Doctor Who Literature

Joining me this week to wrap up the E-Space Trilogy -- the first story in the trilogy is the last to be novelized -- is Jim Sangster ( @Monster_Maker ), the designer of our excellent new logo, and the musical genius behind... well, you'll hear it within today's episode. Check out Jim's RedBubble Store , my official Doctor Who convention T-shirt outfitter, and from which Jim wore a sele...

This week, it's the first Peter Davison novelization, the first Season 19 novelization, and the first photographic cover. We love all three, no surprise. Our guest is the superb @Quark_McMalus of Trap One Podcast . You can find an image of the proposed (and rejected) cover painting for this novelization here . Doctor Who: Doom's Day Hours 14-11 by M.G. Harris is due out in August . We have...

Welcome to your weekend of Jason. This weekend I can also be found on the following just-released podcast episodes: We're All Stories in the End: Camera Obscura Trap One: The Season 2 (William Hartnell) Blu-ray Collection Doctor Who Literature: The Eight Doctors Meanwhile this week, the ubiquitous Si Hart brings his talents back to DWLit. And brings not one, not two, but, how gratifying, THREE...

Happy April 1st, y'all! The topic of our annual April Fool's episode is Terrance Dicks' generally derided 1997 novel The Eight Doctors. But, no fooling, Stacey and I just get into a pretty hard-hitting debate about all sorts of things related to the book. Back with a regular episode tomorrow! Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network . Plea...

We continue on our Season 18 run with our third straight novelization from the season -- unusually, all so far in story order. "The Keeper of Traken" on TV is a delightful gem, and the book is not too far behind it. Joining me this week to celebrate Season 18 -- as well as the many other topics which inevitably come up -- is Lelon Stoldt ( @LelonStoldt ) from the InDOCtrination Podcast ,...

Our journey through Season 18 continues with the novelization of "Warriors' Gate" -- and, for a short time only, the Target books match up by publication order AND story order! Jason's guest this week is Adam Clegg ( @AdamJClegg ), a popular returning guest, and co-host of both The Real McCoy Podcast and Harry Sullivan Is An Imbecile! . We are both delighted by Warriors' Gate, both in print and on...

Seasons 18 through 21 of the Classic Series are my era of the show, and this week's novelization, January 1982's "Doctor Who and the State of Decay", is the first novelization of the JNT era. You'll be hearing a lot more Peter Howell music on this show the next few seasons! After a brief roundup of some distressing current events, we revisit Harlan Ellison, one of the topics from last week's show...

This week we take a break in between the 1981 and 1982 seasons to explore the legacies of two writing titans. Harlan Ellison wrote the 7-page introduction that appeared in most American reprints of Target novelizations, put out by Pinnacle Books. How did that essay come to be commissioned, and why did Harlan write it? We have answers! We're joined by Jason Davis, who edited several of Harlan's col...

Doctor Who's origin story is our focus this week. There is so, so much to discuss, and it's fitting that Mark from The Trap One Podcast is the one to join me this week. We discuss both the TV serial -- Doctor Who's first four weeks on television in late autumn 1963 -- and the novelization, which came out 65th in Target's publication run but is indeed the first story. Mark and I have lots and lots...

This episode of "Doctor Who Literature" was mostly recorded live at Gallifrey One in Los Angeles between February 16 and 18, 2023. Stacey Smith? joins me to discuss the episode and novelization of the week, the pandemic, the convention, and her international travels. And Dale Santos returns from the Gally dealer's room with some fascinating book-related treasures. The con is not over yet and there...

"The Creature from the Pit" as a TV episode has divided fandom over the years, but fortunately, my guest this week, the great Frazer Gregory ( @FelixFrazer ), fall onto the same page in discussing both the episode and the January 1981 David Fisher novelization. However, Frazer doesn't find "20 Questions" such an easy time of it... "Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit" features cover art by St...

December 1980 marks a watershed moment for the Target novelizations range -- the last calendar year in which more than half a given year's books will be written by Terrance Dicks. We will look back and pay tribute to his contributions to the range during this episode -- though of course he will have many more novelizations put out over the next decade-plus. Joining me as a first-time guest this we...

We've got a show bursting at the seams this week. We have a new Season 9 Classic Series Blu-ray collection trailer, and it is very emotional . Jason previously discussed this week's book, "Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon" over on our sister podcast, The Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast . My guest this week is the great Ross Aitken ( @traitken ), from such amazing podcasts as Gallifrey's Most...

January 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the releases of the first three Target novelizations. Happy Birthday to Doctor Who novels! My guest this week, and it's a fun, wide-ranging chat, is fan favorite Pete Lambert ( @Prof_Quiteamess ). Fresh off his appearance discussing "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer" on another podcast, Pete has several fresh takes about the way Buffy/Angel and Doctor Who have i...

Possibly our biggest and boldest episode yet. The great Philip Hinchcliffe is back to discuss his third and (sadly) final Doctor Who novelization; August 1980's "The Keys of Marinus". Always an honor to speak to Philip, who had not read this book in decades and gained a new perspective on the text. And Jim Sangster ( @Monster_Maker ) is back to discuss "Marinus" in both TV and book incarnations an...

We're very excited to welcome Paul Scoones ( @Paul_Scoones ) to Doctor Who Literature. Paul wears many hats in the "Doctor Who" universe and we'll discuss almost all of them today. We'll also discuss pronunciations, genealogy, the long and benevolent shadow of Terrance Dicks... and play a game of "20 Questions". Read Paul's accounting of the recovery of Episode 1 of "The Crusade" , which occurred...

Happy New Year to all; we wish you a happy and healthy 2023. My guest this week is the great Iain Martin ( @broadanddeep ), from oh so many great Doctor Who podcasts, including but not limited to We're All Stories in the End and All of Time and Space . Iain proves a true challenge to the all-time "20 Questions" quiz title-holders. While the TV version of "The Power of Kroll" doesn't win a lot of f...

And, incidentally, a happy Christmas, to all of you at home ! For this Yule themed (and 7th-day-of-Hanukkah themed) episode of Doctor Who Literature, we feature K-9 singing holiday classics . There are two guest interviews this week. Delighted to have Michael Stevens, editor of the Target Audiobooks range, which featured a new novelization of this week's story, "The Androids of Tara" . And we have...

We lost two big names connected with Classic Doctor Who this week: episode writer and novelist Chris Boucher, and actor Jane Sherwin. This episode features audio clips from Boucher's "The Robots of Death", and of Sherwin (with Frazer Hines and Graham Weston) in "The War Games". My guest this week is Jason McLaughlin ( @JangoMac72 ), one of my fellow co-hosts from The Trap One Podcast , and the imp...

We have a guest host this week. Mark ( @QuarkMcMalus ) from the Trap One Podcast does a brilliant job manning the ship and taking us back to Gallifrey, discussing this week's book with a first-time (and yet oddly familiar-sounding) guest. "Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time" features cover art by Andrew Skilleter.  Doctor Who Literature is now a member of the Direction Point Doctor Who podca...

This has been a fraught week on the Internet, on Twitter especially, so we open with an unscripted monologue on the subject. Some background reading on the odious Joe Rogan, my fellow Spotify podcaster. A link to Judd Apatow's 2015 anthology, Sick in the Head, an excerpt from which is read on the program. No copyright infringement is intended. This episode features Mouret's Rondeau , best known in...

Jason is back from LI Who (Long Island Doctor Who) presents: Meglos 2022. And he's brought back interviews with four convention guests plus several fan friends. The perfect way to spend a week in between the end of the 1979 Target books and the start of the 1980 books. Jason then does a spontaneous, unrehearsed audio commentary for a single 25-minute Classic Series Doctor Who episode. The episode...

This week on Doctor Who Literature we close out our third season with a look at the last novelization of 1979, Ian Marter's third book, and the first book in the "Key to Time" cycle. US TV producer David Barsky rejoins us to talk about Harlan Ellison, "American Chopper", and a rousing game of "Listener Limerick Challenge". Also this week we learned that Millie Gibson will be playing Doctor Who's n...

We have a short Terrance Dicks novelization this week, but one that was very influential on Young Jason's fandom, so there's a lot to say on this episode. My guest this week is Larry, the founder and CEO of the Direction Point! podcast network, and the host of the Doctor Who Collectors Podcast. Larry has been around American fandom since practically the very beginning and has a wealth of stories t...

50 episodes of Doctor Who Literature, and this episode releases of the first anniversary of my original trailer for the then-forthcoming podcast, November 6. It's been a fun and rewarding year, we've read some great books and interviewed some great guests. Thanks to all of you who have been along for all or part of this journey. "The War Games" is surely one of Doctor Who's best -- and most ground...