October 21st, 2012
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Behind The Sofa Celebrity Charity Book
Behind The Sofa
100% of the profits from the sale of this book go to charity.
This collection of over one hundred celebrity memories of Doctor Who including contributions from Chris Chibnall, Gary Russell, Jason Arnopp, James Moran, Julian Glover, Lynda Bellingham, Neil Gaiman and Paul Cornell has been compiled by author Steve Berry in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK and is beautifully illustrated by Ben Morris.
Strictly limited to 300 orders. Also available as a PDF version which can be purchased separately as an eBook.
You can find out all about this very worthwhile book Here where you will also find details of various packages to help towards the cost of production.
Thanks to the Radio Times for the heads up.
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SP
March 6th, 2012 - 1:23amI you pre-order the PDF, do you get to read it right away? Or do you have to wait for it to be available? It’s the ‘pre-order’ that confuses me.
WhoEleven
March 4th, 2012 - 1:44pmI Know This Isnt The Place To Post It But:
Which Has Quicker Delivery At The Moment?
FP.co.uk Or FP.com ????
Please reply as i wish to order somthing soon!
alex
March 4th, 2012 - 1:58pmdepends where u live
booboo
March 4th, 2012 - 3:01pmI have used both and they have varies between 5-9 days.I have never had anything quickly from either
WhoEleven
March 4th, 2012 - 3:15pmOk, thank you 🙂
also, i am just about to order the Davros And Dalek set ! (Hopefully!)
is it really worth all that money ❗ ❓ ❗ ❓
mystery
March 4th, 2012 - 11:05amhi booboo
can you help me you know where you get your name put somewhere where does it get put thanks for your help
booboo
March 4th, 2012 - 11:54ami have no idea but its in the acknowledgements which could be at the front or the back
mystery
March 4th, 2012 - 4:44pmthanks booboo going to order the orchids package thanks for your help
@SirRoundSound
March 4th, 2012 - 10:22amSteve Berry just tweeted saying this “Behind The Sofa is 50% sold out in one day” so if you want your copy I would pre order it soon rather than later as it seems to be going very fast, I have pre ordered mine, it looks like a good read, and I can’t wait till it comes
booboo
March 4th, 2012 - 10:24amits was tweeted by Jonathan Ross and radio times which in turn had loads of re-tweets so im glad its getting good exposure
Anonymous
March 5th, 2012 - 4:46pmI wouldn’t be too concerned with availability, this is a “first edition, advanced copy” more will be available later if you miss your chance (hopefully) although you should have a go now, after all it is for charity.
Bow tie of Doom (Mood fit woo eb)
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:10pmSince this book is about memories of Doctor Who I thought I’d ask what are your earliest memories of Doctor Who?
Mine is seeing the gas mask zombies (terrifying) and missing The Christmas Invasion (I thought it was on at 8pm. I turned the tv on and it had finished. Turned out it was on at 7.)
BOOBOO JR
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:18pmMine is not being able to watch ‘Rose’ when DW first came back, as my parents reckoned I was to young! If I hadn’t been able to argue myself into being allowed to watch ‘The End of the World’ the next week, I would never be where I am today 😀
Bow tie of Doom (Mood fit woo eb)
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:30pmI also remember crying when K9 sacrificed himself to help defeat the Krillitanes. I was about seven I think and I could not stop crying. I was relieved when the Doctor gave Sarah Jane a new one. 🙂
The Silent Silent
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:41pmI watched my brothers copy of the episode ‘DALEK’ I WAS REALLY SCARED. I remember crying at the 10th Doctor being zapped by the master in ‘The sound of drums’. Poor Old Doctor.
Bow tie of Doom (Mood fit woo eb)
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:58pmBlink definitely springs to mind when it comes to scary episodes/moments.
Forgot to say that my first episode was The Doctor Dances.
Anonymous
March 3rd, 2012 - 10:29pmMawdryn Undead, brillliant story (and showing my age as well).
Boodleoo
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:57pmRose and I was in Whales on holiday at the time. Oh great memories.
Liason Ice
March 4th, 2012 - 5:02amThe 1st episode of Doctor Who that I ever watched was An Unearthly Child Part 1 when I was 4 or 5 but I didn’t watch anymore until Spearhead From Space
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 4th, 2012 - 7:28amMy first ever episode was Doomsday (Live) at my nans house as I can vagley remember watching it. My mum and older sister watched army of ghosts but I was sitting in the hallway because my mum said it was too old for me!! I was thinking “God. I want watch that!”
handbot10
March 4th, 2012 - 9:27amI remember watching an episode of doctor who(can’t remember what it was called) where the doctor and his freinds shuved their dinner into a daleks face! I laghed my head of!!
matparks08
March 4th, 2012 - 2:33pmGood question, I have recollections of Warriors of the Deep (melting Sea Devil), Five Doctors and Vengeance on varos (marsh minnows Doctor?)but proper memories sink in when Sylvester McCoy’s era started – specifically Paradise Towers and Kanes sticky end in Dragonfire.
CatManWho
March 4th, 2012 - 2:58pmProbably The Invisible Enemy, possibly bits of season 14. Difficult to be exact because there were the occasional repeats then, so could have seen repeat rather than original transmission. Either way, just past the mid-1970s.
First bit of merchandise was Weetabix cards.
Nicholas
March 5th, 2012 - 4:39pmwatching the Series 1 trailer
The 507th Doctor (Previously King of the Tenza)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:29pmI remember watching The Waters of Mars and I was scared to drink water for a whole day! I remember watching my first episode, Rose back in 2006. And I remember nearly crying when The Tenth Doctor was regenerating and was sad and he visited his old friends and he said “I don’t want to go”. Ohh! It makes me sad now! When Matt Smith joined, I hated him, I hated Amy, I hated the new TARDIS, I hated the new opening theme and music and I hated the new sonic. Within a week I loved Smith, I loved Amy, I loved the new TARDIS and loved new sonic!!!!! 🙂
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:56pmWell, I was certainly optimistic about Smith at first but he is now one of my favourites! He had me at “Hell of a climb back up!”
videogamemad00
March 12th, 2012 - 3:24pmI saw a couple of seconds of the runaway bride when my parents where flicking through channels but the first full episode I watched was daleks in manhatten.
Eamon Longmann
October 22nd, 2012 - 12:34ammy earliest is Christopher Eccelston standing in London Estate and the Slitheen running down the corridor of 10 downing street i think either – World war three or Boom town was my first episode
Eamon Longmann
October 22nd, 2012 - 7:54ami also remember for that year’s christmas getting the complete second season on dvd and watching Doomsday then the power cut off and i was distraught! I also remember the first episode i watched from the classic series was Robot and i borrowed that from my friend Ethan my first New Series Episodes:
1. World War Three or Boom Town
2. Doomsday
3. The Christmas Invasion
first 3 classic stories:
1. Robot
2. An Unearthly Child
3. Remembrance of the Daleks
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
October 22nd, 2012 - 3:28pmMine is when my mum saw doctor who (rose) was on the telly, and i got really moody because i didnt want to watch it. but here i am!!
lett
March 3rd, 2012 - 9:10pmCool book
BOOBOO JR
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:18pmSorry, but what exactly is this???
booboo
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:25pmits a book that has been put together for charity where people in some way connected with the show talk about their memories of doctor who
BOOBOO JR
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:33pmOk thanks, looks good.
CONNORTHEDOCTOR
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:12pmThis is amazing but is it something what you have too order onnline or can you buy it in a shop?.
Judooning
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:09pm£15 isn’t bad at all! It looks a very nice book.
There is no information on their website about what those special packages are. There is Ogron, Slitheen Morbius etc. Do you know what they are? one of them costs £1000!
booboo
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:13pmIts on each page for example the Zygon package for £199.99 gets you your name, company graphic and illustrated sponsor’s message added to the list of sponsors in the book acknowledgements, and you will also receive a signed, high quality, giclée print of one of ten Ben Morris illustrations as featured in the book.
The £999 Morbius package is sold out, for that you got your own, personal 300-word memory featured in the book along with the celebrities
These are aimed to raise the money for the books costs as all the money goes to charity
Judooning
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:37pmWOW! Sounds great. Although a grand is a bit out of my depth 😀
the astronaut of death
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:53ami also like the cover
the astronaut of death
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:52amthis looks good i might by this
booboo
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:54am£15 well worth spending