The Doctor In The TARDIS

Eleven Doctors. Eleven months. Eleven authors. Eleven stories. A year long celebration for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who!

This new set of short e-Books are being released one per month covering each Doctor in the run up to the anniversay, each penned by a well known and prestigious authors who will be revealed on a monthly basis. As the information is released I will update this thread.

Our first has been announced :)


A Big Hand For The Doctor by Eion Colfer

London. 1900. The First Doctor is missing his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget…

The first instalment in a sensational series of stories celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who is written by Eoin Colfer, best-selling author of Artemis Fowl.

The author commented: “As a boy I had been reading the Doctor Who books for years before I ever saw a single episode and I found that the on-screen version of the First Doctor was almost identical to the version in my imagination.”

I will be getting these. I've never read Artemis Fowl but I have heard so much about it. There are also hundreds of rumours that they got JK Rowling to write for Ten. I think that is a pairing a lot of fans will dig.

I've read & enjoyed Artemis Fowl, so this news pleases me a lot  :)

Yes, I imagine this would be brilliant. It's a great name to have attached to the series.

Book 2 has been announced.


The Nameless City

The second instalment in a sensational series of stories celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who is to be written by New York Times best-selling author Michael Scott. The Nameless City, featuring the Second Doctor and Jamie, follows Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer launching the series with A Big Hand For The Doctor in January.

When Jamie McCrimmon brings the Doctor a mysterious book, little does he realise the danger contained within its pages. The book transports the TARDIS to a terrifying glass city on a distant world, where the Archons are intent on getting revenge on the Time Lord for an ancient grudge.

The short ebook will be available from February 23.

I hadn't heard of this author so I looked him up & some his books have intriguing titles - might have to investigate them some more  :)

I've never heard of him either. Some of his titles sound familiar though and this one sounds great.

Book 3


The Third Doctor and Jo Grant are trying to track down the magical spear of Odin when they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. But one of the Vikings is even more dangerous than he appears to be. Can the Doctor stop the spear getting into the wrong hands before it's too late?

Book 4


When the Fourth Doctor takes Leela to visit an immense tree space station known as the Heligan Structure, little do they know that the tree has been asleep for centuries, dreaming of vengeance against a man in a blue box ... As the tree awakes, the Time Lord and his companion soon discover why they are such unwelcome guests.

Book 5


In 1945, a strange new craze for Truth Tellers is sweeping the kids of small-town America. The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa soon arrive to investigate the phenomenon, only to discover that the actual truth behind the Truth Tellers is far more sinister than anyone could have imagined...

Book 6


A wedding on the planet Koturia turns out to be a far more dangerous proposition than the Sixth Doctor and Peri ever expected. It marks the return of a formidable old foe whose genius matches the Doctor's. Can the Doctor outwit this villain, save Peri and stop the wedding in time?

Book 7


When the TARDIS lands on Skaro, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are shocked to discover the planet has become the universal centre of learning, populated by a race of peace-loving Daleks. Ever suspicious of his arch-enemies' motives, the Doctor learns of a threat that could literally tear the universe apart...

A printed anthology book with all 11 short stories has been announced and will be in stores and online onn November 23rd.

I was toying with the idea of getting these but I might just wait for the anthology - probably be slightly cheaper in the long run.

A price hasn't been set yet, but we do have an overall cover.

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Book 8


TimeRiders author Alex Scarrow has penned the eighth adventure in the exclusive series of short Doctor Who ebooks.

Spore, featuring Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor is set in a small town in the Nevada desert:

An alien pathogen has reduced the entire population to a seething mass of black slime. When the Eighth Doctor arrives, he realises this latest threat to humanity is horrifyingly familiar – it is a virus which almost annihilated his entire race, the Time Lords…

Alex Scarrow commented: “I am squeeing like an over-sugared toddler at the thought of being part of this project. Doctor Who is an export this country can be proud of. We OWN time travel. My small part in this project was to breathe life back into the least known, Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann. I chose him because I felt I had the most room to manoeuvre, to explore a lesser known Doctor and add flesh to his character. In my story entitled Spore, we’re getting a particularly grisly tale of an intelligent virus that liquifies and absorbs any creature it infects. All in all… quite gross – liquified people an’ all.”

I've read the first two of these and they're actually really good. I will get through all of them at some point.

Book 9


Puffin is delighted to announce that actor, comedian and best-selling author Charlie Higson has written the ninth instalment in Puffin’s sensational series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Charlie, who is the author of the phenomenally successful Young Bond books and the cult thriller series, The Enemy, has reimagined the Ninth Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston, and created a brand new Doctor Who adventure called The Beast of Babylon, to be released globally on 23rd September priced at £1.99.

The Beast of Babylon follows on from short stories by Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman and Alex Scarrow.