Comics author Cavan Scott (Doctor Who, Vikings) has revealed some details about DALEK, an untold history of the Doctor’s greatest foes, due for release from BBC Books later this year, co-written with George Mann and Justin Richards.
“The book is presented as a historical document written at some point in the distant future,” he says, “and features pages and pages of unseen art from the galaxy’s top galleries and museums, including the legendary Braxiatel Collection.”
Art from DALEK, published by BBC Books in October 2017
With a line up like that, as you can imagine Cavan is pretty excited about the book.
“As a long-time Dalek nut, this has been a dream project,” he enthuses.
“We’ve pulled together everything we know about the Daleks from Doctor Who on TV, plus lashings of Dalek lore from spin-off annuals, books, audios, comics and even 1960s collectible cards.”
Cavan Scott is a number one best-selling author and comic writer for both adults and children who should need no introduction to downthetubes readers.
As well as working on new Sherlock Holes novels, he’s written for a large number of high-profile series including Doctor Who, Star Wars, Vikings, Penguins of Madagascar, Judge Dredd, Blake’s 7 and Warhammer 40,000.
Cover by Lee Johnson
“Working on this mini-series of audiobook originals has been a joy,” he says.
• Pre-order DALEK from amazon.co.uk here (using this link helps support downthetubes, thank you)
• Read Cavan’s blog about the project here
John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "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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