tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418420954850727676.post5565075171234285070..comments2023-05-25T16:47:25.504-05:00Comments on Books Are For Squares: Gave A Go: "Doctor Who: The Moonbase" by Kit PedlerGerard Saylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418420954850727676.post-61582209705303768842013-09-06T14:45:33.440-05:002013-09-06T14:45:33.440-05:00The Doctor Who books began as a way to serialize t...The Doctor Who books began as a way to serialize the TV episodes. Because of this the books are sometimes the only record we have left of the actual TV episodes (many of Doctor #1 and #2 TV shows were destroyed).<br /><br />During the decade or so when the Doctor was not on the air the character remained alive in a series of paperbacks by Virgin Publishing. During this period the stories were original but featured one of the eight TV Doctors. Spinoffs of original characters such as Iris Wildthyme and (my favorite) Bernice Summerfield still continue as audio books and print books published by Big Finnish.<br /><br />When the Doctor returned to the BBC, the BBC resumed publishing Doctor Who books. Some of the books are written for young readers (the show is considered a children's show), others have been written by best selling authors such as Michael Moorcock. There has been at least one book that was a prequel to a TV episode and another that was featured in the plot and action of another episode.<br /><br /> michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418420954850727676.post-83094576665741171702013-09-06T09:28:57.944-05:002013-09-06T09:28:57.944-05:00My wife really enjoys the current Doctor Who produ...My wife really enjoys the current <i>Doctor Who</i> production on BBC America. <br /><br />I bought a few <i>Doctor Who</i> related books and novelizations for my library after the new show premiered.<br /><br />Hokey smokes! The novel <i>Stone Rose</i> has been out 41 times, that is a lot for a small library.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418420954850727676.post-35773369349254779222013-09-06T08:32:54.175-05:002013-09-06T08:32:54.175-05:00I was a big fan of DOCTOR WHO when the Tom Baker e...I was a big fan of DOCTOR WHO when the Tom Baker episodes appeared on PBS in the 1980s. Then I forgot about DOCTOR WHO until I started watching Matt Smith on BBC America. I have a bunch of those DOCTOR WHO novels, but haven't read any of them.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com