All-New Doctor Who Book Club

July 2024 Book Club:   This month, we're joining the 8th Doctor, Anji, and Fitz as we review "Camera Obscura" by Lloyd Rose.   First published in August 2002, it is currently out of print but can be found in second-hand bookshops.   Happy reading! Special thanks to Kenny Smith for performing the dramatic reading this month.   Check out his podcasts " Pieces of Eighth " and " The Power of Three ."...

June 2024 Book Club:   We're going undercover with the 11th Doctor, Amy, and Rory as we investigate some timey-wimey activities in "Borrowed Time," by Naomi A. Alderman.   First published in June 2011, it was republished in 2018 and is also available as an unabridged audiobook read by Meera Syal.   Happy reading!     Learn more about Pertwee's Take-away & Burgers here .   Please help other Doctor...

May 2024 Book Club:   We're joining the Second Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie on a space-western adventure, with plenty of twists and turns, as we review "The Colony of Lies," by Colin Brake.   Originally published in July 2003, this book is long out of print but might still be found on the second-hand market.   Happy reading!     Special thanks to Twitch streamer Matsu Quinox for performing the dramatic...

April 2024 Book Club:   This month, we're catching up with the Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack, as we read "Doctormania," by Cavan Scott.   First published as individual issues in 2016, and collected in graphic novel format in January 2017 by Titan Comics, this book is still in print and is also available digitally.   Happy reading!   Special thanks to Lauren McMenemy for performing the drama...

April 2024 Special: We welcome Matt's nephew Tom, with Matt's niece Mae contributing, to the book club, as our exploration of the Mr. Men Doctor Who series continues, this time with a review of "Dr. Thirteenth" by Adam Hargreaves.   Dr. Thirteenth is available in both paperback and digital versions, wherever fine books are sold.   Join us as we venture back to the Chris Chibnall era, as we find th...

March 2024 Book Club:   We join the Sixth Doctor and Mel on an epic mission to save the multiverse from a form of madness known as the Lamprey, as we review the Past Doctor Adventure "Spiral Scratch" by Gary Russell.   First published in August 2005, the book is currently out-of-print - but might be found on the secondhand market if you're lucky.   Happy reading!   Special thanks to Hannah & Matt...

February 2024 Book Club:   Matt & Chris wrap up their Console Room 2024 convention experiences and then turn their attention to "The American Adventures," a short-story anthology by Justin Richards, featuring the Twelfth Doctor, and first published in October 2016. Happy reading!   Special thanks to Jason Tucker, founder of  CONSole Room , for providing the dramatic reading this month.   You can c...

February 2024 Special: Matt and Chris are live from CONSole Room, in Minnesota, as we bring you the second of two recorded specials from that event.   In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of the Book Club - and also take a trip down memory lane - in our own tell-all version of Confidential or Unleashed.   Happy reading!   You can find the sixty episodes of the original Doctor Who Book Cl...

January 2024 Special: Chris and Matt are live from CONsole Room , in Minnesota, as we bring you the first of two recorded specials from that event.   In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss the Choose Your Own Adventure range of books, as well as the various other lines it inspired, including the Doctor Who ranges: Make Your Own Adventure / Find Your Fate, Decide Your Destiny,...

January 2024 Book Club:   Chris & Matt are about to meet in person, for the first time at Console Room , but before we do, we have a book to review!   This month, we are reviewing "The King of Terror" by Keith Topping, which features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough (serendipitously visiting the United States) with the Brigadier and UNIT in tow.   Originally published in November 2000 in pape...

December 2023 Book Club:   The 60th Anniversary celebrations continue and Happy Holidays!   This month, we review the first two specials "The Star Beast" and "Wild Blue Yonder," then we hop back in time to 1982 as we read "The Diary of a Dr Who Addict," by Paul Magrs.   Originally published in 2009, the book is long out of print but the audiobook version (read by the author) is still available on...

November 2023 Book Club:   Happy 60th Anniversary to Doctor Who! We're celebrating by reading a book featuring the original TARDIS crew.   We're reading "City at World's End," by Christopher Bulis.   Originally published in September 1999, the book is now out of print but can still be found in second-hand book shops.   Happy reading!     You can check out Chris's review of Dan Slott's Doctor Who g...

October 2023 Book Club:   This month, to tie into the upcoming "The Star Beast" 60th anniversary special, we are reading the 4th Doctor graphic novel "The Iron Legion," published by Panini in April 2004.   The collection includes "The Iron Legion," "City of the Damned," "The Star Beast," "The Dogs of Doom," and "The Time Witch."   Two of the stories have been adapted by Big Finish into full cast a...

September 2023 Book Club:   We're traveling with the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble as they visit India in 1947 and meet Mahatma Gandhi, all while battling rage-infected creatures, as we review "Ghosts of India" by Mark Morris.   Originally published in September 2008, some 15 years ago, the book is still available digitally and in an abridged audiobook, read by David Troughton.   Happy reading!   P...

August 2023 Book Club:   This month, we're checking in with the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, and our friends at UNIT - as well as the Master - as we read and review "Harvest of Time," by Alastair Reynolds.   Originally published in June 2013, the book is still available for sale as both an e-Book and as an audiobook, performed by Geoffrey Beevers.   Happy reading!     Check out Chris's review of the fi...

July 2023 Book Club:   We join the 7th Doctor and Chris Cwej in 1950's Soho, London as we review the New Adventure "Bad Therapy," by Matt Jones.   This book was published in December 1996 and is long out of print, available on the second-hand market.   Happy reading!     There is a free short story, " Doom's Day: Hour One ," by James Goss, kicking off the 2023 "Doom's Day" media crossover event.  ...

June 2023 Book Club:   This month, we're catching up with the 13th Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham as we review "The Secret in Vault 13" by David Solomons, first published in November 2018.   This book is available in hardcover, paperback, and digitally.   It's also available as an audiobook reading by Sophie Aldred, released on CD, Audible, and other formats.   Happy reading!     Check out CONsole...

May 2023 Book Club:   We're celebrating an anniversary by reading "Supremacy of the Cybermen," by Titan Comics, written by George Mann and Cavan Scott.   Art is by Alessandro Vitti, Ivan Rodriguez and Tazio Bettin, with colors by Nicola Righi.   Originally published in 2016, it is also collected as a graphic novel (published March 2017) and is even available digitally.   Happy reading!     Special...

April 2023 Book Club:   Hop aboard the 22 to Putney Common as we join Iris and Panda in their double-decker bus, as we review "Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus," edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, and first published by Obverse Books in May 2009.   The book is still available in paperback & digitally at the Obverse website .   Happy reading, dearies!     Special thanks to Lauren Debo...

April 2023 Special: We welcome new member Elijah to the book club, as our exploration of the Mr. Men Doctor Who series continues, this time with a review of "Dr. First" by Adam Hargreaves.   Dr. First is available in both paperback and digital versions, wherever fine books are sold.   Join us as we venture back to the pre-Unearthly Child days where we find The Doctor & his granddaughter, Susan, vi...

March 2023 Book Club:   This month, we're journeying back to October 1998 to celebrate Doctor Who's 35th anniversary by reading the Bernice Summerfield novel, "Beige Planet Mars," by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham.   It features Benny on an adventure on Mars, which may or may not include Daleks and Ice Warriors.   Happy reading!     Special thanks to Lauren McMenemy for providing this month's drama...

February 2023 Book Club:   It's the 21st century, and that's when everything changes!   We're taking a side-step this month and reviewing the Torchwood book, "The Twilight Streets," by Gary Russell.   Originally published in hardcover in March 2008, the novel is still available digitally at all fine e-shops.   Join us as we journey back 15 (?!?) years to join the Torchwood Three crew at the Hub.  ...

January 2023 Book Club:   Happy New Year! This month, we're journeying with the 11th Doctor & Clara back to when it all started, in November 1963, as we review "Shroud of Sorrow" by Tommy Donbavand.   First published in April 2013, it is still available in eBook form, and can also be found second-hand in good bookshops everywhere.       Special thanks to poet & actor Anna Rose James for performing...

December 2022 Book Club:   Happy Holidays! We're celebrating by reviewing a festive anthology by Dave Rudden, "The Wintertime Paradox."   First published in October 2020, it is in-print and available as a hardcover, paperback, eBook, or audio, read by Sophie Aldred.   The book also features illustrations by Alexis Snell.   Happy Reading!     You can read the first story in the collection, "Canarie...

November 2022 Book Club:   This month, we're catching up with the 9th Doctor, Rose, and Jack, as we review the Titan Comics graphic novel "Weapons of Past Destruction" written by Cavan Scott, first published in April 2015 and collected in hardcover in March 2016.  This comic mini-series features art by Blair Shedd and Rachael Stott.  It is available digitally and may also still be available in som...