Tat Wood is a

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writer, known for his

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work in the field of

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analysis. Wood has written the ''About Time'' episode guides to the television series ''

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''. The first five volumes of the series, begun in 2004, were written with

Lawrence Miles Lawrence Miles (born 15 March 1972 in Middlesex) is a science fiction author known for his work on original ''Doctor Who'' novels (for both the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series) and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox. He is also ...

and emphasise the importance of understanding the series in the context of British politics, culture and science. Volume Six was, barring a guest-piece by

Robert Shearman Robert Charles Shearman, sometimes credited as Rob Shearman, is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for ''Doctor Who'', and his asso ...

and input from

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, almost entirely Wood's work. Volumes Seven, Eight and Nine were co-written with Dorothy Ail after Miles left the project. Since 2008, updated versions of Volumes Three, Five and Six have been published, with the updated Volume Three longlisted for the

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Award for non-fiction. A revised Volume Four is due to be published in 2023. In addition to this series, Wood has contributed to non-fiction works for other publishers, including Relative Dissertations in Time and Space (Manchester University press 2006), The Cult TV Book (IB Tauris 2010), TARDIS Outside In volume 2 (ATB Books 2013), and Outside In Boldly Goes (2015). In November 2014 he gave a talk for the 'ON TV' symposium held in Sheffield by University of Northampton. He and Ail wrote World History in Minutes for

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in 2015. Wood has written for ''

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'', Starburst, TV Zone, Film Review and Xpose on subjects as diverse as crop circles, art fraud, the problems of adapting children's novels for television and the Piltdown hoax. In a 1993 edition of "Dreamwatch", he wrote a piece entitled "Hai! Anxiety", in which the

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era of the series was – unusually for the time – held up to sustained criticism. He is also active in ''Doctor Who'' fandom, notably as editor of the fanzines ''Spectrox,'' ''Yak Butter Sandwich ''and ''Spaceball Ricochet''. Some of his fan writing was included in the anthology ''Licence Denied'', published in 1997.

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