There's also an interview tape with the 4 doctors in "The Airzone Solution", discussing the aborted "Dark Dimension", amongst other things. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 2.11 What is the Mythmaker Series? Another independently produced series of videos, which highlight the actors and actresses who have appeared in the show. These are sort of mini- biographies, where the performer usually takes you on a tour of some location that they live in, grew up in, went to school at, etc. Would be recommended only if you *really* want to see what these people are like when they are not in front of the camera. The video list is rather extensive and should be consulted for the currently available editions. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.1 - What are the "missing episodes"? During the early seventies many Doctor Who stories were destroyed by the BBC, along with vast amounts of other material kept by the BBC, in order to cut costs in storage. This was before they knew they could market much of the stuff. Copyright laws had much to do with this also, along with storage costs and fire codes. Many of the lost episodes are of the later William Hartnell and much from the Patrick Troughton era. As many as 109 episodes are still missing (equivalent to 2 to 3 seasons). "Tomb of the Cybermen" with Patrick Troughton as The Doctor, was found in Asia in early 1992, raising hopes that more of the lost episodes will be found. Recent rumors herald the recovery of Troughton serials "The Highlanders" and "The Macra Terror", and rumored video projects include the long lost Trougton Cybermen story "The Invasion", and the first-season historical "The Reign of Terror". A complete list of the Missing Doctor Who episodes appears below: Episode Title Parts Missing Author Story Code -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marco Polo all John Lucarotti D The Reign of Terror 4-5 Dennis Spooner H The Crusades 1,2,4 David Whitaker P Galaxy Four all William Emms T Mission to the Unknown all Terry nation T/A The Myth Makers all Donald Cotton U The Dalek Masterplan 1-4,6-9,11-12 Nation & Spooner V The Massacre all John Lucarotti W The Celestial Toymaker 1-3 Brian Hayles Y The Savages all Ian Stuart Black AA The Smugglers all Brian Hayles CC The Tenth Planet 4 Kit Pedler DD Power of the Daleks all David Whitaker EE The Highlanders all Gerry Davis FF & Elwyn Jones The Underwater Menace 1,2,4 Geoffrey Orme GG The Moonbase 1,3 Kit Pedler HH The Macra Terror all Ian Stuart Black JJ The Faceless Ones 2,4-6 David Ellis KK & Malcolm Hulke Evil of the Daleks 1,3-7 David Whitaker LL The Abominable Snowmen 1,3-6 Mervyn Haisman MM & Henry Lincoln The Ice Warriors 2,3 Brian Hayles OO The Enemy of the World 1,2,4-6 David Whitaker PP The Web of Fear 2-6 Mervyn Haisman QQ & Henry Lincoln Fury From The Deep all Victor Pemberton RR The Wheel in Space 1,2,4,5 David Whitaker SS The Invasion 1,4 Derrick Sherwin VV The Space Pirates 1,3-6 Robert Holmes YY =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.2 - I know something about missing episodes. What do I do? Here's the name and address of the man to contact with missing episode information: Mr Adam Lee, Archive Selector, BBC Film and Videotape Library, Reynard Mills Industrial Estate, Windmill Road, Brentford, Middlesex, England TW8 9NF Tel: 081 567 6655 Reports on whether the supplier of these lost episodes will be reimbursed have varied from source to source. The most substantial report I have received so far has been: "There is an amnesty, and no questions at all will be asked if private collectors do have some of the missing episodes; all the BBC wants to do is to copy the film print (or whatever), the original being retained by the donor. The BBC has recently introduced a "finder's fee" for these lost episodes, which covers any money that film collectors have had to pay to secure their collections. The fee is entirely negotiable." (Thanks to Richard Develyn <rad@cix.compulink.co.uk>) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 3.3 - What are the "missing novelizations"? D.H. Allen and Target Books, between the years 1973 and 1991, published a set of novelizations for just about every Doctor Who story ever produced. 155 in number, they span the Doctor Who era from "An Unearthly Child" all the way to "Survival". Many of these novelizations were penned by the authors of their respective serials, and contain some interesting embellishments on the original stories (See "The Two Doctors" by Robert Holmes and "The Curse Of Fenric" by Ian Briggs); many others were printed in desultory fashion by Terrance Dicks; these span most of the Tom Baker stories and are intended for young children (see "Image of the Fendahl" and "Planet of Giants"). Due to the quality of many of these novelizations, they are not considered "canon" but are as close as we can get to many of the lost episodes. A few serials, however, have never been novelized. They include Douglas Adams' "The Pirate Planet" and "City of Death", and most of the "R----- of the Daleks" stories. In the case of the Adams' serials, he has refused to novelize his stories because a writer of his caliber would never stoop to churning out a novelization for a low fee. Many Dalek episodes never reached print because of royalties disputes between Terry Nation, the original creator of the Daleks, and Eric Saward, who penned many of the later Dalek serials and deviated greatly from Nation's original concept of the Daleks. Luckily, this latter conflict was resolved, and the famous Troughton serials, "Evil of the Daleks" and "Power of the Daleks" reached print in the summer of 1993, courtesy of Doctor Who historian John Peel. Eric Saward is also at work on "Resurrection" and "Revelation of the Daleks". These books are noteable in that they are much thicker than previous novelizations, contain more insights into the Doctor's character, and prelude the forthcoming "Missing Adventures". =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.1 - How can I write to the actors who have played the Doctor? This information was sent to me courtesy of Dale Clayton, (IN%"dale.clayton@canrem.com"): Jon Pertwee c/o Philip S. Ettinger Ettinger Brothers Representation & Management 3 Church Road, Penny Lane Liverpool, England L1S 9EA Tom Baker c/o London Management Noel House 2-3 Noel Street London, England W1V 3RB Peter Davison c/o John Mahoney Management Lower Ground Floor 94 Gloucester Place W1H 3DA Colin Baker c/o Lindsay Granger Barry Burnett Organisation Ltd. Suite 42-43 2-3 Golden Square London, England W1 Sylvester McCoy c/o James Sharkey Associates, 3rd Floor Suite, 15 Golden Square, London, England W1R 3AG =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.2 - I write Doctor Who fiction in my spare time. Who can I show it to? Many news sites now carry the separate net "alt.drwho.creative". On this net, you can post the original Doctor Who stories, of any nature and with any Doctor, to the rest of USENET for everybody to read. If you'd like to take your writing to a more serious level, go to the next FAQ item. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.3 - How can I get a New Adventure published? This information has been graciously submitted by "New Adventures" author Kate Orman. From: IN%"korman@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au" (Kate Orman) HOW TO SUBMIT A NEW ADVENTURE Last updated 25/10/93 As you probably know, the New Adventures are a series of novels featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and most recently the new companion Benny, in a series of linked tales which follow on from the end of "Survival". New Adventures can be up to 100,000 words long. My contract specified from seventy-five to eighty-five thousands words. Some are linked in short series, such as the Timewyrm books which began the range; others stand alone. However, unlike the Star Trek books, they do form a continuous series. To submit an NA, you have to send the first 15,000 words or so, plus a full synopsis of the entire story, to the editor, Peter Darvill-Evans, at: Virgin Publishing 332 Ladbroke Gve London W10 5AH UK For *any* professional submission, you should only send typed or high-quality computer printed stuff; handwriting is not acceptable. It should be double-spaced, on one side of the page only, with big margins. This is because the manuscript you send will be marked up and sent directly to the typesetters, so there needs to be plenty of space for the markings. It also means that too many spelling / typing / grammatical errors will get your manuscript rejected, since it would have to be retyped at considerable expense. In the original version of this file, I stated that submissions should avoid including copyrighted monsters / villains, such as the Daleks. Virgin are now happier with using monsters from the series, such as the Silurians. However, I would still *recommend* that you don't use TV monsters or villains as a major part of your book. This is for two reasons: one, if there *is* a copyright problem, it's cheaper to reject you. Secondly, it shows a lack of originality. Virgin suggest you avoid the Valeyard, stories set in alternative timelines, and Victorian, Edwardian, and late twentieth century Earth. A couple of comments on being rejected. With thousands of people pouring manuscripts into the Virgin offices, they can afford to be really choosy. Give your manuscript the best chance you can, by making it as readable, error-free, and original as possible - but don't be too surprised / hurt if you are rejected. It's not a pleasant experience (even though PDE's rejection slips are really nice) - but it doesn't mean you're a hopeless failure as an author / human being - just that you were edged out by one of the 1000000000 other submissions! Try, try again. The "Missing Adventures" - books featuring the other Doctors - are definitely going ahead. Novels must fit into the "gaps" between the televised stories. Ace will be leaving the series, probably at the end of 1994. It's possible a male companion will join the TARDIS crew. Just btw, if you don't feel like writing 100,000 words, don't forget DWM's Brief Encounters. These are around 800 words. Need more info? Please feel free to email me. (Kate Orman) =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.4 - Which big celebrities have appeared on Doctor Who? John Cleese appeared, with Eleanor Bron, as an art critic in "City of Death". A clip of The Beatles performing "Ticket to Ride" was seen in "The Chase". "Queen Elizabeth" was seen walking her dogs in "Silver Nemesis" (sadly, this was not the real queen). American stage actor Stubby Kaye (from the original Broadway and movie version of "Guys & Dolls") appeared as a bumbling yet lovable U.S. secret agent in "Delta & The Bannermen". Julian Glover appeared as King Richard the Lionheart in "The Crusade", and as Scaroth in the popular "City of Death". Jean Marsh briefly played companion Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan", and was also Joanna in "The Crusade" and Morgaine in "Battlefield". Honor Blackman, from "The Avengers" and "Goldfinger", played Professor Lasky in "Terror of the Vervoids" (a portion of the "Trial of a Time Lord" season). And in a strange, yet almost appropriate career move, Patricia Quinn (Magenta in "Rocky Horror Picture Show") appeared as Belazs in "Dragonfire". =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.5 What is this "K-9 & Company" Special I keep seeing? This was a one-hour story pilot, an intended spinoff of Doctor Who aired on December 28, 1981, featuring Sarah Jane Smith and K-9, two former companions of the Doctor, teaming up as a dynamic crime-fighting duo. The pilot did not sell, but the story is generally repeated every Christmas as a special Doctor Who story and is aired every so often here in the United States to help raise pledge money when the public T.V. stations which air Doctor Who hold fiscal drives. The story is fairly unexceptional, but is an interesting look at K9 and Sarah Jane after both departed the Doctor's company. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.6 - What Doctor Who reference books can I consult? A 30th Anniversary pictorial was recently published: "Doctor Who - Time Frame" by David J. Howe. This is published on glossy paper with many many color photographs and illustration. It covers "Doctor Who" on a decade-by-decade basis, with great emphasis on individual seasons and episodes, as well as every New Adventure up to "Iceberg". Informative books published by W.H. Allen in the past include: "Doctor Who - Twenty-Five Glorious Years" by Peter Haining "Dr.Who - A Celebration", by Peter Haining. A 20th Anniversary book featuring essays by Verity Lambert, Barry Letts, and John Nathan- Turner, among others, and some miscellaneous notes of the first 20 seasons worth of episodes "Doctor Who - The Key To Time: A Year-By-Year Record" By Peter Haining The Key To Time is a behind-the-scenes diary of the events that happened over the course of Doctor's Who's first 21 years. It was published a year after "Dr. Who - A Celebration". It starts April 23, 1963 with Sidney Newman getting apporval to make who, and goes all the way up to March 24, 1984 and the Peter Davison to Colin Baker regeneration. It's full of some nice art, mostly amateur, and a few pages of some great colour photos. It's basically a record of the behind-the-scenes happenings at Who, and very useful for those who'd like some background, etc. on their favourite stories. (thanks to Marc Connor for sending this information) "Dr.Who - The Early Years", by Jeremy Bentham. A look at British televison sci-fi in the late '50's, and the genesis of "Doctor Who" in the years leading up to 1963. Features a tribute to Ray Cusick, the designer who created the appearance of the Daleks. Highly recommended for fans of sci-fi in that era. A "Doctor Who" reference trilogy by Jean-Marc Lofficier is now available in paperback from Target books, the same publisher of "Doctor Who" novelizations. The three volumes are titled as follows: 1 "Doctor Who: The Programme Guide" 2 "Doctor Who: The Terrestrial Index" 3 "Doctor Who: The Universal Databank" The three volumes are cross-referenced and contain information about all story titles, actors, writers, companions, plots, novels, comics, and just about any other information that might be of interest to fans of the show. In addition, the second volume also contains corrections for the first volume. There is little Doctor Who information that cannot be found in these books. (Brian M. Hass bmh0503@silver.sdsmt.edu) Also recently released have been the "Doctor Who Handbooks", one for Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, and one for Colin Baker, the 6th Doctor. These contain episode lengths and ratings information, as well as some behind-the-scene stories, from each Doctor Who episode broadcast for these two Doctors, as well as detailed histories of what went on at the program during the seasons when the Baker episodes were produced. Forthcoming Handbooks will also cover each of the other five Doctors. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.7 - Where to find videotapes and New Adventures Many of us here in the United States have had trouble getting access to the CBS/Fox Doctor Who videos released, and have had problems with bookstores obtaining the New Adventures and recent Dalek novelizations. Here's a quick reference guide on where to find this stuff. Videos SunCoast Video, a national (U.S.) retail video chain, with stores just about everywhere at this point, carries every CBS/Fox video ever released through the BBC. They generally carry at least one copy of every video at all times, and have information on when the newest set of videos are to be released (generally, every 6 months). If there's no Suncoast Video store near you, the following video catalog has been seen carrying several Doctor Who, as well as other fairly obscure sci-fi videos: The Video Catalog P.O. Box 64428 St. Paul, MN 55163-0428 1 (800) 733-2232 Books Most national (U.S.) bookstore chains (Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, B. Dalton Booksellers) now carry all New Adventures upon their release, and generally have back copies of older books floating around for several months. They will also order copies of books they no longer have in stock; when doing this, be sure to specify that this as a "Doctor Who: The New Adventures" book along with the title, and supply the ISBN code, which is provided above for every New Adventure currently in release. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 4.8 - Where can I find other Doctor Who merchandise? (Thanks to Dale Clayton (dale.clayton@canrem.com) for this info.) "Who Enterprises" is a excellent source for DW merchandise. They have quite a vast variety of products: Books, magazines (individual and/or subs.), posters, calendars, games, enamel pins, audio/videotapes, comics, toys, models, figures, t-shirts, hats, records, CD's, mugs, programme guides, costume patterns and accessories (DW/ST), <pant>, etc. A _very_ good selection!! Prices are listed for Canada (outside of Ont.), Ontario residents and U.S. customers (in US$). Orders outside of North America are welcome. All prices _include_ taxes (if applicable) and P&H. Here is their mail order address: Who Enterprises P.O. Box 399, Station "R" Toronto, Ontario M4G 4C3 CANADA Here is their store address: Who Enterprises 884 Millwood Road, East York (Toronto) Note: Do not send mail orders to this address. telephone: (416) 423-8854 - Pre-recorded information/product update line. (24hrs.) (416) 423-6828 - Voice (limited hrs.) or leave a message and/or FAX (24hrs.) Sorry, they don't have a 1-800 number. Write and ask for their catalogue. It will cost you $4.00, but it will be refunded on payment of your first order. =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.1 - What are some of the best, or most popular Doctor Who episodes? (Based on a poll in r.a.dw 3/31/94) The 15 most popular shows, in order of broadcast, "The Daleks" 1963 "The Keys of Marinus" 1964 "Inferno" 1970 "Genesis of the Daleks" 1975 "Pyramids of Mars" 1975 "The Deadly Assassin" 1976 "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" 1977 "The Invasion of Time" 1978 "City of Death" 1979 "Logopolis" 1981 "Earthshock" 1982 "The Five Doctors" 1983 "The Caves of Androzani" 1984 "Remembrance of the Daleks" 1988 "The Curse of Fenric" 1989 =========================================================================== FAQ Item 5.2 - What are some great Doctor Who quotes? A complete file of some of the greatest "Doctor Who" quotes, taken from 26 years' worth of television episodes, can be found at the following FTP site: (This is still a relatively new rearrangement, so it may not be ready yet - stay tuned) - frontios.niagara.edu [192.188.5.50] There's some really fantastic stuff in there; note that this file is in a non-ASCii format so that many systems will be unable to read it. If you too are unable to obtain this file in readable format, please post to the net and ask for assistance, and someone is usually gracious enough to reply. The following is a scattering of some of the Doctor's greatest sayings, profound and otherwise, taken from the comprehensive quote file: "One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. Goodbye, my dear. Goodbye, Susan." - 1st Doctor, "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" "It's rather a pity in a way. Now the universe is down to 699 wonders!" - 3rd Doctor, "Death to the Daleks" "Every great decision creates ripples -- like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples emerge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences." - 7th Doctor, "Remembrance of the Daleks" "My biorythms must be at an all-time low!" - 4th Doctor, "The Pirate Planet" "My dear Miss Shaw, I never report myself anywhere, particularly not forthwith!" - 3rd Doctor, "Doctor Who and the Silurians" "Careful, careful -- I might explode!" - 4th Doctor, "Revenge of the Cybermen" "Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority." - 2nd Doctor, "The Wheel in Space" "Allow me to congratulate you, sir. You have the most totally closed mind that I've ever encountered!" - 3rd Doctor, "Frontier in Space" "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes!" - 4th Doctor, "Robot" "Time -- the beginning of all beginnings. Two forces, only good and evil, then chaos. Time is born; matter, space. The universe cries out like a newborn. The forces shatter as the universe explodes outwards. Only echoes remain, and yet somehow -- somehow, the evil force survives, an intelligence -- pure evil." - 7th Doctor, "The Curse of Fenric" "And fear breeds hatred, your majesty. Fear is the greatest enemy of them all, for fear leads us to war." - 3rd Doctor, "Frontier in Space" "Well, to be fair, I did have a couple of gadgets he probably didn't, like a teaspoon and an open mind." - 4th Doctor, "The Creature From the Pit" "It is a fact, Jamie, that I do tend to get involved with things." - 2nd Doctor, "The War Games" "That is the dematerializing control, and that over yonder is the horizontal hold; up there is the scanner, those are the doors, and that is a chair with a panda on it. Sheer poetry, dear boy." - 1st Doctor, "The Time Meddler" "They say the atmosphere there was so full of goodness that evil just shriveled up and died. Maybe that's why I never went there." - 4th Doctor, "The Keeper of Traken" "I don't believe you've met my young friend Ace, an expert in calorification, incineration, carbonization, and inflammation." - 7th Doctor, "The Happiness Patrol" "We are on the brink of descruc- destruction!" - 1st Doctor, "The Edge of Descruc- Destruction" William Hartnell is The Doctor First Season - November 23, 1963 to September 12, 1964 Producers: Verity Lambert, Mervyn Pinfield Script Editor: David Whitaker All stories shown in 25 minute segments. A AN UNEARTHLY CHILD (4) Anthony Coburn Susan Foreman. Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright join. B THE DALEKS (7) Terry Nation Film version made. C THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION (2) David Whitaker D MARCO POLO (7) John Lucarotti E THE KEYS OF MARINUS (6) Terry Nation F THE AZTECS (4) John Lucarotti G THE SENSORITES (6) Peter R. Newman H THE REIGN OF TERROR (6) Dennis Spooner Second Season - October 31, 1964 to July 24, 1965 Producers: Verity Lambert, Mervyn Pinfield Script Editors: David Whitaker, Dennis Spooner, Donald Tosh J PLANET OF GIANTS (3) Louis Marks K THE DALEK INVASION OF Terry Nation Susan leaves. Film EARTH (6) version made. L THE RESCUE (2) David Whitaker Vicki joins. M THE ROMANS (4) Dennis Spooner N THE WEB PLANET (6) Bill Strutton P THE CRUSADE (4) David Whitaker Q THE SPACE MUSEUM (4) Glyn Jones R THE CHASE (6) Terry Nation Ian, Barbara leave; Steven Taylor joins S THE TIME MEDDLER (4) Dennis Spooner Third Season - September 11, 1965 to July 16, 1966 Producers: Verity Lambert, John Wiles, Innes Lloyd Script Editors: Donald Tosh, Gerry Davis T GALAXY FOUR (4) William Emms T/A MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN (1) Terry Nation Prelude for V. U THE MYTH MAKERS (4) Donald Cotton Vicki leaves, Katarina joins. V THE DALEK MASTER PLAN (12) Terry Nation Sara Kingdom joins. Katarina killed. Sara killed. W THE MASSACRE (4) John Lucarotti Dodo Chaplet joins. X THE ARK (4) Paul Erickson,Lesley Scott Y THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER (4) Brian Hayles Z THE GUNFIGHTERS (4) Donald Cotton AA THE SAVAGES (4) Ian Stuart Black Steven leaves. BB THE WAR MACHINES (4) Ian Stuart Black Dodo leaves. Ben Jackson, Polly join Fourth Season - September 10, 1966 to July 1, 1967 Producers: Innes Lloyd, Peter Bryant Script Editors: Gerry Davis, Peter Bryant CC THE SMUGGLERS (4) Brian Hayles DD THE TENTH PLANET (4) Kit Pedler Patrick Troughton is The Doctor EE THE POWER OF THE DALEKS (6) David Whitaker FF THE HIGHLANDERS (4) Gerry Davis, Jamie McCrimmon joins Elwyn Jones GG THE UNDERWATER MENACE (4) Geoffrey Orme HH THE MOONBASE (4) Kit Pedler JJ THE MACRA TERROR (4) Ian Stuart Black KK THE FACELESS ONES (6) David Ellis, Ben, Polly leave. Malcolm Hulke LL THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS (7) David Whitaker Victoria Waterfield joins. Fifth Season - September 2, 1967 to June 1, 1968 Producers: Peter Bryant, Innes Lloyd Script Editors: Victor Pemberton, Peter Bryant MM THE TOMB OF THE Kit Pedler, CYBERMEN (4) Gerry Davis NN THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN (6) Mervyn Haisman,Henry Lincoln OO THE ICE WARRIORS (6) Brian Hayles PP THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD (6) David Whitaker QQ THE WEB OF FEAR (6) Mervyn Haisman,Henry Lincoln RR FURY FROM THE DEEP (6) Victor Pemberton Victoria leaves. SS THE WHEEL IN SPACE (6) David Whitaker Zoe Herriet joins. Sixth Season - August 10, 1968 to June 21, 1969 Producers: Peter Bryant, Derrick Sherwin Script Editors: Derrick Sherwin, Terrance Dicks TT THE DOMINATORS (5) Norman Ashby UU THE MIND ROBBER (5) Peter Ling VV THE INVASION (8) Derrick Sherwin WW THE KROTONS (4) Robert Holmes XX THE SEEDS OF DEATH (6) Brian Hayles YY THE SPACE PIRATES (6) Robert Holmes ZZ THE WAR GAMES (10) Malcolm Hulke, Jamie, Zoe leave. Terrance Dicks Jon Pertwee is The Doctor Seventh Season - January 3 1970 to June 20, 1970 Producers: Derrick Sherwin, Barry Letts Script Editor: Terrance Dicks AAA SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE (4) Robert Holmes Liz Shaw joins. BBB DOCTOR WHO AND THE Malcolm Hulke SILURIANS (7) CCC THE AMBASSADORS OF David Whitaker DEATH (7) DDD INFERNO (7) Don Houghton Liz leaves. Eighth Season - January 2, 1971 to June 19, 1971 Producer: Barry Letts Script Editor: Terrance Dicks EEE TERROR OF THE AUTONS (4) Robert Holmes Jo Grant joins. FFF THE MIND OF EVIL (6) Don Houghton GGG THE CLAWS OF AXOS (4) Bob Baker,Dave Martin HHH COLONY IN SPACE (6) Malcolm Hulke JJJ THE DAEMONS (5) Guy Leopold Ninth Season - January 1, 1972 to June 24, 1972 Producer: Barry Letts Script Editor: Terrance Dicks KKK DAY OF THE DALEKS (4) Louis Marks MMM THE CURSE OF PELADON (4) Brian Hayles LLL THE SEA DEVILS (6) Malcolm Hulke NNN THE MUTANTS (6) Bob Baker, Dave Martin OOO THE TIME MONSTER (6) Robert Sloman Tenth Season - December 30, 1972 to June 23, 1973 Producer: Barry Letts Script Editor: Terrance Dicks RRR THE THREE DOCTORS (4) Bob Baker, Special 10th Anniver- Dave Martin sary story. Appearance by Doctors 1 and 2. PPP CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS (4) Robert Holmes QQQ FRONTIER IN SPACE (6) Malcolm Hulke SSS PLANET OF THE DALEKS (6) Terry Nation TTT THE GREEN DEATH (6) Robert Sloman Jo leaves. Eleventh Season - December 15, 1973 to June 8, 1974 Producer: Barry Letts Script Editor: Terrance Dicks UUU THE TIME WARRIOR (4) Robert Holmes Sarah Jane Smith joins. WWW INVASION OF THE Malcolm Hulke DINOSAURS (6) XXX DEATH TO THE DALEKS (4) Terry Nation YYY THE MONSTER OF PELADON (6) Brian Hayles ZZZ PLANET OF THE SPIDERS (6) Robert Sloman Tom Baker is The Doctor Twelfth Season - December 28, 1974 to May 10, 1975 Producers: Barry Letts, Philip Hinchcliffe Script Editor: Robert Holmes 4A ROBOT (4) Terrance Dicks Harry Sullivan joins. 4C THE ARK IN SPACE (4) Robert Holmes 4B THE SONTARAN Bob Baker,Dave Martin EXPERIMENT (2) 4E GENESIS OF THE DALEKS (6) Terry Nation 4D REVENGE OF THE Gerry Davis CYBERMEN (4) Thirteenth Season - August 30, 1975 to March 6, 1976 Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe Script Editor: Robert Holmes 4F TERROR OF THE ZYGONS (4) Robert Banks Stewart Harry leaves. 4H PLANET OF EVIL (4) Louis Marks 4G PYRAMIDS OF MARS (4) Stephen Harris 4J THE ANDROID INVASION (4) Terry Nation 4K THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS (4) Robin Bland 4L THE SEEDS OF DOOM (6) Robert Banks Stewart Fourteenth Season - September 4, 1977 to April 2, 1977 Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe Script Editor: Robert Holmes 4M THE MASQUE OF Louis Marks MANDRAGORA (4) 4N THE HAND OF FEAR (4) Bob Baker, Sarah leaves. Dave Martin 4P THE DEADLY ASSASSIN (4) Robert Holmes 4Q THE FACE OF EVIL (4) Chris Boucher Leela joins. 4R THE ROBOTS OF DEATH (4) Chris Boucher 4S THE TALONS OF Robert Holmes WENG-CHIANG (6) Fifteenth Season - September 3, 1977 to March 11, 1978 Producer: Graham Williams Script Editors: Robert Holmes, Anthony Read 4V HORROR OF FANG ROCK (4) Terrance Dicks 4T THE INVISIBLE ENEMY (4) Bob Baker, K9 joins. Dave Martin 4X IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL (4) Chris Boucher 4W THE SUNMAKERS (4) Robert Holmes 4Y UNDERWORLD (4) Bob Baker,Dave Martin 4Z THE INVASION OF TIME (6) David Agnew Leela, K9 MkI leave. Sixteenth Season - September 2, 1978 to February 24, 1979 Producer: Graham Williams Script Editor: Anthony Read Season title: The Key to Time 5A THE RIBOS OPERATION (4) Robert Holmes Romana, K9 Mk2 join. 5B THE PIRATE PLANET (4) Douglas Adams 5C THE STONES OF BLOOD (4) David Fisher 5D THE ANDROIDS OF TARA (4) David Fisher 5E THE POWER OF KROLL (4) Robert Holmes 5F THE ARMEGGEDDON FACTOR (6) Bob Baker, Dave Martin Seventeenth Season - September 1, 1979 to January 12, 1980 Producer: Graham Williams Script Editor: Douglas Adams 5J DESTINY OF THE DALEKS (4) Terry Nation Romana regenerates. 5H CITY OF DEATH (4) David Agnew 5G THE CREATURE FROM THE David Fisher PIT (4) 5K NIGHTMARE OF EDEN (4) Bob Baker 5L THE HORNS OF NIMON (4) Anthony Read 5M SHADA (6) Douglas Adams -- Never finished. Eighteenth Season - August 30, 1980 to March 21, 1981 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Christopher H. Bidmead 5N THE LEISURE HIVE (4) David Fisher 5Q MEGLOS (4) John Flanagan,Andrew McCulloch 5R FULL CIRCLE (4) Andrew Smith Adric joins. 5P STATE OF DECAY (4) Terrance Dicks 5S WARRIORS' GATE (4) Steve Gallagher Romana, K9 Mk2 leave. 5T THE KEEPER OF TRAKEN (4) Johnny Byrne Nyssa joins. 5V LOGOPOLIS (4) Christopher H. Tegan Jovanka joins. Bidmead Peter Davison is The Doctor Nineteenth Season - January 4, 1982 to March 30, 1982 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editors: Eric Saward, Antony Root 5Z CASTROVALVA (4) Christopher H. Bidmead 5W FOUR TO DOOMSDAY (4) Terence Dudley 5Y KINDA (4) Christopher Bailey 5X THE VISITATION (4) Eric Saward 6A BLACK ORCHID (2) Terence Dudley 6B EARTHSHOCK (4) Eric Saward Adric killed. 6C TIME-FLIGHT (4) Peter Grimwade Tegan left behind. Twentieth season - January 3, 1983 to March 16, 1983 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editors: Eric Saward, Antony Root 6E ARC OF INFINITY (4) Johnny Byrne Tegan returns. 6D SNAKEDANCE (4) Christopher Bailey 6F MAWDRYN UNDEAD (4) Peter Grimwade Turlough joins. Appearance by the Brigadier. 6G TERMINUS (4) Steve Gallagher Nyssa leaves. 6H ENLIGHTENMENT (4) Barbara Clegg 6J THE KING'S DEMONS (2) Terence Dudley Kamelion joins. 6K THE FIVE DOCTORS (1) Terrance Dicks Special 20th Anniversary story. Appearance by Doctors 1-4, Susan, Jamie, Zoe, Liz, the Brigadier, Mike Yates, Sarah, K9 and Romana 2. Shown in one 90-minute segment on November 25, 1983. Twenty-first season - January 5, 1984 to March 30, 1984 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Eric Saward 6L WARRIORS OF THE DEEP (4) Johnny Byrne 6M THE AWAKENING (2) Eric Pringle 6N FRONTIOS (4) Christopher H. Bidmead 6P RESURRECTION OF THE Eric Saward Tegan leaves. Shown DALEKS (4/2) in two 45 minute segments. 6Q PLANET OF FIRE (4) Peter Grimwade Peri joins. Kamelion destroyed. Turlough leaves. 6R THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI (4) Robert Holmes Colin Baker is The Doctor 6S THE TWIN DILEMMA (4) Anthony Stevens Twenty-second season - January 5, 1985 to March 30, 1985 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Eric Saward All stories shown in 45 minute segments. 6T ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN (2) Paula Moore 6U VENGEANCE ON VAROS (2) Philip Martin 6X MARK OF THE RANI (2) Pip and Jane Baker 6V THE TWO DOCTORS (3) Robert Holmes Appearance by Doctor 2 and Jamie. 6Y TIMELASH (2) Glen McCoy 6Z REVELATION OF THE Eric Saward DALEKS (2) Twenty-third Season - September 6, 1986 to December 6, 1986 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Eric Saward All stories shown in 25 minute segments. Season title: The Trial of a Time Lord individual story titles are working titles only 7A THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET (4) Robert Holmes 7B MINDWARP (4) Philip Martin Peri shown killed. 7C TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS (4) Pip and Jane Baker Melanie Bush joins. 7C THE ULTIMATE FOE (2) Robert Holmes, Peri's fate revealed. Pip and Jane Baker Sylvester McCoy is the Doctor Twenty-fourth Season - September 7, 1987 to December 7, 1987 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Andrew Cartmel All stories shown in 25 minute segments. 7D TIME AND THE RANI (4) Pip and Jane Baker 7E PARADISE TOWERS (4) Stephen Wyatt 7F DELTA AND THE BANNERMEN (3) Malcolm Kohll 7G DRAGONFIRE (3) Ian Briggs Melanie leaves, Ace joins Twenty-fifth Season - October 5, 1988 to January 4, 1989 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Andrew Cartmel All stories shown in 25 minute segments. 7H REMEMBRANCE OF THE Ben Aaronovitch DALEKS (4) 7L HAPPINESS PATROL (3) Graeme Curry 7K SILVER NEMESIS (3) Kevin Clarke 7J GREATEST SHOW IN THE Stephen Wyatt GALAXY (4) Twenty-sixth Season - September 6, 1989 to December 6, 1989 Producer: John Nathan-Turner Script Editor: Andrew Cartmel All stories shown in 25 minute segments. 7N BATTLEFIELD (4) Ben Aaronovitch Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart appears 7Q GHOST LIGHT (3) Marc Platt 7M CURSE OF FENRIC (4) Ian Briggs 7P SURVIVAL (3) Rona Munroe Books related to Doctor Who - "to read more about it, ..." Section 1. New Adventures Section 2. Missing Adventures Section 3. Novelizations of Television Episodes Section 4. Other books related to Doctor Who ======================================================================= Section 1. New Adventures - updated as new books are published, currently one every month. Title Author ISBN # or release date ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timewyrm Series: Genesys John Peel 0 426 20355 0 Exodus Terrance Dicks 0 426 20357 7 Apocalypse Nigel Robinson 0 426 20359 3 Revelation Paul Cornell 0 426 20360 6 Cat's Cradle Series: Time's Crucible Marc Platt 0 426 20365 8 Warhead Andrew Cartmel 0 426 20367 4 Witch Mark Andrew Hunt 0 426 20368 2 Nightshade Mark Gatiss 0 426 20376 3 Future History Cycle: Love And War Paul Cornell 0 426 20385 2 Transit Ben Aaronovitch 0 426 20384 4 The Highest Science Gareth Roberts 0 426 20377 1 The Pit Neil Penswick 0 426 20378 x Deceit Peter Darvill-Evans 0 426 20362 3 Lucifer Rising Jim Mortimore and 0 426 20388 7 ANDY LANE!!!!!!! White Darkness David A. McIntee 0 426 20395 x Shadowmind Christopher Bulis 0 426 20394 1 Birthright Nigel Robinson 0 426 20393 3 Iceberg David Banks 0 426 20392 5 Alternate Universe Cycle: Bloodheat Jim Mortimore 0 426 20399 2 The Dimension Riders Daniel Blythe 0 426 20397 6 The Left-Handed Kate Orman 0 426 20404 2 Hummingbird Conundrum Steve Lyons 0 426 20408 5 No Future Paul Cornell 0 426 20409 3 Tragedy Day Gareth Roberts 0 426 20410 7 Legacy Gary Russell 0 426 20412 3 Theatre of War Justin Richards 0 426 20414 X All-Consuming Fire Andy Lane 0 426 20415 8 Blood Harvest Terrance Dicks 0 426 20417 4 Strange England Simon Messingham 0 426 20419 0 First Frontier David McIntee 0 426 20421 2 St. Anthony's Fire Mark Gatiss 0 426 20423 9 Falls the Shadow Daniel O'Mahony 0 426 20427 1 Parasite Jim Mortimore 0 426 20425 5 Warlock Andrew Cartmel 0 426 20433 6 Set Piece Kate Orman (02/95) Infinite Requiem Daniel Blythe (03/95) Original Sin Andy Lane (04/95) ================================================================== Section 2. Missing Adventures - updated as new books are published, currently one a month. Title Author ISBN # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goth Opera (5, Nyssa, Tegan) Paul Cornell 0 426 20418 2 Evolution (4, Sarah) John Peel 0 426 20422 0 Venusian Lullaby (1, Ian, Barbara) Paul Leonard 0 426 20424 7 The Crystal Bucephalus (5, Tegan Turlough, Kamelion) Craig Hinton 0 426 20429 8 State of Change (6, Peri) Christopher Bulis 0 426 20431 X The Ghosts of N-Space (3, Sarah) Barry Letts Romance of Crime (4, Romana2,k9) Gareth Roberts Time of Your Life (6) Steven Lyon ========================================================================== Section 3. Doctor Who Novelizations - based upon episodes of the television show - some of these may be out of print. Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Abominable Snowmen [1974] [#1] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Android Invasion [] [#2] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Androids of Tara [] [#3] Ian Marter Doctor Who and The Ark in Space [] [#4] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Armageddon Factor [] [#5] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion [1974] [#6] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Brain of Morbius [] [#7] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters [] [#8] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Cave Monsters [1974] [#9] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Claws of Axos [] [#10] David Fisher Doctor Who and The Creature from the Pit [] [#11] David Whitaker Doctor Who and The Crusaders [1965] [#12] Brian Hayles Doctor Who and The Curse of Peladon [1974] [#13] Gerry Davis Doctor Who and The Cybermen [1974] [#14] Barry Letts Doctor Who and The Daemons [1974] [#15] David Whitaker Doctor Who and The Daleks [] [#16] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Dalek Invasion of Earth [] [#17] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Day of the Daleks [1974] [#18] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Deadly Assassin [] [#19] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Death to the Daleks [] [#20] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks [] [#21] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Dinosaur Invasion [] [#22] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Doomsday Weapon [1974] [#23] Ian Marter Doctor Who and The Enemy of the World [] [#24] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Face of Evil [] [#25] Andrew Smith Doctor Who -- Full Circle [] [#26] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks [] [#27] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Giant Robot [] [#28] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Green Death [] [#29] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Hand of Fear [] [#30] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Horns of Nimon [] [#31] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and Horror of Fang Rock [] [#32] Brian Hayles Doctor Who and The Ice Warriors [] [#33] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and Image of the Fendahl [] [#34] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Invasion of Time [] [#35] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Invisible Enemy [] [#36] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Keeper of Traken [] [#37] Philip Hinchliffe Doctor Who and The Keys of Marinus [] [#38] David Fisher Doctor Who and The Leisure Hive [] [#39] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster [] [#40] Chris Bidmead Doctor Who -- Logopolis [] [#41] Philip Hinchliffe Doctor Who and The Masque of Mandragora [] [#42] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Monster of Peladon [] [#43] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Mutants [] [#44] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden [] [#45] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks [] [#46] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil [] [#47] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and Planet of the Spiders [] [#48] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Power of Kroll [] [#49] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Pyramids of Mars [] [#50] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Revenge of the Cybermen [] [#51] Ian Marter Doctor Who and The Ribos Operation [] [#52] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Robots of Death [] [#53] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Sea Devils [1974] [#54] Philip Hinchliffe Doctor Who and The Seeds of Doom [] [#55] Ian Marter Doctor Who and The Sontaran Experiment [] [#56] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The Space War [] [#57] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the State of Decay [] [#58] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Stones of Blood [] [#59] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Sunmakers [] [#60] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Talons of Weng-Chiang [] [#61] Gerry Davis Doctor Who -- The Tenth Planet [] [#62] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and Terror of the Autons [] [#63] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Three Doctors [] [#64] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Time Warrior [] [#65] Gerry Davis Doctor Who and The Tomb of the Cybermen [] [#66] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and the Underworld [] [#67] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child [] [#68] Eric Saward Doctor Who and The Visitation [] [#69] Malcolm Hulke Doctor Who and The War Games [] [#70] John Lydecker Doctor Who and Warrior's Gate [] [#71] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who and The Web of Fear [] [#72] Bill Strutton Doctor Who and The Zarbi [1965] [#73] Peter Grimwade Doctor Who -- Time-Flight [] [#74] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Meglos [] [#75] Chris Bidmead Doctor Who -- Castrovalva [] [#76] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Four to Doomsday [] [#77] Ian Marter Doctor Who -- Earthshock [] [#78] John Lydecker Doctor Who -- Terminus [] [#79] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Arc of Infinity [] [#80] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Five Doctors [] [#81] Peter Grimwade Doctor Who -- Mawdryn Undead [] [#82] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Snakedance [] [#83] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Kinda [] [#84] Barbara Clegg Doctor Who -- Enlightenment [] [#85] Ian Marter Doctor Who -- The Dominators [] [#86] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Warriors of the Deep [] [#87] John Lucarotti Doctor Who -- The Aztecs [] [#88] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- Inferno [] [#89] Gerry Davis Doctor Who & The Highlanders [] [#90] Chris Bidmead Doctor Who -- Frontios [] [#91] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Caves of Androzani [] [#92] Chris Bidmead Doctor Who -- Planet of Fire [] [#93] John Lucarotti Doctor Who -- Marco Polo [] [#94] Eric Pringle Doctor Who -- The Awakening [] [#95] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Mind of Evil [] [#96] Donald Cotton Doctor Who -- The Myth Makers [] [#97] Ian Marter Doctor Who -- The Invasion [] [#98] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Krotons [] [#99] Robert Holmes Doctor Who -- The Two Doctors [] [#100] Donald Cotton Doctor Who -- The Gunfighters [1985] [#101] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Time Monster [1985] [#102] Eric Saward Doctor Who -- The Twin Dilemma [1985] [#103] William Emms Doctor Who -- Galaxy Four [1985] [#104] Glen McCoy Doctor Who -- Timelash [1985] [#105] Philip Martin Doctor Who & Vengeance on Varos [1985] [#106] Pip & Jane Baker Doctor Who -- The Mark of the Rani [1985] [#107] Terence Dudley Doctor Who -- The King's Demons [1986] [#108] Ian Stewart Black Doctor Who -- The Savages [1986] [#109] Victor Pemberton Doctor Who -- The Fury from the Deep [1986] [#110] Davis, & Bingeman Doctor Who -- The Celestial Toymaker [1986] [#111] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Seeds of Death [1986] [#112] Terence Dudley Doctor Who -- Black Orchid [1986] [#113] Paul Erickson Doctor Who -- The Ark [1986] [#114] Peter Ling Doctor Who -- The Mind Robber [1986] [#115] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Faceless Ones [1986] [#116] Glyn Jones Doctor Who -- The Space Museum [1987] [#117] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who -- The Sensorites [1987] [#118] Ian Marter Doctor Who -- The Reign of Terror [1987] [#119] Donald Cotton Doctor Who -- The Romans [1987] [#120] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who -- The Ambassadors of Death [1987] [#121] John Lucarotti Doctor Who -- The Massacre [1987] [#122] Ian Stuart Black Doctor Who -- The Macra Terror [1987] [#123] Ian Marter Doctor Who -- The Rescue [1987] [#124] Pip and Jane Baker Doctor Who -- Terror of the Vervoids [1987] [#125] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who -- The Time Meddler [1987] [#126] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who & The Mysterious Planet [1987] [#127] Pip and Jane Baker Doctor Who & Time and the Rani [1987] [#128] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who & The Underwater Menace [1988] [#129] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who & The Wheel in Space [1988] [#130] Pip and Jane Baker Doctor Who & The Ultimate Foe [1988] [#131] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who & The Edge of Destruction [1988] [#132] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who & The Smugglers [1988] [#133] Stephen Wyatt Doctor Who & Paradise Towers [1989] [#134] Malcolm Kohill Doctor Who & Delta and the Bannermen [1989] [#135] Ian Stuart Black Doctor Who: The War Machines [1989] [#136] Ian Briggs Doctor Who & Dragonfire [1989] [#137] Eric Saward Doctor Who & Attack of the Cybermen [1989] [#138] Philip Martin Doctor Who & Mindwarp [1989] [#139] John Peel Doctor Who & The Chase [1989] [#140] 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Other Doctor Who Books - both fiction and non-fiction, some may be out of print. Airey & Haldeman Travel Without the TARDIS [] [NF] Tony Attwood Companions: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma [] Jeremy Bentham Doctor Who: The Early Years [1986] [NF] Anthony Coburn Script Book One: An Unearthly Child [] [NF] Terrance Dicks Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius [] Terrance Dicks Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot [] Terrance Dicks Dalek Omnibus [] [NF] Terrance Dicks Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures [] [NF] Terrance Dicks Doctor Who Dinosaur Book [] [NF] Terrance Dicks The Second Doctor Who Monster Book [] [NF] Terrance Dicks Terry Nation's Dalek Special [] [NF] Dicks & Hulke The Making of Doctor Who [] [NF] Gary Downie The Doctor Who Cookbook [1986] [NF] Terence Dudley Companions: K-9 and Company [] Joy Gammon The Doctor Who Pattern Book [1986] [NF] Peter Haining The Doctor Who File [1986] [NF] Peter Haining Doctor Who: The Key to Time [1984] [NF] Peter Haining Doctor Who: A Celebration [] [NF] Peter Haining Doctor Who: The Time Traveler's Guide [1987] [NF] Mark Harris Build the Tardis [] [NF] Mark Harris Doctor Who Technical Manual [] [NF] Adrian Heath Doctor Who: Brain Teasers & Mindbenders [] [NF] Mat Irvine Doctor Who Special Effects [] [NF] Jean-Marc Lofficier Programme Guide Vol. 1 (The Programmes) [] [NF] Jean-Marc Lofficier Programme Guide Vol. 2 (What's What, Who's Who) [] [NF] Ian Marter Companions: Harry Sullivan's War [] John Nathan-Turner Doctor Who: The TARDIS Inside Out [1986] [NF] John Nathan-Turner Doctor Who: The Companions [1986] [NF] Quinn & Howett Doctor Who Fun Book [1987] [NF] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who Quiz Book [] [NF] Nigel Robinson Second Doctor Who Quiz Book [] [NF] Nigel Robinson Third Doctor Who Quiz Book [] [NF] Nigel Robinson Doctor Who Crossword Book [] [NF] David Saunders Encyclopedia: The World of Doctor Who Vol. 1 [] [NF] Eric Saward Slipback [] Andrew Skilleter Timeview: The Works of Frank Bellamy [] [NF] Lesley Standring Doctor Who Illustrated [1985] [NF] Tulloch & Alvarado Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text [1984] [NF]