Doctor Who Novels

[James Wright]

I live in Tennesse and am a big Doctor Who fan, ranks right up there with Star Trek but you want to know something, in the 45 years I've been around I've never seen a Doctor Who novel!
Now someone is going to write and say look on Google, but you don't understand, I've NEVER SEEN A NOVEL FOR SALE!
(Somewhere out there there's somebody hoarding all the Doctor Who novels and when I find them I'm going Tardis on them!)(joke!)

James

 

[jbny67]

If you're looking to buy some try here.
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1245387895/ref=sr_kk_2?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=doctor%20who%20novels

A lot of US book stores never carried them before the new series. I have seen many, over the years in comic book and collectible stores.

 

[James Wright]

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look!

James

 

[Tomalak]

I've barely read any either. Who Shot Kennedy is worth a read though - it's a thriller about a journalist who tries to track down the Doctor, picking up references to most of the Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee Earth-based stories. It's quite fanwanky in a Greg Cox kind of way (his Khan books are practically plagarism!), but if you like that sort of thing, it's a fun read.

 

[Lonemagpie]

I've barely read any either. Who Shot Kennedy is worth a read though

Who Killed Kennedy, by Dave Bishop, not Who Shot Kennedy

Be aware that the golden age of DW novels is past for now - between 1992 and 2005 there were series of full-size tie-ins comparable to the likes of regular Trek novels; however, since 2005 there have only been mini-hardbacks aimed at a younger audience... (well, some of those have been reprinted in paperback, and the Quick Reads are even shorter paperbacks, but you get the idea: they don't do full scale novels any more.)

There's a guide to all of them - NAs, MAs, EDAs, PDAs, script books, novelisations, the lot; here:
http://www.timelash.com/tardis/

 

[Tomalak]

Yes, I think Big Finish has really taken on the past Doctor mantle since the new series started.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Yes, I think Big Finish has really taken on the past Doctor mantle since the new series started.

And even they can only do Doctors 5-8 for obvious reasons (Tom hates them, and the other three are dead)

 

[Worf2DS9]

^ What did Big Finish ever do to Tom Baker?

 

[OmahaStar]

^ What did Big Finish ever do to Tom Baker?

I'm curious about that. He does some audios, but not for Big Finish. Why is that?

 

[Lonemagpie]

^ What did Big Finish ever do to Tom Baker?

I'm curious about that. He does some audios, but not for Big Finish. Why is that?

They sent him some sample scripts and he thought they were shit, so he has nothing to do with the company.

 

[Worf2DS9]

^ So apparently the fact that Davison, Colin Baker, McCoy & McGann have had enduring success with the BF audios hasn't given him pause to perhaps "give them another go"?

 

[OmahaStar]

^ So apparently the fact that Davison, Colin Baker, McCoy & McGann have had enduring success with the BF audios hasn't given him pause to perhaps "give them another go"?

As long as we're listing them, his ex-wife had her own BF series that went over quite well too. I just don't understand why he'll do audios for one and not the other. But he always was an eccentric individual.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Yes, I think Big Finish has really taken on the past Doctor mantle since the new series started.

And even they can only do Doctors 5-8 for obvious reasons (Tom hates them, and the other three are dead)

Big Finish did use Jon Culshaw as the fourth Doctor in The Kingmaker.

And they are doing stories of the first four Doctors in the Companion Chronicles series.