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Doctor Who by Lawrence Miles5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As part of this grand opus, About Time 1 examines "Doctor Who" Seasons 1 to 3 (1963 to 1966) - the show's every beginnings, with William Hartnell in the lead role. In particular, Miles and Wood dissect the politics and social issues that shaped the show during its unprecedented 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989), detailing how the issues of the day influenced this series. Miles weaves his mentally tortured ideas into a coherent whole, and leaves you wanting a lot more. It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Roz. Written by Lawrence Miles ("Faction Paradox") and long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, "About Time" focuses on the continuity of "Doctor Who" (its characters, alien races and the like), but also examines the show as a work of social commentary. The name Lawrence Miles on the spine helps: whenever a massive arc shift occurs in the DW universe, it's done most interestingly when Miles is the author (see 'Alien Bodies' and 'Interference'). Christmas on a Rational Planet is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ![]() The Doctor is preparing to get married, yet he suffers from a mysterious illness. Constituting the largest reference work on "Doctor Who" ever written, the six-volume "About Time" strives to become the ultimate reference guide to the world?s longest-running science fiction program. Adventuress is an 8th Doctor story in which the Doctor and his companions, Fitz and Anji, spend about a year in 18th century London, with some travel to Paris and the Caribbean. ![]()
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