The Doctor Who Programme Guide

by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier

The Doctor Who Programme Guide is the complete guide to every Doctor Who story shown on television. The stories are listed in order of broadcasting, starting with the first episode broadcast in 1963. Each entry includes the storyline, the cast list, and the names of the producer, script editor, writer and director, and the details of novelizations, video and audio cassette releases. This indispensable guide first appeared over twenty years ago, and immediately established itself as the single, most important reference work about Doctor Who.

"THE bible to an entire generation of [Doctor Who] fans on both sides of the Atlantic." —Andrew Pixley, Celestial Toyroom

"A real treat for Doctor Who buffs." —David McDonnell, Starlog

"It sits invaluably upon every fan’s bookshelf and is a constant source of reference." —Gary Russell, Doctor Who Monthly

"A remarkable work of...dedicated scholarship." —Barry Letts, Producer, Doctor Who

Genres: Doctor Who, Reference

248 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1981

About the author

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier

Reviews

[Karen-Leigh]

The Doctor Who Programme Guide is the complete guide to every Doctor Who story shown on television. The stories are listed in order of broadcasting, starting with the first episode broadcast in 1963. Each entry includes the storyline, the cast list, and the names of the producer, script editor, writer and director, and the details of novelizations, video and audio cassette releases. This indispensable guide first appeared over twenty years ago, and immediately established itself as the single, most important reference work about Doctor Who.

"THE bible to an entire generation of [Doctor Who] fans on both sides of the Atlantic." —Andrew Pixley, Celestial Toyroom

"A real treat for Doctor Who buffs." —David McDonnell, Starlog

"It sits invaluably upon every fan’s bookshelf and is a constant source of reference." —Gary Russell, Doctor Who Monthly

"A remarkable work of...dedicated scholarship." —Barry Letts, Producer, Doctor Who
Genres
Doctor Who

[Evan]

Doing some cleaning out and found this now-superfluous book, from back in the days when I used to watch this show on public television on Saturday nights with the kids. This guide follows the show to the conclusion of its first iteration at the end of the 1980s. It's pretty straightforward, and no longer necessary with the endless information available on the internet. I'm keeping the other program guide I have because it treats the subject with far less reverence and noticeable snark and is thus more fun.

No rating given.

(KR@KY 2017)

[David Akers · Rating 3 out of 5]

The paper version might not be the same, but the electronic version has one major issue: there's not a page without some obvious error. It appears that the electronic version was scanned in and no proof-reading was done. If you can ignore this, there's a wealth of information here about the classic Doctor Who episodes, up to and including the Eighth Doctor movie.