All-New Doctor Who Book Club

November 2020 Book Club: Chris & Matt hold their breaths and dive deep to join the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe in a harrowing underwater battle as we review the Past Doctor Adventure "The Final Sanction" by Steve Lyons.   First published in July 1999, the book was the last to use the "frosted" film logo and is long out-of-print, available from fine second-hand bookshops.   You can contribute to...

October 2020 Special: Chris & Matt welcome author Dave Rudden to the Doctor Who Book Club to discuss his recently published Doctor Who short story collection, "The Wintertime Paradox."   We also chat about his first anthology "Twelve Angels Weeping," which we reviewed in Episode 34.       You can read Dave's Timelord Victorious short story, "Canaries," here .   Find out more about Dave Rudden's wo...

October 2020 Book Club: Matt & Chris take one giant leap through a time portal back to 1934 and join an expedition on a mysterious Polynesian island as we review the missing Third Doctor, Liz Shaw, & UNIT adventure "The Eye of the Giant" by Christopher Bulis.   First published in April 1996, the book is out-of-print and is available second hand from fine used bookstores.       Special thanks to So...

September 2020 Book Club: Chris & Matt find themselves incarcerated with the 12th Doctor & Clara on a prison asteroid in the far future, as we review the Doctor Who novel "The Blood Cell" by James Goss.   First published in September 2014, it's still available digitally as an e-book - and also as an unabridged audiobook read by Colin McFarlane.     Here's a link to the game Chris mentioned (Nightf...

August 2020 Book Club: Matt & Chris dust off the TARDIS Timer to bring you a review of   "Short Trips and Side Steps," which was the third & final book in the original "Short Trips" anthology range.   This collection was published by BBC Books in March 2000 and features 21 short stories - or 24 depending on how you count them - and was edited by Stephen Cole & Jacqueline Rayner.   You can find Gra...

July 2020 Book Club: The Seventh Doctor, accompanied by Benny, sees what it's like to be a human schoolteacher in 1914 - while trying to avoid a power-hungry alien family in pursuit!   Chris & Matt review "Human Nature" by Paul Cornell, originally published in May 1995 as part of the New Adventures line.   The novel was republished in 2015 as part of the History Collection and is available digital...

June 2020 Book Club: Matt & Chris fire up their 300 baud modems and rendezvous with the Sixth Doctor & Peri - in 1981 - as we read the book "Blue Box" by Kate Orman.   Originally published in March 2003 as part of BBC's Past Doctor range, the book is still available for purchase digitally on Kindle.     Please help other fans find our show by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or your podcatche...

May 2020 Book Club: Chris & Matt take a stroll through a dark and scary wood along with the 11th Doctor, Amy & Rory as we review "The Way through the Woods" by Una McCormack.   Originally published in April 2011, the book is still available for purchase digitally and on unabridged audio, read by Clare Corbett.     Please help other fans find our show by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or you...

April 2020 Book Club: We're journeying with the 10th Doctor this month as he encounters a group of bounty hunters in pursuit of his deadliest enemy - the Daleks!   We're reading "Prisoner of the Daleks" by Trevor Baxendale, originally published in April 2009.   The book is widely available in several different editions, including an unabridged audiobook performed by Nicholas Briggs.     Please hel...

April 2020 Special: Matt & Lauren are back, continuing their exploration of the Mr. Men Doctor Who series, with a review of "Dr. Twelfth" by Adam Hargreaves.   Dr. Twelfth is available in both paperback and kindle versions, wherever fine books are sold.   This adventure has also been animated, with narration by Michelle Gomez, and can be found in its entirety here .   Happy First of April!   Pleas...

March 2020 Book Club: It's a Doctor Who double-feature of a different sort as Chris & Matt encounter not one, but two Doctors in one book!   We begin with a Series 12 wrap-up discussion - and then review "Heart of TARDIS" by Dave Stone, originally published in June 2000.   While this book is out of print, it is available on the second-hand market.     Please help other fans find our show by leavin...

March 2020 Special: Chris & Matt welcome Graeme Burk & Robert Smith? back to the book club to discuss their forthcoming work, " Who is the Doctor 2: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who The Modern Series " which comes out on March 17th. Who Is The Doctor 2 will be available at many different online retailers and physical bookshops and can also be ordered online at ECW Press .   ECW also provides an...

February 2020 Book Club: It's another double-feature as Matt & Chris continue to engage the TARDIS randomizer by investigating a pair of original Target books first published in 1986: "Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma" by Tony Attwood, and "Harry Sullivan's War" by Ian Marter.   These books are long out of print and available on the second-hand market.   Please help other fans find our show by l...

January 2020 Book Club: Chris & Matt welcome in a new decade & continue their mini-adventure through various spin-off ranges.   This month, we're reading the mind & space bending "Dead Romance" by Lawrence Miles, which is both a Bernice Summerfield & Faction Paradox novel (set in London 1970) and first published in March 1999.   While the original book is long out of print, there is a Kindle versi...

December 2019 Book Club: Matt & Chris have engaged the Randomizer for the first of four journeys to the far-flung corners of Doctor Who fiction.   The yuletide is upon us and we venture halfway into the dark… we're reviewing the short story anthology "Twelve Angels Weeping" by Dave Rudden, first published in October 2018.   The book is still widely available in hardcover and digital kindle/iBooks...

November 2019 Book Club: Chris & Matt join the Ninth Doctor, Rose, & Captain Jack in a journey to a far future colony world, where the inhabitants are having trouble with nightmares manifesting in reality.   We're reviewing "The Stealers of Dreams" by Steve Lyons, first published in September 2005.   The book is still widely available in hardcover and digital kindle/iBooks formats, as well as on a...

October 2019 Book Club: Matt & Chris are in for a science fiction double feature as they journey with the Second Doctor from China to San Francisco, by way of Kent, for a pair of adventures from the Telos Novella range.   This month, we're reviewing "Foreign Devils" by Andrew Cartmel, published in November 2002 - and "Wonderland" by Mark Chadbourn from April 2003.   While the novellas are long out...

September 2019 Book Club: Chris & Matt visit the remote foggy Dorsill Islands alongside the 6th Doctor & Peri - and ward off some zombies along the way - as we review "Grave Matter" by Justin Richards.   Originally published in May 2000 as part of the BBC Books Past Doctor range, it is still available on the second-hand market.       Please help other fans find our show by leaving us a rating on A...

September 2019 Special: Chris & Matt take a few moments to reflect and pay tribute to Terrance Dicks, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 84.   RIP Uncle Terrance (1935-2019)   Facebook: http://facebook.com/allnewdoctorwhobookclub   Twitter: @ANDWBCPodcast   Email: ANDWBCPodcast@gmail.com

August 2019 Book Club: Matt & Chris join the modern era & experience our first Thirteenth Doctor novel as we review "The Good Doctor" by Juno Dawson, available for sale wherever fine books are sold, including both hardcover & digital (Amazon / iBooks) versions.  There's also an unabridged audio adaptation, read by Clare Corbett, available for sale on audio CD, Audible & iTunes.     Please help oth...

July 2019 Book Club: Chris & Matt are still vampire-hunting this month, investigating Tasmania & Manchester, as we review "Goth Opera" by Paul Cornell.   First published in July 1994, it serves as a prequel/sequel to last month's "Blood Harvest" and it launched the Missing Adventure range for Virgin Publishing.       Please help other fans find our show by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or...

June 2019 Book Club: Matt & Chris gather their stakes, shovels, and garlic in a vampire-hunting journey from E-Space to Gallifrey - by way of prohibition-era Chicago - as we review "Blood Harvest" by the legendary and prolific Terrance Dicks.   This book was published in July 1994 and was release 28 (of 61) in Virgin's Doctor Who New Adventures range.       Please help other fans find our show by...

May 2019 Book Club: It's fancy dress as Chris & Matt put on their togas and head back to ancient Rome to review "The Stone Rose" by Jacqueline Rayner.   First published in April 2006, it was republished in 2015 as part of the History Collection and is still widely available in shops & on digital formats.   There's also an abridged audio recording on iTunes, Audible, CD, etc. which is read by David...

April 2019 Book Club: Matt & Chris are in for a bumpy ride as we navigate a whirlwind of eighteen short stories that make up the collection "More Short Trips." This anthology was published in March 1999 and edited by Stephen Cole.   Once available wherever fine books were sold, it can now be found on the second-hand market.   Audio versions of two of the stories can be found on the "Tales from the...

March 2019 Book Club: Chris & Matt catch a ride on a time traveling double decker bus back to 1973 as we join the 3rd Doctor, Jo Grant, & Iris Wildthyme in Verdigris by Paul Magrs.   This Doctor Who Past Doctor Adventure was originally published in April 2000. Once available wherever fine books were sold, it can now be found on the second-hand market. Please help other fans find our show by leavin...