Telos Publishing Ltd. is a publishing company, originally established by

David J. Howe David J. Howe is a British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian. Biography David Howe was born 24 August 1961 and established himself (in the early 1980s) as an authoritative media historian through writing articles for fanzin ...

and Stephen James Walker, with their first publication being a horror anthology based on the

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'' Urban Gothic'' in 2001. The name comes from that of the fictional planet

Telos Telos (; ) is a term used by philosopher Aristotle to refer to the final cause of a natural organ or entity, or of a work of human art. Intentional actualization of potential or inherent purpose,"Telos.''Philosophy Terms'' Retrieved 3 May 2020. ...

from the long-running British

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series ''

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''.

History

Since being formed, Telos Publishing Ltd. has published a wide variety of works, from original novellas based on ''Doctor Who'' to original horror and fantasy novels. They also produce a variety of unofficial guide books to popular television and film series, as well as the ''

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'' series of novellas. ''

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'' called them "perhaps the UK's best-known independent publishers of Doctor Who books". Telos have employed many unknown writers, in addition to works by established and award-winning authors. Telos, and its co-founders, have been nominated for a variety of awards in their own right, such as the Canadian

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, and the

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s, where they won the

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Kate Orman Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Canberr ...

, won an

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for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, the first television tie-in to receive a major science-fiction award.

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's novella ''Breathe'' won the British Fantasy Society Award for best novella in 2005. In 2006, Telos' founders Howe and Walker won the

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for Best Non-Professional for their publishing work.

Authors of note published by Telos

Authors published by ''Telos Publishing'' have included

Juliette Benzoni Juliette Benzoni (30 October 1920 – 7 February 2016) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery fiction, mystery and screenplay, screenwriting. In 1998, at th ...

William S Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

, Simon Clark,

Paul Finch Paul Finch is an English author and scriptwriter. He began his writing career on the British television programme ''The Bill''. His early scripts were for children's animation. He has written over 300 short stories which have appeared in magazine ...

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

Hank Janson Hank Janson is both a fictional character and a pseudonym created by the English author Stephen Daniel Frances who died in 1989. Frances wrote a series of thrillers by, and often featuring, Hank Janson, beginning with ''When Dames Get Tough'' (19 ...

Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

, George Mann,

Graham Masterton Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. Originally editor of '' Mayfair'' and the British edition of '' Penthouse'', his debut novel, ''The Manitou'', was published in 1976. T ...

Fiona Moore Fiona Moore is a Canadian academic, writer and critic based in London (UK). She is best known for writing works of TV criticism, short fiction, stage and audio plays (being one of the original members of the Magic Bullet Productions writing team a ...

Simon Morden Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award–winning ''Metrozone'' series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London. Biography Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geolog ...

Mike Ripley Mike Ripley was born in 1952 and is the British author of the award-winning ‘Angel’ series of comedy thrillers as well as a critic and archaeologist. Life and work Ripley is the author of the ''Angel'' series of comedy thrillers set mainly in E ...

, Alan Stevens, Sam Stone, and co-founders Stephen James Walker and

List of Doctor Who novellas

*''

Time and Relative ''Time and Relative'' is an original novella written by Kim Newman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Set shortly before the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story, it features the First Doctor a ...

'' by

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula (1931 ...

(features the

First Doctor The First Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor William Hartnell. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time L ...

and Susan) (November 2001) *''

Citadel of Dreams ''Citadel of Dreams'' is an original novella written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It was released both as a standard edition hardba ...

'' by

Dave Stone Dave Stone (born 12 June 1964) is a British science fiction writer. Biography Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and ''Judge Dredd''. Stone also contributed a number of com ...

(features the

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and the final incarnation of the original Doctor Who series. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. W ...

and

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) (March 2002) *''

Nightdreamers ''Nightdreamers'' is an original novella written by Tom Arden and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Third Doctor and Jo. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and ...

'' by

Tom Arden David Rain (2 May 1961 – 15 December 2015), known by his pen name Tom Arden, was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. He was born in Australia. His main work is the five volume ''Orokon'' saga, as well as the novels ''Shadow Black'', ...

(features the

Third Doctor The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord fro ...

and

Jo Grant Josephine "Jo" Grant, later Jo Jones, is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Jo was introduced by Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks in the first episode of ''Do ...

) (May 2002) *''

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'' by

Keith Topping Keith Andrew Topping (born 26 October 1963 in Walker, Tyneside) is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is most well known for his work relating to the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who'' and for writing numerous official and unofficial g ...

(features the

Fourth Doctor The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Tom Baker. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the ...

) (August 2002) *'' Foreign Devils'' by

Andrew Cartmel Andrew J. Cartmel (born 6 April 1958) is a British author and journalist. He was the script editor of '' Doctor Who'' during the Sylvester McCoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989. He has also worked as a script editor on other television ser ...

(features the

Second Doctor The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Patrick Troughton. While the Troughton era of ''Doctor Who'' is well-remembered by fans an ...

Jamie Jamie is a unisex name. It is a diminutive form of James or, more rarely, other names. It is also given as a name in its own right. People Female * Jamie Anne Allman (born 1977), American actress * Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film and te ...

and Zoe) (November 2002) *''

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'' by

Louise Cooper Louise Cooper (29 May 1952 – 21 October 2009) was a British fantasy writer who lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall. Cooper was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her ...

(features the

Eighth Doctor The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Paul McGann. The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film ''Doctor Who'', a back-door pilo ...

) (January 2003) *'' Wonderland'' by

Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and horror author with more than a dozen novels (and one non-fiction book) published around the world. Born in the English Midlands from a long line of coal miners. he g ...

(features the

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...

and

Polly Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (name), Molly (a diminutive of Mary (name), Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina (given name), Polina, Polona (given name), Polona, Paula (g ...

(April 2003) *''

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'' by Simon A Forward (features the

Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Ba ...

and

Peri Brown Perpugilliam “Peri” Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An American botany major from Pasadena, California, Peri is a companion of the Fifth ...

(June 2003) *''

The Cabinet of Light ''The Cabinet of Light'' was the ninth novella published by Telos Publishing Ltd. as part of its Doctor Who novellas series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony and was published as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition with a frontisp ...

'' by

Daniel O'Mahony Daniel O'Mahony (born 24 July 1973) is a half-British half-Irish author, born in Croydon. He is the oldest of five children, his siblings including Eoin O'Mahony of the band Hamfatter, and Madeleine O'Mahony, who has designed and made hats for Ca ...

(features an Unspecified Doctor, spawned the

novels) (July 2003) *'' Fallen Gods'' by Jon Blum and

(features the

) (August 2003) *'' Frayed'' by Tara Samms (feature the

and Susan) (October 2003) *'' The Eye of the Tyger'' by

Paul J. McAuley Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction. His novels dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternative history/alternative re ...

(features the

) (November 2003) *''

Companion Piece ''Companion Piece'' is an original novella written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Catherine Katherine, also sp ...

'' by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker (features the

and

Catherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

) (December 2003) *''

Blood and Hope ''Blood and Hope'' is an original novella written by Iain McLaughlin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem. It was released both as a standard edi ...

'' by Iain McLaughlin (features the

Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from t ...

, Peri and

Erimem This is a list of fictional characters who were companions of the Doctor, in various spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. A Amy Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a companion ...

(January 2004) *''

The Dalek Factor ''The Dalek Factor'' is an original novella written by Simon Clark (novelist), Simon Clark and based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features a Doctor whose incarnati ...

'' by Simon Clark (features an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor) (February 2004)

Time Hunter novellas

A series focused on "time sensitive"

Honoré Lechasseur Honoré Lechasseur is one of two main characters in the '' Doctor Who'' spin-off ''Time Hunter'' series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. He is a time sensitive, which means that he possess the ability to see into people's pasts and futures whe ...

and "time channeler"

Emily Blandish Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 song ...

, characters first introduced in Telos' ''Doctor Who'' novella ''The Cabinet of Light''. *'' The Winning Side'' by

Lance Parkin Lance Parkin is a British author. He is best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular '' Doctor Who'' (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and as a storyliner on ''Emmerd ...

(November 2003) *''The Tunnel at the End of the Light'' by

Stefan Petrucha Stefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer of comics and young adult fiction. He has written graphic novels in the '' X-Files'' and ''Nancy Drew'' series, as well as science fiction and horror. For 13 years, from 1994 to 2007, ...

, (March 2004) *'' The Clockwork Woman'' by Claire Bott (June 2004) *''

Kitsune In Japanese folklore, , are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser. According to ''yōkai'' folklore, all foxes have the ability to shapeshift into human form. While some folktales speak of employing t ...

'' by John Paul Catton (October 2004) *''

The Severed Man ''The Severed Man'' is a novella written by George Mann which is the fifth in the series of Time Hunter novellas and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's '' Doctor Who'' novella ''The Cabinet of ...

'' by George Mann (December 2004) *'' Echoes'' by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett (April 2005) *''

Peculiar Lives ''Peculiar Lives'' is the seventh in the series of Time Hunter novellas and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's '' Doctor Who'' novella ''The Cabinet of Light''. It is written by Philip Purser ...

'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (July 2005) *'' Deus Le Volt'' by

Jon de Burgh Miller Jon de Burgh Miller is an author most associated with his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series '' Doctor Who''. He is also co-owner of and regular reviewer on the Shiny Shelf website. Work Miller's first published fict ...

(January 2006) *''

The Albino's Dancer ''The Albino's Dancer'' is the ninth in the series of "Time Hunter" novellas, and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's '' Doctor Who'' novella ''The Cabinet of Light''. It is written by Dale Smith ...

'' by Dale Smith (June 2006) *''

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'' by R.J. Carter and Troy Riser (August 2006) *''Child of Time'' by George Mann and David J Howe (August 2007)

References

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External links

Telos website
Book publishing companies of Wales Publishers of Doctor Who books Denbighshire