Doctor Who Literature

In a bonus episode in between our looks at the 1984 and 1985 Target novelizations, we're joined by Andrew Smith (@Andr3wSmith), author of the classic Doctor Who episode (in every sense) Full Circle.

This is a great time to revisit my episode on the Full Circle novelization, which was written by the man himself.

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It's Frontios week on Doctor Who Literature. This is one of the underrated gems of the Peter Davison story, but Si Hart (@Si_Hart) and I are here to spread the word.

The new 60th Anniversary mini-season trailer dropped on the day that this episode releases. Jason gives his instant reaction to the trailer -- perhaps too instant, as Jason had not seen the concurrent BBC tweet identifying Neil Patrick Harris' character!

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"Doctor Who – Frontios" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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The last Doctor Who novelization published before I became I fan of the TV show, it's The Highlanders. Joining us to discuss is a guest who's visited the Culloden battlefield several times, and who actually purchased his copy of this book in the Highlands, it's Daniel Knight (@DanielKnight1973)!

Musical cues featured in this episode include The British Grenadiers and The Skye Boat Song. One particular gag in the text owes a life debt to Netflix's late lamented "The Who Was? Show".

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"Doctor Who – The Highlanders" features cover art by Nick Spender.

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A jumbo-sized episode as Ross (@traitken) from Gallifrey's Most Wanted (@GallifreysMWPod) stops by to discuss The Aztecs, both the 1964 Doctor Who TV serial and the 1984 novelization. We have lots to say about it... as well as about critical readings of the story, OPPENHEIMER, Bing Crosby, and our favorite American soap operas.

Also contributing to the show this week are Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) with an introductory segment, and Doctor Who author Kate Orman, who narrates her own 1992 essay on the Aztecs book.

Audio from Game 7 of the 1960 World Series: an excerpt, and the recovered full game video.

Also discussed this week is James Cooray Smith's Substack essay on The Krotons.

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"Doctor Who – The Aztecs" features cover art by Nick Spender.

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This week it's an unplanned bonus episode replaying the audio of two fan panels Jason moderated at L.I. Who 60 (@LIDoctorWhoCon) last weekend, with permission to record from all panelists.

Special thanks to Conrad (@HairOfTheHound_), without whom this week's episode would not exist.

"60 for 60" features Jason, Keir Hansen (@GallifreyRadio), Drew Meyer (@whoandcompany), Hannah Long (@HannahGraceLong), and Jan Fennick.

The Target Books discussion features Jason, John Peel, Kathryn Sullivan, Rob Bardsley, and Dan Murphy.

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One of Jason's early favorite Doctor Who episodes, Warriors of the Deep, comes up for discussion. Joining in the fun is Jason McLaughlin (@jangomac72) of Bearded Geek Toy Reviews.

This episode also features music by Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) as we explore that '80s vibe!

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"Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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And now, the episode of Doctor Who Literature that you've all been waiting for... the showdown between Frazer Gregory (@FelixFrazer) and myself over what many believe (but not Frazer) is one of the worst Doctor Who tales of all. But today, the debate will be settled (or not).

Also appearing this week are Stacey Smith?, reading an excerpt from Look at the Size of That Thing, and Bill Evenson (@BillEvenson) reading an excerpt from Outside In.

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"Doctor Who – The Dominators" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) also has a song for us this week. With a YouTube video!

This concludes our run of ten straight Peter Davison books. The Target range's focus is about to shift in a major way. And be sure to join in next week for what may well be our Biggest Episode of All Time.

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"Doctor Who – Enlightenment" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Joining me this week is Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker). Jim also contributed our show logo, and this week's celebrity voice impression sketch. Along the way, we'll talk about the great Hollywood movies, EuroVision and Top of the Pops, Nellie Bly, and... well, many other topics.

Superman: The Movie can be purchased or streamed on Amazon, while My Dinner With Andre can be watched free on YouTube.

You can hear the voices of H.G. Wells and Walt Whitman on YouTube, and also watch the entirety of the January 1973 Foreman v. Frazier heavyweight title fight.

Lastly, for more on Nellie Bly, check out the Bowery Boys Podcast, as I always do for all things NYC.

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"Doctor Who – Snakedance" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Delighted to welcome to the show this week Ian Potter, who's done remarkably good work with Big Finish, Black Archives volumes on The Myth Makers and Carnival of Monsters, and with RIffTrax Presents. A great conversation, do not miss!

And Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) has a correspondent's piece for us about the recent Target Books Day in London. Thanks, Jim!

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Rejoining me this week is Dale Smith, author of several Doctor Who novels and Black Archives books, including a forthcoming (August 2023) look at The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. The book this week is 1982's Kinda, novelized in 1984.

Jason has several other podcast episodes out on other shows, including A Kettle and Some String, and new Trap One episodes repackaging my interviews with Philip Hinchcliffe and Elizabeth Morton. Please enjoy (after you've downloaded this episode first).

Friend of the podcast James Cooray Smith also has a terrific Psychic Paper article up about The New Adventures, well worth a read. Jason previously did a documentary about the first four NAs over on Trap One.

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Season 6 of Doctor Who Literature starts a week early as our bonus episode is delayed. We jump into the 1984 books by looking at Mawdryn Undead with the capable help of Steven B. (@steedstylin) from the New To Who podcast (@NewToWhoPodcast). We have a lot to talk about.

Steven's new project is Reimagining Doctor Who, which comes highly recommended.

Many thanks to Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) for research assistance and for a dramatic reading from the diaries of Angus Mackay, a member of the Mawdryn Undead guest cast.

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As we continue on with our look at The Five Doctors, Doctor Who's 20th anniversary special, this week we are joined by Elizabeth Morton (@LiverpoolGirl72), author of the new novel The Orphans from Liverpool Lane. We'll discuss Elizabeth's strong Doctor Who family connection, and, of course, with two Doctors in her household already, who's her favorite? The answer may surprise you.

A panel of three great friends of the podcast then join Jason to discuss Five Doctors -- is it the greatest episode of all time? Again, the answer may surprise you. Welcome back to Graeme Burk (@GraemeBurk), Professor Stacey Smith?, and David Barsky.

Jason then examines the back half of the Terrance Dicks' Five Doctors novelization.

Next week we'll finish up our look at The Five Doctors and will have another bestselling author for you to join the conversation.

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"Doctor Who – The Five Doctors" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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We'll be bringing you three straight episodes exploring Five Doctors - in every dimension, in every detail - and this week my guest is James Cooray Smith, author of many Black Archives titles such as The Massacre, and keeper of the great Psychic Paper Substack. James and I have much to discuss; there's probably enough material in here to cover seven episodes, let alone one, as we discuss Five Doctors and beyond -- way beyond.

Music heard this week includes a 1980s US cartoon TV theme (sung by John Sebastian!), the theme to the PBS staple This Old House (via Fats Waller), some old school late '80s hip-hop, and a Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) homage to Tulips from Amsterdam.

Shout-out to the Metebelis 2 Podcast.

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Joining me this week is Bill Evenson (@BillEvenson) of the Frankenstein Minute Podcast (@FrankenMinute). This was Jason's first Doctor Who cliffhanger; Bill came to the story later, but we're both fond of it, even against conventional wisdom.

Naturally the conversation takes several twists and turns. No conversation with Bill fails to reference the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins.

This episode also features a musical composition by Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker), and includes a few feature, #DoctorWhoOnPluto

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Steven Alexander (@stealexanderuk) from the Robots in Your Eyes podcast (@RobotsInEyes) is my return guest this week. He has a LOT to say about "Terminus", both TV serial and book. We'll discuss religion, disease, Norse mythology, the movie Alien, and epic 1920s Hollywood silent-film-blockbusters... and "Terminus".

The 1923 Cecil B. DeMille production of The Ten Commandments can be watched on YouTube.

The 1993 HBO original movie And The Band Played On can be watched on Max.

Paul Scoones' excellent article on the Doctor Who DVD information text commentary tracks can be found here.

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We're very happy to have with us this week Jon Arnold (@The_Arn) as a first-time Doctor Who Literature guest. Jon can be heard on two other excellent podcasts, the Doctor Who-inspired Strangers in Space (@strangerscast), as well as the football (soccer)-themed @BustingBallsPod. Jon has also written several terrific volumes in Jason's favorite Who non-fiction range, The Black Archives from Observe Books, including a look at a TV story previously examined on this very show, Invasion of the Dinosaurs. And don't forget Jon's contributions to the Silver Archive range; Jon and Jason also discuss TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" this week.

Also mentioned this week is Jim Sangster (@monster_maker)'s newest DWLit-themed T-shirt.

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Up first is Jason Davis (@TheJasonDavis), writer and editor extraordinaire, of TheJasonDavis.com, This interview was recorded live at Gallifrey One in Los Angeles in February 2023, and you already heard the first half of that interview in my Harlan Ellison special. This is the rest of that conversation.

Then I was joined on short notice by Matt West (@WingedPodcast) of Q the Winged Podcast and Miwk Publishing (on which Matt gives me a pronunciation lesson).

Followed by a return visit from Jason Davis.

Between the three of us and the three interviews, he hit just about every corner of science fiction from television to the printed page.

You can find some more of Matt's work on the original Pyramids of Mars DVD.

And Jason (this podcast's Jason) was most recently on Trap One to discuss the Season 9 Blu-ray Collection.

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As much as I love Season 18 and its novelizations... the Season 19 premiere, "Castrovalva", and its novelization, are right up there. Especially the novelization, says my guest this week, Graeme Burk (@graemeburk) from Reality Bomb. We both read out favorite passages from the book -- and then quickly get off on several wide-ranging tangents, before coming back to the greatness of "Castrovalva".

Simon Guerrier (@0tralala) recently tweeted out the first page of David Whitaker's unfinished novelization of "The Enemy of the World".

Groucho Marx duets with his then 8-year-old daughter on a song from The Mikado.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEuXaea8rY

Graeme references the 1964 documentary on Culloden, which can be found here.

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The new trailer for the Autumn 2023 Doctor Who specials is up!

Conrad Westmaas (@HairOfTheHound_) is back this week as we discuss "Meglos". Conrad tries to win back his 20 Questions crown... how well will that go? We also play a lively game of show-and-tell.

The "Josie and the Pussycats In Outer Space" series can still be found on DVD.

The full cut of Peter Howell's "The Astronauts", mentioned this week, can be heard in full.

"Doctor Who – Meglos" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Joining me this week is Frazer Gregory (@FelixFrazer). We have an epic discussion of "Time-Flight" the book and TV, and play an involved game of "Target Books First Lines" -- turning the tables on Frazer after he sprung this game on ME on an earlier episode.

You can hear a lot of Frazer's recent appearances on other Doctor Who podcasts such as WHO Corner to Corner.

And Jim Sangster (@MonsterMaker), who contributed the excellent show open this week, can recently be heard on Reality Bomb and the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast.

You can read Waris Hussein's 1963 diaries here.

Also mentioned in this episode is David Gerrold's very funny book about the genesis of Star Trek: TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles".

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What is The Sun Makers on TV? A simple satire on 1970s' British taxation? A subversive takedown of capitalism? Colonialism? All of these things? Lewis Baston (@LewisBaston5) has written the book on this story -- literally -- and is back this week to discuss with us.

Please purchase Lewis' Black Archive volume on Sun Makers here.

Last week, one memorably cranky reviewer on Apple Podcasts described my guests as "ghastly woke zombies". You bet we are! And even more of that this week. Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) has gone ahead and designed the Ghastly Woke Zombie T-shirt.

And friend of the podcast Brian Burkart has given us the K-9 Roomba.

"Doctor Who and the Sunmakers" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Kate Orman was on the schedule but unable to join us this week, but please purchase and listen to her incredible new Big Finish audio novel, The Dead Star.

John Fraser, who was the principal guest star in Logopolis, wrote a terrific autobiography several years ago which you can still find -- even if, sadly, the book doesn't describe his three weeks on Doctor Who.

Jason's most recent guest spot on the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast can be found here.

"Doctor Who – Logopolis" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Joining me this week to wrap up the E-Space Trilogy -- the first story in the trilogy is the last to be novelized -- is Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker), the designer of our excellent new logo, and the musical genius behind... well, you'll hear it within today's episode.

Check out Jim's RedBubble Store, my official Doctor Who convention T-shirt outfitter, and from which Jim wore a selection during our recording for this week.

You can catch Jason on the most recent podcast guest appearance on the most recent episode of Gallifrey's Most Wanted.

This week's episode frequently references James Cooray Smith's excellent Doctor Who-themed Substack.

A new James Bond novel is out, and author Kim Sherwood has a surprising connection to Doctor Who's "Full Circle"...

"Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Our guest is the superb @Quark_McMalus of Trap One Podcast.

You can find an image of the proposed (and rejected) cover painting for this novelization here.

Doctor Who: Doom's Day Hours 14-11 by M.G. Harris is due out in August.

We have a new logo beginning this week and it's all thanks to @Monster_Maker! It's absolutely lovely and I can't believe it's mine!

If this week's book sounds familiar, it's possibly because the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast covered it last week, also with the help of @Monster_Maker.

And don't forget to tune in NEXT week, when our special guest is... @Monster_Maker.

The full 1963 version of "Meet the Mets" can be found here.

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We're All Stories in the End: Camera Obscura

Trap One: The Season 2 (William Hartnell) Blu-ray Collection

Doctor Who Literature: The Eight Doctors

Meanwhile this week, the ubiquitous Si Hart brings his talents back to DWLit. And brings not one, not two, but, how gratifying, THREE copies of the Leisure Hive novelization.

We also discuss the significance of Lalla Ward's bathing costume, the many splendors of Season 18, and whether or not, when it comes to playing "20 Questions", Si is smarter than an AI program.

"Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.

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Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.

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You can catch all past episodes at https://anchor.fm/doctorwholit.

Joining me this week to celebrate Season 18 -- as well as the many other topics which inevitably come up -- is Lelon Stoldt (@LelonStoldt) from the InDOCtrination Podcast, a delightful show in which Lelon reads his way through the Target novelizations with his daughters -- in story order. You can catch their latest episode here.

All our guests are up for a rousing game of "20 Questions"... but what happens when an AI program attempts the same? Find out... the results will shock you.

"Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.]

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Our journey through Season 18 continues with the novelization of "Warriors' Gate" -- and, for a short time only, the Target books match up by publication order AND story order!

Jason's guest this week is Adam Clegg (@AdamJClegg), a popular returning guest, and co-host of both The Real McCoy Podcast and Harry Sullivan Is An Imbecile!. We are both delighted by Warriors' Gate, both in print and on TV. As a result, this conversation is much more on topic than usual. But there's still time for a game of 20 Questions.

Jason then breaks down the text of the novelization, which is in many ways a stark departure from the previous Target books that we've been examining in publication order. What is the significance of the April 1982 release date?

"Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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Seasons 18 through 21 of the Classic Series are my era of the show, and this week's novelization, January 1982's "Doctor Who and the State of Decay", is the first novelization of the JNT era. You'll be hearing a lot more Peter Howell music on this show the next few seasons!

After a brief roundup of some distressing current events, we revisit Harlan Ellison, one of the topics from last week's show. The anthology referenced is "This Book Needs No Introduction, by Harlan Ellison".

This week's guest is the always wonderful Denise Sutton (@CupOfTea69).

"Doctor Who and the State of Decay" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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You can find Jason at Humanity Is My Business.

We are then rejoined by Philip Hinchcliffe, Doctor Who's producer between 1974 and 1977, and producer for Chris Boucher's first two TV episodes, to discuss the work and legacy of Mr. Boucher, who passed away in December 2022. This interview was recorded in January 2023.

And stay tuned for a bonus conversation, also recorded live at Gally, with long-time show contributors David Barsky and Bill Evenson. This conversation is, ah... much less scholarly and stately than the other two.

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There is so, so much to discuss, and it's fitting that Mark from The Trap One Podcast is the one to join me this week. We discuss both the TV serial -- Doctor Who's first four weeks on television in late autumn 1963 -- and the novelization, which came out 65th in Target's publication run but is indeed the first story.

Mark and I have lots and lots of memories this week. And lots more in my audio essay, following the conversation with Mark.

You can find for purchase two Doctor Who spinoff media tales mentioned by Mark:
--"Hunters of the Burning Stone", a comic book sequel to this adventure.
--"The Last Day at Work", a Big Finish freebie audio play also riffing on this adventure.

On YouTube you can find:
--the 1976 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Weebles set.
--Game 6 of the 1981 World Series, which aired the same week this novelization was published.

"Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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This episode of "Doctor Who Literature" was mostly recorded live at Gallifrey One in Los Angeles between February 16 and 18, 2023.

Stacey Smith? joins me to discuss the episode and novelization of the week, the pandemic, the convention, and her international travels. And Dale Santos returns from the Gally dealer's room with some fascinating book-related treasures.

The con is not over yet and there's plenty more con-related content to come over the next few episodes!

"Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World" features cover art by Bill Donohoe.
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"The Creature from the Pit" as a TV episode has divided fandom over the years, but fortunately, my guest this week, the great Frazer Gregory (@FelixFrazer), fall onto the same page in discussing both the episode and the January 1981 David Fisher novelization.

However, Frazer doesn't find "20 Questions" such an easy time of it...

"Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit" features cover art by Steve Kyte.
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December 1980 marks a watershed moment for the Target novelizations range -- the last calendar year in which more than half a given year's books will be written by Terrance Dicks. We will look back and pay tribute to his contributions to the range during this episode -- though of course he will have many more novelizations put out over the next decade-plus.

Joining me as a first-time guest this week is Jo Short (@thebrainofspock). Technical problems transpired to make this a very short interview, but Jo came packed with insights, so there's not a wasted moment.

"Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon" features cover art bySteve Kyte.
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We've got a show bursting at the seams this week.

We have a new Season 9 Classic Series Blu-ray collection trailer, and it is very emotional.

Jason previously discussed this week's book, "Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon" over on our sister podcast, The Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast.

My guest this week is the great Ross Aitken (@traitken), from such amazing podcasts as Gallifrey's Most Wanted (@GallifreysMWPod). Ross, like Jason, never shies away from strong opinions, and there are some great ones this week.

We discuss some Hall of Fame athletes this week as well, and joining the Doctor Who Literature guest reading Hall of Fame is the one and only Jim Sangster (@monster_maker).

Ross and Jason briefly discuss the game that broke Jason's heart when Jason was just days old, Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. We have very different rooting interests in this game.

The stakes are very high in this week's game of "Guess That Cliffhanger".

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Substack is an incredible ride.

"Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon" features cover art by Steve Kyte.
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January 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the releases of the first three Target novelizations. Happy Birthday to Doctor Who novels!

My guest this week, and it's a fun, wide-ranging chat, is fan favorite Pete Lambert (@Prof_Quiteamess). Fresh off his appearance discussing "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer" on another podcast, Pete has several fresh takes about the way Buffy/Angel and Doctor Who have influenced each other over the years, and we detour to a brief lovefest about "House, M.D.".

The story of the week is "Nightmare of Eden", Bob Baker's final "Doctor Who" script before departing to the world of Wallace and Gromit, and this is the final novelization of any of his stories. How does the TV production differ from Baker's intended story? And how does the great Terrance Dicks bring the story back to basics?

Pete will have his hands full with a game of "Guess That Cliffhanger".

"Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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And Jim Sangster (@Monster_Maker) is back to discuss "Marinus" in both TV and book incarnations and why "Marinus" is so important to 21st-century "Doctor Who"... as well as Jim's prolific creative work and DW content, Bette Davis, limericks, and the long-awaited return of everyone's favorite game, "Guess That Cliffhanger".

The Bette Davis/George Colouris interview may be found in its entirety here.

The "Blake's 7" anthology for which Jim provided illustrations may be found and purchased here.

"Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus" features cover art by David McAllister.
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We're very excited to welcome Paul Scoones (@Paul_Scoones) to Doctor Who Literature. Paul wears many hats in the "Doctor Who" universe and we'll discuss almost all of them today. We'll also discuss pronunciations, genealogy, the long and benevolent shadow of Terrance Dicks... and play a game of "20 Questions".

Read Paul's accounting of the recovery of Episode 1 of "The Crusade", which occurred 24 years ago this week.

You can find the TSV novelizations -- including two written by Paul himself -- here.

Bonus reading on the Curse of the House of Atreus.

"Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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My guest this week is the great Iain Martin (@broadanddeep), from oh so many great Doctor Who podcasts, including but not limited to We're All Stories in the End and All of Time and Space.

Iain proves a true challenge to the all-time "20 Questions" quiz title-holders.

While the TV version of "The Power of Kroll" doesn't win a lot of fans this week, the novelization was previously featured on Jason's Terrance Top Ten list in September 2019.

"Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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And, incidentally, a happy Christmas, to all of you at home!

For this Yule themed (and 7th-day-of-Hanukkah themed) episode of Doctor Who Literature, we feature K-9 singing holiday classics.

There are two guest interviews this week. Delighted to have Michael Stevens, editor of the Target Audiobooks range, which featured a new novelization of this week's story, "The Androids of Tara".

And we have frequent Doctor Who Literature guest Pete Lambert (@Prof_Quiteamess) reading the Terrance Dicks adaptation of "Androids of Tara" for the first time!

Don't forget to listen to the Trap One discussion of the David Fisher novelization.

"Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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We lost two big names connected with Classic Doctor Who this week: episode writer and novelist Chris Boucher, and actor Jane Sherwin. This episode features audio clips from Boucher's "The Robots of Death", and of Sherwin (with Frazer Hines and Graham Weston) in "The War Games".

My guest this week is Jason McLaughlin (@JangoMac72), one of my fellow co-hosts from The Trap One Podcast, and the impresario behind Bearded Geek Toy Reviews over on YouTube. "UK Jason" offers us a tour of his recording studio and his impressive array of genre memorabilia.

Topics discussed this week include the great Saturday morning TV shows of Sid and Marty Krofft, specifically "Far Out Space Nuts" and "Land of the Lost". UK Jason also takes his turn at "20 Questions", with surprising results.

We also have Listener Mail, Jason's review of the "Stones of Blood" novelization, and much much more.

Jason's latest Trap One guest appearance can be found here...
and Jason's Trap One panel on the David Fisher "Stones of Blood" novelization can be found here.

"Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
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We have a guest host this week. Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) from the Trap One Podcast does a brilliant job manning the ship and taking us back to Gallifrey, discussing this week's book with a first-time (and yet oddly familiar-sounding) guest.

"Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter. 

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This has been a fraught week on the Internet, on Twitter especially, so we open with an unscripted monologue on the subject.

Some background reading on the odious Joe Rogan, my fellow Spotify podcaster.

A link to Judd Apatow's 2015 anthology, Sick in the Head, an excerpt from which is read on the program. No copyright infringement is intended.

This episode features Mouret's Rondeau, best known in the US as the theme to PBS's "Masterpiece Theater".

My guest this week is the great Frazer Gregory (@FelixFrazer). We discuss Underworld (the week's book and its parent TV episode), but also Warriors of the Deep and the Doctor Who Rubbish Monsters Advent Calendar. There are dramatic readings, and there's a game -- but not the game you were expecting.

"Doctor Who and the Underworld" features cover art by Bill Donohoe.
Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.

Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.
You can catch all past episodes at https://anchor.fm/doctorwholit.

Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.

Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.
You can catch all past episodes at https://anchor.fm/doctorwholit.

This week on Doctor Who Literature we close out our third season with a look at the last novelization of 1979, Ian Marter's third book, and the first book in the "Key to Time" cycle. US TV producer David Barsky rejoins us to talk about Harlan Ellison, "American Chopper", and a rousing game of "Listener Limerick Challenge".

Also this week we learned that Millie Gibson will be playing Doctor Who's newest assistant, and she's interviewed by the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, here.

Jason can be heard this week on the latest episode of Reality Bomb.

"Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation" features cover art by John Geary.

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Joining Jason this week is Ross from Gallifrey's Most Wanted Podcast as well as Stop! Let's Team Up. We discuss War Games, Jack Kirby, and Eli Wallach; and reflect on some of the badly-dated language used in the 1970s to denote race in the Target novelizations.

Many other special guests stop by this week to remember "The War Games" (TV and book) and to wish the podcast a happy 50th episode.

Read more about Rudolph Walker, who had a too-small part in Episodes Four and Five of "The War Games".

Pete Seeger's rousing rendition of "John Brown's Body", a fight song for the Union Army in the American Civil War, as referenced in the novelization.

Eli Wallach's excellent autobiography was published in 2005. The actor passed away a few years later at age 99.

"Doctor Who and the War Games" features cover art by John Geary.

Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network.

Please e-mail the pod at DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.
You can catch all past episodes at https://anchor.fm/doctorwholit.