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DOCTOR WHO BOOKS FROM TV SHOWS

Shelved in the spare bathroom, which belongs to our cat Hideaway.
[* Indicates that Grobius has the Target Book or BBC edition.
It got to be too expensive a collection to continue building.]

FIRST DOCTOR (William Hartnell)

[You have to be kind of old to remember any of these, although many have been shown as reruns]

Started out as a Saturday afternoon children's program
- *1. AN UNEARTHLY CHILD
- *2. THE DALEKS
- -3. THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION
- *4. MARCO POLO
- *5. THE KEYS OF MARINUS
- *6. THE AZTECS
- *7. THE SENSORITES
- *8. THE REIGN OF TERROR
- -9. PLANET OF GIANTS
- *10. THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH
- *11. THE RESCUE
- *12. THE ROMANS
- *13. THE WEB PLANET (The Zarbi)
- *14. THE CRUSADE (The Crusaders)
- *15. THE SPACE MUSEUM
- -16. THE CHASE
- *17. THE TIME MEDDLER
- -18. GALAXY FOUR
- ---. MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN
- *19. THE MYTH MAKERS
- -20. THE DALEK MASTER PLAN
- -21. THE MASSACRE
- *22. THE ARK
- -23. THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER
- *24. THE GUNFIGHTERS
- *25. THE SAVAGES
- -26. THE WAR MACHINES
- *27. THE SMUGGLERS
- *28. THE TENTH PLANET
SECOND DOCTOR (Patrick Troughton)

[Got into the show at this time while draft-dodging along with Bill Clinton (didn't know him; still don't) in the late 1960s. Actually encountered a Cyberman while exploring London one Sunday, then recognized Wendy Padbury drinking some tea while they were between takes. Cyberman looked very hot standing there in that costume]

This is about the time "Dr Who" stopped being a pre-teen children's show and started moving up toward a teenage fandom -- well, actually, the original viewers were growing up along with the show
- -29. THE POWER OF THE DALEKS
- *30. THE HIGHLANDERS
- *31. THE UNDERWATER MENACE
- *32. THE MOONBASE (The Cybermen)
- *33. THE MACRA TERROR
- *34. THE FACELESS ONES
- -35. THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS
- *36. THE TOMB OF THE CYBERMEN
- *37. THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN
- *38. THE ICE WARRIORS
- *39. THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD
- *40. THE WEB OF FEAR
- *41. THE FURY FROM THE DEEP
- *42. THE WHEEL IN SPACE
- *43. THE DOMINATORS
- *44. THE MIND ROBBER
- *45. THE INVASION
- *46. THE KROTONS
- -47. THE SEEDS OF DEATH
- -48. THE SPACE PIRATES
- *49. THE WAR GAMES
THIRD DOCTOR (John Pertwee)

[Doctor Who was finally in color all the time, and the scripts got very good]

As the fans grew older, the shows got more sophisticated, well, more ingeniously plotted anyway -- and the 'alternate world' background began to develop. [I think the First Doctor was just supposed to be a mad inventor -- there wasn't any Time Lord or Gallifrey stuff then.]
- *50. SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE (The Auton Invasion)
- *51. THE SILURIANS (The Cave Monsters)
- *52. THE AMBASSADORS OF DEATH
- *53. INFERNO
- *54. TERROR OF THE AUTONS
- *55. THE MIND OF EVIL
- *56. THE CLAWS OF AXOS
- *57. COLONY IN SPACE (The Doomsday Weapon)
- *58. THE DAEMONS
- -59. DAY OF THE DALEKS
- *60. THE CURSE OF PELADON
- *61. THE SEA DEVILS
- *62. THE MUTANTS
- *63. THE TIME MONSTER
- *64. THE THREE DOCTORS
- *65. CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS
- *66. FRONTIER IN SPACE (The Space War)
- *67. PLANET OF THE DALEKS
- *68. THE GREEN DEATH
- *69. THE TIME WARRIOR
- -70. INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS
- *71. DEATH TO THE DALEKS
- *72. THE MONSTER OF PELADON
- *73. PLANET OF THE SPIDERS
FOURTH DOCTOR (Tom Baker)

[This was the absolute Acme of the series. Wonderful!]

Started being shown in America in the late 1970s and caught on. The plots and dialogue were way beyond the original kid's show, and it appealed to the people who had been captivated by the camp Batman series a decade earlier.
- *74. ROBOT (The Giant Robot)
- *75. THE ARK IN SPACE
- *76. THE SONTARAN EXPERIMENT
- -77. GENESIS OF THE DALEKS
- *78. REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN
- *79. TERROR OF THE ZYGONS (The Loch Ness Monster)
- *80. PLANET OF EVIL
- *81. THE PYRAMIDS OF MARS
- *82. THE ANDROID INVASION
- *83. THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS
- *84. THE SEEDS OF DOOM
- *85. MASQUE OF THE MANDRAGORA
- *86. THE HAND OF FEAR
- *87. THE DEADLY ASSASSIN
- *88. THE FACE OF EVIL
- *89. THE ROBOTS OF DEATH
- *90. THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG
- *91. THE HORROR OF FANG ROCK
- *92. THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
- *93. IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL
- *94. THE SUNMAKERS
- *95. THE UNDERWORLD
- *96. THE INVASION OF TIME
- *97. THE RIBOS OPERATION
- -98. THE PIRATE PLANET
- *99. THE STONES OF BLOOD
- *100. THE ANDROIDS OF TARA
- *101. THE POWER OF KROLL
- *102. THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR
- *103. DESTINY OF THE DALEKS
- -104. THE CITY OF DEATH
- *105. CREATURE FROM THE PIT
- *106. NIGHTMARE OF EDEN
- *107. THE HORNS OF NIMON
- -108. SHADA
- *109. THE LEISURE HIVE
- *110. MEGLOS
- *111. FULL CIRCLE
- *112. THE STATE OF DECAY
- *113. WARRIORS' GATE
- *114. THE KEEPER OF TRAKEN
- *115. LOGOPOLIS
FIFTH DOCTOR (Peter Davison)

[When he left the show and stooped to play Albert Campion, I knew something was wrong]

Got doomed by its own popularity and started running out of fresh script ideas (as all popular shows do in the long run). But not quite yet.
- *116. CASTROVALVA
- *117. FOUR TO DOOMSDAY
- *118. KINDA
- *119. THE VISITATION
- *120. BLACK ORCHID
- *121. EARTHSHOCK
- *122. TIME-FLIGHT
- *123. ARC OF INFINITY
- *124. SNAKEDANCE
- *125. MAWDRYN UNDEAD
- *126. TERMINUS
- *127. ENLIGHTENMENT
- *128. THE KING'S DEMONS
- *129. THE FIVE DOCTORS
- *130. WARRIORS OF THE DEEP
- *131. THE AWAKENING
- *132. FRONTIOS
- -133. RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS
- *134. PLANET OF FIRE
- *135. THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI
SIXTH DOCTOR (Colin Baker)

[It began its slide to oblivion here]

Now they lost it -- the snake eating its own tail.
- (don't have any)
SEVENTH DOCTOR (Sylvester McCoy)

[Who is this? Never saw any of these]

Started losing its sponsors and producers, nobody cared much any more.
- (don't have any)
SUBSEQUENT DOCTORS (haven't kept track!)

[Did it come to this??? Looks like a character from the movie Trainspotting]

[And whatever happened to this one who was supposed to make it on Fox (like Bea Arthurs' abortive attempt to transplant Fawlty Towers to California)?] Dr Who finally used up all his reincarnations.
- (don't have any)

Another web site on this server:
Island of Farnish

SAVE DOCTOR WHO
[another dead link]

Other Doctor Who Web Pages!

There have been Doctor Who groups long before Web Pages. Here are the best ones I've found on the Internet (or if not the best, the most comprehensive for getting links to more sites):

[Go to Top]

Nicely Organized Source Page (find lots of Links here) [** site has vanished]
A Totally Comprehensive Chronology (impressive)
Dr Who on the Internet (a 'complete' web guide)
Whotopia (extensive, well-designed site)
A Lot of Good Graphics (well, the best ones are copyright BBC)
Also Try the Doctor Who Webring (see below) -- hundreds of sites
[Unfortunately, a lot of sites are no longer on the Internet. Two main reasons: (1) The show has lost its popularity (and the web owners have moved on to something else), and (2) The BBC jealously and rigorously maintains its copyrights, and does not like amateurs messing around (especially in a 'revisionist' sense). Too bad.]

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*****

DOCTOR WHO BOOKS FROM TV SHOWS

Shelved in the spare bathroom, which belongs to our cat Hideaway.
[* Indicates that Grobius has the Target Book or BBC edition.
It got to be too expensive a collection to continue building.]

[You have to be kind of old to remember any of these, although many have been shown as reruns]

Started out as a Saturday afternoon children's program

This is about the time "Dr Who" stopped being a pre-teen children's show and started moving up toward a teenage fandom -- well, actually, the original viewers were growing up along with the show

[Doctor Who was finally in color all the time, and the scripts got very good]

As the fans grew older, the shows got more sophisticated, well, more ingeniously plotted anyway -- and the 'alternate world' background began to develop. [I think the First Doctor was just supposed to be a mad inventor -- there wasn't any Time Lord or Gallifrey stuff then.]

[This was the absolute Acme of the series. Wonderful!]

Started being shown in America in the late 1970s and caught on. The plots and dialogue were way beyond the original kid's show, and it appealed to the people who had been captivated by the camp Batman series a decade earlier.

[When he left the show and stooped to play Albert Campion, I knew something was wrong]

Got doomed by its own popularity and started running out of fresh script ideas (as all popular shows do in the long run). But not quite yet.

[It began its slide to oblivion here]

Now they lost it -- the snake eating its own tail.

[Who is this? Never saw any of these]

Started losing its sponsors and producers, nobody cared much any more.

[Did it come to this??? Looks like a character from the movie Trainspotting]

[And whatever happened to this one who was supposed to make it on Fox (like Bea Arthurs' abortive attempt to transplant Fawlty Towers to California)?] Dr Who finally used up all his reincarnations.

Another web site on this server:
Island of Farnish