Doctor Who Collectors Items: Non Fiction Books

This is the official Doctor Who 25th anniversary book, marking 25 years of BBC television's longest running and most successful science fiction series. From its very beginnings as a 25-minute black-and-white Saturday evening television series for children, Doctor Who has become a national institution and an international success story. With over 110 million viewers in 60 countries, the programme's popularity is almost unparalleled in the history of entertainment.

Doctor Who became a British institution almost from the first episode, broadcast in 1963. It went on to become the country's longest-running science fiction television series. There were seven different Doctor; scores of actors played the Doctor's companions.

Since 1999, Big Finish Productions have produced regular, fully-licensed ongoing audio adventures for the Doctor and his companions on CD. Each four-part story stars members of the original Doctor Who cast in brand-new adventures through time and space.

Since 1999, Big Finish Productions have produced regular, fully-licensed ongoing audio adventures for the Doctor and his companions on CD. Each four-part story stars members of the original Doctor Who cast in brand-new adventures through time and space.

All eight scripts from Big Finish's acclaimed Dalek Empire and Dalek War audio dramas. The scripts include cut scenes and alternative dialogue, and are fully annotated. Also including:

With the benefit of hindsight it is difficult to see how BBC TV's Doctor Who series could possibly have failed. In fact, it had a most inauspicious beginning. Due to the extensive television coverage to the assassination of President John Kennedy the day before the, the first episode of Doctor Who went out later than scheduled. Viewing figure were disappointing, but a decision was taken to give the programme a second showing the following week. The response was tremendous and after a shaky start the series was all set to run and run and run...

With the benefit of hindsight it is difficult to see how BBC TV's Doctor Who series could possibly have failed. In fact, it had a most inauspicious beginning. Due to the extensive television coverage to the assassination of President John Kennedy the day before the, the first episode of Doctor Who went out later than scheduled. Viewing figure were disappointing, but a decision was taken to give the programme a second showing the following week. The response was tremendous and after a shaky start the series was all set to run and run and run...

First Published in 1983 to mark Doctor Who's twentieth birthday, A Celebration has long been out of print and has become a collectors item.