jpm@bnl.UUCP (John McNamee) (01/29/84)
I just started watching Dr. Who a few weeks ago when the local PBS station got it. Really interesting stuff! Is there any good source for background material? John McNamee ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!jpm jpm@Bnl.Arpa
daemon@decwrl.UUCP (02/05/84)
From: nacho::lynch (He's no fun, he fell right over!)
[Re-print of entry in SF-LOVERS]
Recently I found a book in the B. Dalton Bookstore in the Mall of New
Hampshire entitled "Doctor Who, A Celebration, Two Decades Through Time and
Space".
Although it costs $17.95, it is well worth it if you are a fan of the Doctor!
It contains chapters on the genesis of the show and its evolution through the
years (written by people who were involved in the production), biographies
of all the Doctor actors (including their own views of the part), features on
the Daleks, the Dr Who movies, the Doctor's companions, the Master and back-
stage glimpses of the show from directors, producers and writers.
Perhaps the best part of the book is a section containing a synopsis of each
episode (through the '82-'83 season). The summaries range from one paragraph to
a whole page.
The book also contains lots of photos.
BTW: One missing piece is any detail about the 20th Anniversary show; the book
was published in May '83. There are a few references to the show: I found out
that the Tom Baker scenes in 'The Five Doctors' were taken from an serial
called 'Shada' that was never finished due to a strike at the BBC and there-
fore never shown before.
-- Bill Lynch
Digital Equipment Corp
Nashua, NH
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PS: This book was written by Peter Haining and was published by W.H. Allen
in London, May 1983.shz@hlexa.UUCP (shz) (02/07/84)
Additional info may be found in the Doctor Who monthly
magazine if you have a store esoteric enough to deal in
such things!
Also, many of the TV episodes (for several of the doctors)
have been published as novels
(like Startrek), which are rather juvenile in style, but
amusing. The ones I saw follow the tv scripts very closely.
The american editions are published by Target and I have seen
them in many bookstores. (Walden and B Dalton are 2 chains that
may carry them)
One other comment on the 20th anniversary show (the Five Doctors):
Tom Baker declined to appear in the show. As previously mentioned,
his scenes were taken from a never finished/shown episode called
Shada, which wasn't finished due to strikes by bbc workers.
Tom Baker's public
reason for not appearing in Five Doctors was that he had been
very involved in Doctor Who, and had just made the somewhat traumatic
decision to retire from the show just when the Five Doctors was
begun. He said "I felt very proprietary about the role" and didn't
want to see others playing it.
Sally Handy-Zarnstorff
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"just soot, there'll be no charge"