April 4th, 2013
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Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants
Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants
by Andy Frankham-Allen
A brand new Doctor Who book is now available for pre-order. Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an unofficial and frank guide of the Time Lord’s adventures in space and time. Drawing on plots from the TV series as well as other media, this book is fascinating reading for fans of both the classic and current series of Doctor Who.
To coincide with the launch of the book the publisher, Candy Jar, is asking fans to vote for their favourite Doctor Who companion. The results will be released when the book is published in June. To vote go to: www.candy-jar.co.uk.
Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants provides readers with an in-depth account of each Doctor’s fellow travellers and shows the impact they had on both the Doctor and the viewers.
Andy Frankham-Allen has been a Doctor Who fan since his childhood and has relished the opportunity to write this book in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the series. Andy, who penned several Short Trip stories for Big Finish, feels the time is right for a more detailed look at the journey of the Doctor Who companion. He said: “It’s been a long time since there’s been an honest and frank look at the Doctor’s journey and the lives he changes. This book will challenge the notion that he always takes the best.”
Gary Russell, former Doctor Who Magazine editor, Big Finish producer, BBC script editor and Doctor Who novelist, has provided the book’s foreword. Gary said: “Of course there have been books about companions before – but few of them go into this amount of detail, display this amount of in-depth knowledge and above all, this amount of love. As a celebration of everything that makes the Doctor’s (and therefore our) best friends unique and special, this book is essential.”
Doctor Who first appeared on our screens in 1963. The show continued until 1989 but the series was then re-launched in 2005 attracting old fans and new. Doctor Who is now one of the most prestigious shows on British television, loved and watched by millions.
Signed copies of the book are now available to pre-order from the Candy Jar Books website for no additional charge.
Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants will be released on 27th June. The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special is due to be shown in November.
This book can be ordered from www.candy-jar.co.uk.
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The Who Shop
June 21st, 2013 - 5:09pmThere is a signing for this at The Who Shop on Saturday 29th June from 1:00.
http://www.thewhoshop.com/events/2/event_details.html
Tommy
April 6th, 2013 - 8:54pmI would buy, if it was made by the BBC
The Doctor
April 6th, 2013 - 10:10amI would buy the book if it was officially by the BBC!
josh smith
April 5th, 2013 - 12:57pmi want this book to read
Anonymous
April 4th, 2013 - 5:19pmOh interesting
dalekman11
March 4th, 2013 - 8:35pmcool lol
Doom Dalek
February 26th, 2013 - 6:56pmWhen Clara Leaves They Should Have A New Companion called Ava or Summer
DoctorWhoFan101
February 26th, 2013 - 7:58pmWhy ‘Summer’? Oh, and I hope Clara doesn’t leave anytime soon.
Doom Dalek
April 5th, 2013 - 9:34amJenna Louise Coleman has signed up to do series 8
ForeverDalek2313
February 26th, 2013 - 6:11pmThe Doctor needs friends to pass the time.
Having friends is a feeling so fine.
Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy and Sarah Jane.
They come and they go but the feeling just the same.
He Runs from the Daleks as they try to end his life.
Oh… did I mention the Doctor has a wife?
But whatever the day, whatever the danger.
The Doctor and his friends are not stranger.
So Exterminate if you will, Delete if you want.
But as long as the doctor has friend in the universe, kill him you aren’t
Planet Dalek
February 26th, 2013 - 7:01pmwrite that yourself?
ForeverDalek2313
February 26th, 2013 - 9:11pmYes i did?
ForeverDalek2313
February 26th, 2013 - 9:12pmSorry I meant yes I did.
Damn question marks!
eddy
February 26th, 2013 - 9:50pmi really like this, its awesome!
Foreverdalek2313
February 27th, 2013 - 12:42pmAwwww thanks.
The Doctors Best Friend
April 4th, 2013 - 7:14pmCool! 😎
Someone
April 4th, 2013 - 9:54pmInnit! Epic!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 26th, 2013 - 11:30amAwesome, I might buy this.
Knowing me, I’ll skip the pages featuring the 60’s companions [except Susan, Ian and Barbara], Leela, Adric, Mel, Martha and River Song as I don’t like those ones.
The CyberNestene
February 27th, 2013 - 8:32amYou don’t like Leela? BLASPHEMY! 😯 😉
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 27th, 2013 - 8:22pmEveryone has companions that people don’t like. Most fan’s don’t like Rose [I do thou] while others like Martha [I don’t thou].
The CyberNestene
March 15th, 2013 - 7:36amI was joking, BTW.
Some bloke
February 26th, 2013 - 10:57amOOHHHH, I like this!