Michael Moorcock to write Doctor Who novel!

[StCoop]

Didn't see that coming!

http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=12620

There's been talk for a long time now of them bringing out new novels for older readers so approaching a British SF/Fantasy legend would be a good way to kick them off.

 

[Starkers]

Wow! Have to say it would be good to have some more adult QWho books out there. Its interesting that he says it isn't a tie in, d'ya think he's saying it isn't tied to a particular episode? Surely it is a tie in as it's Who?

 

[StCoop]

Its interesting that he says it isn't a tie in, d'ya think he's saying it isn't tied to a particular episode? Surely it is a tie in as it's Who?

I think he means that it's an original story not an adaptaion of an episode. (As DW fans we know they don't do those any more but his fans mightn't.)

 

[Allyn Gibson]

And when Moorcock was still living in England, the only Doctor Who books were novelizations. It's possible he may not even have been aware there were original novels (since his agent was approached, rather than an approach he and his agent made).

 

[ClayinCA]

I think my head just exploded.

Who's next - Harlan Ellison??

 

[StCoop]

I think my head just exploded.

Who's next - Harlan Ellison??

Well, he is a massive fan of both the Original and New Series...

 

[Allyn Gibson]

He also isn't known for being any sort of timely.

Harlan Ellison might be contracted for a book with Matt Smith, and by the time he was done, the series has moved on to the thirteenth Doctor and two producers past Moffat.

 

[diankra]

I think my head just exploded.

Who's next - Harlan Ellison??

Well, he is a massive fan of both the Original and New Series...

Thanks to Moorcock handcuffing him to his seat in front of the telly so he was forced to watch an episode long enough for it to overcome his 'No no no!!!!' reaction to watching any TVSF. Or at least that's how he told it in the Pinnacle introductions (as you're probably well aware, but just in case someone here isn't... )

 

[ClayinCA]

I think my head just exploded.

Who's next - Harlan Ellison??

Well, he is a massive fan of both the Original and New Series...

Thanks to Moorcock handcuffing him to his seat in front of the telly so he was forced to watch an episode long enough for it to overcome his 'No no no!!!!' reaction to watching any TVSF. Or at least that's how he told it in the Pinnacle introductions (as you're probably well aware, but just in case someone here isn't... )

Yeah, I knew that. That was actually why I suggested him! (It would be pretty cool, though...!)

 

[Steve Roby]

Ellison can do a Doctor Who novel as soon as he finishes his Babylon 5 sequel to Demon With a Glass Hand.

 

[Kelso]

What were Ellison's comments on the new series?

 

[Davros]

Awesome news.
At one point I have even argued that the Doctor is his reality's incarnation of the eternal champion.

 

[EJA]

This is fantastic news. I wonder if Mike will include any subtle nods to his Multiverse stories in it? I've sometimes wondered if the Doctor could be an incarnation of the Eternal Champion.

 

[23skidoo]

I think my head just exploded.

Who's next - Harlan Ellison??

Maybe not him, but remember the Neil Gaiman question remains up in the air. We might not see him pen an episode, but it wouldn't be impossible to see him write a novel.

Terry Pratchett would do a great one, as well, I think.

What I'm hoping to see in the post-RTD era, though, is a return to past Doctors in the books. Now that Big Finish has retired the Short Trips books, there really isn't any official avenue for past Doctor adventures, and I'd love to see, say, a First Doctor or Third Doctor story tackled with the type of style we've seen in the recent 9th and 10th Doctor books, just as it was fun to see the Virgin New Adventures format adapted for the Missing Adventures books back in the 90s.

Alex

 

[23skidoo]

Moorcock has written an article in The Guardian about his thoughts on Doctor Who and writing a novel:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/21/michael-moorcock-doctor-who-author

It has occurred to me that we should ask whether BBC Books is planning on continuing with the "three at a time" release schedule. None have been announced for spring 2010, save for a Tenth Doctor Quick Reads, and normally we'd have heard by now if any books were planned for release in March or April (like that Quick Reads). I can't see a Moorcock release included alongside one of the "house writers" in a three-set. Could it be that BBC Books might be thinking of scaling back these releases to make them a bit more of an event? Food for thought - nothing I've heard indicates anything either way. But consider that a single Michael Moorcock novel will sell more copies than 9 "standard" DW releases, one could almost see it being the only release of 2010...

Alex

 

[Allyn Gibson]

But consider that a single Michael Moorcock novel will sell more copies than 9 "standard" DW releases, one could almost see it being the only release of 2010...

How do you figure that Moorcock's Doctor Who novel will sell 9x, say, Autonomy or The Taking of Chelsea 426? I think it might sell, at best, double what any other Doctor Who novel would sell. There's not a great deal of variation in sales from one book to the next. Yes, some of Moorcock's fan base will buy it, but some of the Doctor Who fan base won't because they simply don't like Moorcock, and when you add the first and subtract the second, there's no sodding way you can get to 9x sales.

 

[Valin]

It be interesting to see the Doctor meet Elric or end up at the End of Time (though neither is likely to happen).

 

[Kibbin]

Forgive my ignorance but I don't recognise the name and am too lazy to google him. However I would enjoy a good Dr Who novel aimed a little older and preferably with 1-8 (not all of them just (or 2)).

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Michael Moorcock has written a metric fuckton of fiction. He's one of the writers at the forefront of the British New Wave. He's probably best known for his Elric fantasies stories and novels. He also wrote Behold the Man, a novel about a time traveler who discovers the truth about Jesus Christ.

 

[Kibbin]

Ah, that one rings a bell, I would add him to my list but it's pretty big at the moment Lol