David J. Howe

When Honore and Emily investigate the bones of a young woman in the ruins of a collapsed house, they are thrown into a thrilling adventure that takes them from London in 1951 to Venice in 1586 and then forward a thousand years, to the terrifying, devastated London of 2586, ruled over by the sinister Sodality. What is the terrible truth about Emily's forgotten past? What demonic power are t...

Doctor Who is the world's longest-running science fiction television series. Each handbook will provide both a broad overview and a detailed analysis of one phase of the programme's history. William Hartnell was already a well-known and experienced film and television actor when, in 1963, he took on a new role: a mysterious and crotchety time traveller in a new BBC drama series for chil...

By the end of the 1960s the BBC television programme Doctor Who had enthralled a generation of children. The police telephone box and the staccato-voiced Daleks had become household icons; watching the flickering black-and-white images of alien monsters and marvels had become a Saturday teatime ritual for millions. In January 1970 Doctor Who returned for a new season - and burst into living rooms...

On 23 November 1963 a British institution was born. Almost thirty years later Doctor Who commands a following matched by no other British television programme. Yet in its early days the series had to face fierce opposition from within the BBC itself. However, the arrival of the series' most popular monsters, the Daleks - soon to become a British cult icon - helped to secure Doctor Who'...

Three decades of Doctor Who - Two decades of Doctor Who books 'A glorious picture book... A visual treat' - Time Out 'A visual orgy.. A glorious, wallowing, indulgent trip down memory lane' - Starburst In 1963 Doctor Who first appeared on British television. It became the world's longest running science fiction TV series and a British institution. In 1973 three...