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Doctor Who Files
''Doctor Who Files'' is a series of books for young readers related to the long-running BBC science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...''. Each book in the series has been published in hardback with a hexagonal cover cut-out through which the featured character can be seen on the inside page. Designed for young readers, the books have numerous photographic illustrations and are broken into short sections of text with fold-out pages featuring a "Test your Knowledge" section relating to the preceding text. Each title also features a new short story. Books {{Doctor Who books, selected=Other Novels based on Doctor Who Books about Doctor Who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Rayner
Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin Publishing, Virgin Virgin New Adventures, New Adventure novel ''Oh No It Isn't!#Audio adaptation, Oh No It Isn't!'' for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish Productions, Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a Doctor Who spin-offs, spin-off series from ''Doctor Who''.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield#Bernice Summerfield audio plays, Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books on their ''Doctor Who'' lines. Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel ''EarthWorld'' for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel ''The Squire' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cole (writer)
Stephen Cole (born 1971) (also credited as Steve Cole, Tara Samms and Paul Grice) is an English author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who'' between 1997 and 1999 and as executive producer on the Big Finish Productions range of List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas. In 2013, Ian Fleming Publications announced that Cole would continue the Young Bond series first penned by Charlie Higson, with the addition of four new books to the series. The first of these, ''Shoot to Kill (novel), Shoot to Kill'', was published in the UK in November 2014, where Cole is credited as 'Steve Cole'. Early life and career Cole was brought up in rural Bedfordshire and attended the University of East Anglia between 1989-92, where he studied English literature and film studies, graduating with first class honours. After a brief time working in local radio with BBC Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moray Laing
''Doctor Who Adventures'' (abbreviated as ''DWA'') was a British magazine devoted to the science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. Originally published by Immediate Media Company, the magazine launched in 2006 to accompany the revived era of the show. It featured news, behind-the-scenes articles, comic strips, puzzles, pull-out posters and information from then-upcoming episodes of the series. Every issue also came with a free gift, usually in the form of stickers, stationary or a small toy. The magazine also covered content from the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off programme '' The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Compared to its sister publication, ''Doctor Who Magazine'', ''Doctor Who Adventures'' was aimed at a younger readership demographic of 6 to 13-year-olds. Initially released fortnightly, the magazine became a weekly publication in 2008 before a loss in profits forced it to resume its fortnightly release in 2013. After discontinuing its subscription services, ''DWA'' became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Richards
Justin Richards (born 14 September 1961) is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day. He has written many spin-off novels, reference books and audio plays based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', and he is Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range of '' Doctor Who'' novels. Life Richards was born in Epping, Essex, on 14 September 1961. After attending Dean Close School in Cheltenham he obtained a BA (Hons) in English and Theatre at the University of Warwick. As well as his literary career, Richards has worked as a technical writer, editor, programmer, and user interface designer at IBM, and as an errand boy in a hotel. Richards is married with two sons, and lives in Warwickshire. Work Richards' first published novels were based on '' Doctor Who'', published in the ''Virgin New Adventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Based On Doctor Who
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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