olivia_sutton | Entries tagged with non-fiction books

Hi all,

I have been a fan of Doctor Who practically my entire life. I first saw the show when I was six or seven (I remember being scared by the hand moving by itself towards Sarah Jane in "The Hand of Fear"). I started watching the show regularly during Tom Baker's last season, but only in the summer. My parents have a cottage in Michigan's Upper Penisula and as a child I spent my summers there, which meant I could watch Channel 6 from Alpena, Michigan. However, during the school year my local PBS station did not run Doctor Who, so I read everything I could get my hands on, including the Target novelisations of the episodes. But I also read a lot about the show, such as the Peter Haining coffee table books (with their beautiful full-page color photos). Eventually when I was in high school, Channel 35 in Grand Rapids picked up Doctor Who and ran all of it (they started with Tom Baker, which they ran twice, but eventually ran all seven Doctors). They did run Who in movie format, which spoiled the fun of cliff-hangers (it did make it more convenient for taping on VHS videotape though). Channel 35 also ran a number of different British television series, which I watched. I'm still a fan of British TV today. The re-launch of Doctor Who in 2005 has sparked a flurry of new books about the series. I have many of them. For all you new Who fans out there, check these out. The list below is of my personal collection of Non-fiction Doctor Who Books.

Airey, Jean and Laurie Haldeman (1986). Doctor Who Travel Without the TARDIS A Doctor Who Fan's Guide to England, Scotland, and Wales. London: Target Books (Division of W.H. Allen & Co. PLC).

Burdge, Anthony, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen (Editors). (2010) The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who. Crawfordville, FL: Kitsune Books.

Cartmel, Andrew (2005). Through Time An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who. New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc.

Clapham, Mark, Eddie Robson and Jim Smith (2005). Who's Next An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who. London: Virgin Books Ltd.

Cornell, Paul (Editor) (1997). License Denied: Rumblings from the Doctor Who Underground. London: Virgin Publishing Ltd.

Cornell, Paul, Martin Day, and Keith Topping (1995). Doctor Who The Discontinuity Guide. London: Doctor Who Books (Imprint of Virgin Publishing Ltd).

Haining, Peter (1983). Doctor Who A Celebration Two Decades Through Time and Space. London: WH Allen & Co. PLC.

Haining, Peter (1986). Doctor Who The Doctor Who File. London: W.H. Allen & Co. PLC.

Haining, Peter (1987). Doctor Who The Time-Travellers' Guide. London: W.H. Allen & Co. PLC.

Haining, Peter (1988). Doctor Who Twenty-Five Glorious Years. London: W.H. Allen & Co. PLC.

Lewis, Courtland and Paula Smithka (Editors) (2011) Doctor Who and Philosophy Bigger on the Inside. Chicago: Open Court (Division of Carus Publishing Company).

Lofficier, Jean-Marc (1989). Doctor Who The Programme Guide. London: Target Books (Division of WH Allen & Co. PLC).

Lofficier, Jean-Marc (1991). Doctor Who The Terrestrial Index. London: Doctor Who Books (Imprint of Virgin Publishing Inc.).

Lofficier, Jean-Marc (1992). Doctor Who The Universal Databank. London: Doctor Who Books (Imprint of Virgin Publishing Inc.).

Lyon, J. Shaun (2005). Back to the Vortex The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who 2005. Tolsworth, Surrey, UK: Telos Publishing Ltd.

Nathan-Turner, John (1985). Doctor Who The TARDIS Inside Out. London: Piccadilly Press Ltd.

Nathan-Turner, John (1986). Doctor Who The Companions. London: Piccadilly Press Ltd.

Newman, Kim (2005). Doctor Who A Critical Reading of the Series. London: British Film Institute.

Parkin, Lance (2006). AHistory: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe. Des Moines, IA: Mad Norwegian Press.

Parsons, Paul (2010). The Science of Doctor Who. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.

Richards, Justin (2003, 2005). Doctor Who The Legend Continues Five Decades of Time Travel (Revised Edition). London: BBC Books.

Segal, Philip with Gary Russell (2000). Doctor Who Regeneration. London: Harper Collins Entertainment (Division of HarperCollins Publishers). (Focuses on the TV Movie starring Paul McGann).

Thomas, Lynne M. and Tara O'Shea (2010). Chicks Dig Time Lords A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It. No City Listed, Illinois: Mad Norwegian Press.

Tribe, Steve (2010). Doctor Who The TARDIS Handbook The Official Guide to the Best Ship in the Universe. No City Listed, UK: BBC Books (Imprint of Ebury Publishing, Division of Random House Group Company).

Tulloch, John and Manuel Alvardo (1983). Doctor Who The Unfolding Text. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Tulloch, John and Henry Jenkins (1995). Science Fiction Audiences Watching Doctor Who and Star Trek. London: Routledge.