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The Discontinuity Guide
A brilliant attempt to stitch the 26 years of Doctor Who into a coherent narrative. This is an esssential reference for fand and a hilarious introduction for newcomers.
Paperback, 349 pages
Published
October 25th 2004
by Monkeybrain
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There are only two Doctor Who guides I would recommend getting: Lance Parkin's Ahsitory and this book by the trio of Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping. While Ahistory is essential to any Doctor Who fans library for putting the whole range of stories into a "historical" context this book is essential for a whole different reason. It's a guide to the original series and does so with considerable tongue and cheek style.
For one thing this isn't your typical TV show gu...more
For one thing this isn't your typical TV show gu...more
Harrumph.
I know this is heresy, because when this work was released, it apparently changed the way TV guidebooks were written. I'm sure this is true, and I'm sure this book was a godsend when it first came out, prior the DVD/mainstream internet era.
But those days are gone, and as a 23 year old who's relatively new to 'Who', I somewhat regret this purchase. (Well, not really, because it's essential for any collection due to its legacy, but...)
Perhaps I've been...more
I know this is heresy, because when this work was released, it apparently changed the way TV guidebooks were written. I'm sure this is true, and I'm sure this book was a godsend when it first came out, prior the DVD/mainstream internet era.
But those days are gone, and as a 23 year old who's relatively new to 'Who', I somewhat regret this purchase. (Well, not really, because it's essential for any collection due to its legacy, but...)
Perhaps I've been...more
http://nhw.livejournal.com/599526.html[return][return]Yeah, yeah, I know that almost all of the text is also available on-line. But there's nothing like dead trees (especially if you are in the middle of a long plane flight). This is a great compilation of odd facts about the series, including most particularly an attempt to introduce consistency to such matters as the Doctor's age, his academic qualifications, the histories of the Cybermen and of the Daleks, and Mars. Interesting to see the for...more
I used to adore this godawful show when I would watch it on the local PBS affiliate in the 1990s with my little boy. It allowed us to enjoy some wholesome fun and sparked our mutual imaginations and love of science fiction. We even talked about going to see Patrick Troughton at a sci-fi convention in Chicago, which we didn't do, alas, and he died very soon thereafter. I have since tried to watch this show, but can't. Without sharing this in the company of a young sensibility, the flaws of the sh...more
Take the old Program Guide, replace each story synopsis with vigorous, pithy reviews, add in comments about origins, goofs, fluffs, and continuity debates...and a second classic non-fiction bible for Doctor Who fandom is born.
Brilliant and witty guide to this great TV show. Wonderful.
Entertaining and amusing taken in moderate doses. Many factual errors (makes you wonder about the quality of the tapes the authors say they consulted) and frequently unnecessarily complicated retconning. Nevertheless, if you want to look up a Doctor Who factoid this book is the most likely one to have it.
Excellent guide book for the original Doctor Who series. Very loving and knowledgeable and funny too. It gives critical reevaluations of all of the episodes and challenges conventional fan attitudes towards many of them.
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