Comments on: BBC Reissues 11 Mostly-Classic “Doctor Who” Books

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:04:18 +0000

The publisher lists the release date as 7/3/2013, which is the European method of writing dates and means 7th of March, 2013. Hope this helps.

By: Aidan

Aidan — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:39:00 +0000

There’s better 7th/8th Doctor novels definitely but the problem is that they don’t stand alone. So while “Human Nature” makes sense in one way (since it was adapted for TV and is an excellent novel) it’d be too messy with Bernice. Ditto for “Alien Bodies” and the like. (I know they’re doing it with the 8th Doctor but really, there’s less choice there!).

For the 4th Doctor I think “The English Way of Death” would be a much better choice – stand alone, funny, and really gets the Doctor / Romana vibe.

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:22:20 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Bill. I have yet to read any of the Dr. Who books despite loving the show. I seem to be coming across people everywhere reading them lately and have heard good things so these re-issues look like a great point to start off sampling.

By: Bill Spangler

Bill Spangler — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:42:15 +0000

Carl V: I’ve read THE SILENT STARS GO BY; I think you’ll like it. I definitely did.
As for the rest of the list, I don’t know if it’s a major problem, but I wish they were going to reprint DAMAGED GOODS, the novel by Russell Davies.

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:14:16 +0000

With the reviews of Dan Abnett’s Warhammer novels cropping up of late, I’m very interested in his Dr. Who novel. I like the reissued covers.

By: Robert Mammone

Robert Mammone — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:14:49 +0000

Or Lawrence Miles! Alien bodies is the peak of the virgin/BBC Books between the cancelation in 1989 and the return in 2005.

By: Robert Mammone

Robert Mammone — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:59:56 +0000

‘Most of them classics’? Sorry, but if you don’t include any novels by Kate Orman, Lance Parkin or Paul Cornell, then you can’t call this motley crew ‘classicx’ by any stretch of the imagination. A real pity the First Doctor novel isn’t David Whitaker’s Doctor Who in an Exciting adventure with the Daleks, which is a cracking introduction to Doctor Who in its own right.

A note for potential buyers that Remembrance of the Daleks (the only novelisation amongst the releases) is much shorter than the other books, which are full blown nobels. That said, it’s the best of the lot!