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Doctor Who: Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide To The Whoniverse – Jonathan Morris, Simon Guerrier & Una McCormack (BBC Books)

Whotopia is two, moderately incompatible, things. Firstly, it is gorgeous. Weighs about the size of a concussion, crammed with fabulous full-colour photographs of many of the things it describes. A coffee table book that, if…


Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen – Written by Eric Saward & Read by David Banks (BBC Books)

Attack of the Cybermen is a Doctor Who story that has traditionally been characterized as “troubled.” The first adventure for the explosive Sixth Doctor after his tacked-on regeneration story (in which he throttled his companion,…


Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder – Novelization by Mark Morris & Audiobook read by Bonnie Langford (BBC Books)

First, a disclaimer: of the three 60th anniversary specials released in 2023, Wild Blue Yonder was my least favourite. The bizarre pre-credits sequence, complete with the mavity gag that appears to be dying no time…



Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End – Sophie Aldred (BBC Books)

We all want to know what happens to our favourite companions once they leave the Doctor (assuming of course they’re that lucky). Ace, the companion who was with the Seventh Doctor when the axe fell…


Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos – Written by Philip Martin & Read by Martin Jarvis – CD / Audible (BBC Worldwide)

Martin Jarvis is, let there be no mistake, a legend in the audiobook world. Alongside a handful of others, he dominates the world of spoken world audio, with a skill for both characterisation and narration…


Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks – Eric Saward (BBC Books)

The second of the long-anticipated Eric Saward novelisations of his 1980s televised Dalek stories has at least one thing in its favour even before the novelisation gets out of the gate. It has a plot….


BBC Books to launch The World Cup of Terrance Dicks social media tournament…

BBC Books to launch The World Cup of Terrance Dicks social media tournament on Monday 18 November 2019 BBC Books is to publish a hardback collection of Target novelisations by the late Terrance Dicks next…





THE WAIT IS OVER – THE ONLY TWO CLASSIC-ERA DOCTOR WHO STORIES NOT YET NOVELISED, WILL BE PUBLISHED BY BBC BOOKS IN 2019

After the success of the new-era Target novelisations in 2018, which included books by Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, BBC Books are proud to announce the publication of Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation…