100 Objects of Dr Who by Philip Bates, featuring art by Martin Baines, is available now from Candy Jar Books – but how about a free taster to tempt you?
Also written by Philip, a free 43-page freebie, 10 Objects of Dr Who, is available to download as a PDF from the Candy Jar Books web site, serving as a great introduction to his original take on the Doctor Who universe.
The eclectic lists of objects covered in the free PDF are: St John’s ambulance sign, asteroid 3325, Cyberman head, fossils, the shadow, Time Lord court, robot cleaner, chalice, a Spoonhead, and a matchbox.
Author Philip Bates, who currently runs the Doctor Who Companion website and has previously written for Candy Jar, was thrilled to be asked to select ten objects from the hundred featured in the book.
“Like my piece in Candy Jar’s Brigadier: Declassified book, the reader is taken around a museum on the SS Shawcraft,” he explains. “Along the way, I introduce them to objects of interest from Doctor Who’s history.”
“It was very difficult to choose ten to sum up the book, but hopefully the reader will not be disappointed.”
100 Objects of Doctor, which includes an interview with actor Christopher Eccleston, who plays the Ninth Doctor, is not a straight chronology of the series, but more a temporal quide, jam-packed with fascinating information for the distinguished Doctor Who fan.
“Both 10 and 100 Objects feature the behind-the-scenes trivia you would expect,” Philip continues. “I also go off the beaten track, jumping backwards and forwards in Who history.
“This is a book about Doctor Who. But probably not the one you’re expecting.”
Head of publishing at Candy Jar, Shaun Russell, says: “100 Objects is fascinating adventure through Doctor Who history and, in some ways, intriguingly reads like a ‘make your own adventure’ book. It is also a fantastic cover and wonderful internal illustrations by Martin Baines.
“In my opinion the book is wildly original, and I’m sure all Doctor Who fans will absolutely love it.”
• 100 Objects of Doctor Who is currently only available to order here from the Candy Jar website, for £9.99 (+ p&p)
• Download the free 10 Objects of Doctor Who PDF here from the Candy Jar website
• Candy Jar Books current titles can be purchased direct from the Candy Jar Books webstore, Amazon or lethbridge-stewart.co.uk. You can also order many direct from your local bookshop by quoting the ISBN number
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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