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Books to read if you love Doctor Who

An illustration in a graphic, comic book-style from the book The Day She Saved the Doctor featuring four of Doctor Who's companions; Rose, Clara, Sarah-Jane and Bill

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Children's quizzes

Which Doctor Who companion are you?

Doctor Who: Dracula!

A vampire is on the loose! 
 
On what they hope is going to be a holiday, the Doctor and his companions arrive in a quiet, unassuming seaside town called Whitby. 
 
The terrible significance of the place evades them, until they happen upon a theatre production that captivates their attention . . . 
 
Dracula! 
 
Suddenly, murders are occurring left, right and centre, each victim with trademark puncture wounds on their neck. Ian is soon missing, and a town shrouded in myth and legend is beginning to live up to its name. 
 
Clearly there is a Dracula at large. But the TARDIS team quickly realise: you can never trust a vampire . . .

Doctor Who (Author) 
Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe. 
 
Paul Magrs (Author) 
Paul Magrs was born in 1969 in the North East of England. He has written numerous novels and short stories for adults, teens, children and Doctor Who fans. He teaches Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Doctor Who: Annual 2026

The second official Annual of a brand-new era of Doctor Who is the must-have companion book to the latest adventures of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor. 
 
From the latest terrifying monsters to the friends helping to save the day, this book is packed with facts, quizzes and games. 
 
So, jump on board the TARDIS, and step into a whole new Whoniverse!

Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe.

The second official Annual of a brand-new era of Doctor Who is the must-have companion book to the latest adventures of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor. 
 
From the latest terrifying monsters to the friends helping to save the day, this book is packed with facts, quizzes and games. 
 
So, jump on board the TARDIS, and step into a whole new Whoniverse!

Doctor Who: One Night Only (A Fela Kuti Story)

'A pitch perfect rendition of Tom Baker's Doctor and his friends. Splendid, poetic, nostalgic, radical stuff!' Paul Cornell, Author of Doctor Who: Human Nature 
 
Sarah Jane doesn't know who she is any more. 
 
She's applied for a job as a secretary at a run-of-the-mill office, with just one other co-worker. 
 
He’s nice enough. A little strange, a little charming, clearly an innovator. For a snappy dresser, though (Sarah loves the scarf) he’s strangely quiet. 
 
That’s because, of course, he’s the Doctor. Working with UNIT to try to restore Sarah’s memories, he’s found himself battling an alien group harvesting the minds of unsuspecting victims. 
 
But he’s already on the back foot, and as the alien hive mind draws in its followers, he’s very much in need of a friend. 
 
Enter legendary musician Fela Kuti. Another innovator – just as challenging, and just as charming. He might just be the one the save the human race.

Doctor Who (Author) 
Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe.

Sarah Jane doesn't know who she is any more. 
 
She's applied for a job as a secretary at a run-of-the-mill office, with just one other co-worker. 
 
He’s nice enough. A little strange, a little charming, clearly an innovator. For a snappy dresser, though (Sarah loves the scarf) he’s strangely quiet. 
 
That’s because, of course, he’s the Doctor. Working with UNIT to try to restore Sarah’s memories, he’s found himself battling an alien group harvesting the minds of unsuspecting victims. 
 
But he’s already on the back foot, and as the alien hive mind draws in its followers, he’s very much in need of a friend. 
 
Enter legendary musician Fela Kuti. Another innovator – just as challenging, and just as charming. He might just be the one the save the human race.

A search-and-find book

Doctor Who: Where's the Doctor?

Where is the Doctor? 
 
The time travelling Time Lord could be anywhere in time and space in these 14 incredibly detailed intergalactic images. 
 
Search through the Weeping Angels, dig through the Daleks and trawl through the Toymaker’s toys to find the Doctor and the TARDIS! 
 
This search-and-find book features all incarnations of the Doctor from the longest running sci-fi show in the world.

Where is the Doctor? The time travelling Time Lord could be anywhere in time and space in these incredibly detailed intergalactic images. Search through the Weeping Angels, dig through the Daleks and trawl through the Toymaker’s toys to find the Doctor and the TARDIS!

Doctor Who: Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box

*The Fifteenth Doctor meets a literary legend in the third of three brand-new novellas starring inspiring characters from history.* 
 
The best stories should never be unwritten… 
 
When a strange signal echoes through time to the heart of the TARDIS, the Doctor follows it to the home of Shirley Jackson. 
 
But the strangeness deepens when they find a sinister figure sowing chaos and discord with the use of a glowing box – encouraging a crowd to murderous deeds. 
 
Catapulted back to Shirley Jackson’s own era by the TARDIS, the Doctor (with the help of the time-struck author) must discover the origins of the box, and the terrible power that it wields . . .

Doctor Who (Author) Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe. Kalynn Bayron (Author) Kalynn Bayron is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the YA fantasy novels Cinderella is Dead and This Poison Heart. Her latest works include the YA fantasy This Wicked Fate and the middle grade paranormal adventure The Vanquishers. She is a CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominee, a two-time CYBILS Award nominee, and the recipient of the 2022 Randall Keenan Award for Black LGBTQ fiction. She is a classically trained vocalist and musical theatre enthusiast. When she's not writing you can find her watching scary movies and spending time with her family.

The best stories should never be unwritten… 
 
When a strange signal echoes through time to the heart of the TARDIS, the Doctor follows it to the home of Shirley Jackson. 
 
But the strangeness deepens when they find a sinister figure sowing chaos and discord with the use of a glowing box – encouraging a crowd to murderous deeds. 
 
Catapulted back to Shirley Jackson’s own era by the TARDIS, the Doctor (with the help of the time-struck author) must discover the origins of the box, and the terrible power that it wields . . .

Doctor Who: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival

*The Tenth Doctor meets the constantly curious Charles Darwin in the second of three brand-new novellas starring inspiring characters from history.* 
 
Some discoveries should never be made&hellip; 
 
When Charles Darwin takes a break from a long sea voyage to look for shells on the Galapagos Islands, he finds two things that really shouldn&rsquo;t be there. The first is a sunbathing Doctor. The second is a fresh Silurian skull . . . 
 
When more Silurians are discovered by Darwin&rsquo;s crew &ndash; alive, this time &ndash; there is pandemonium. And when the island&rsquo;s volcano starts erupting, years ahead of schedule, it looks like all-out war. 
 
The Doctor has his hands full. Can he keep Charles &ndash; and his evolutionary theory &ndash; alive? 
 
The history of science is at stake.

Some discoveries should never be made&hellip; 
 
When Charles Darwin takes a break from a long sea voyage to look for shells on the Galapagos Islands, he finds two things that really shouldn&rsquo;t be there. The first is a sunbathing Doctor. The second is a fresh Silurian skull . . . 
 
When more Silurians are discovered by Darwin&rsquo;s crew &ndash; alive, this time &ndash; there is pandemonium. And when the island&rsquo;s volcano starts erupting, years ahead of schedule, it looks like all-out war. 
 
The Doctor has his hands full. Can he keep Charles &ndash; and his evolutionary theory &ndash; alive? 
 
The history of science is at stake.

Doctor Who

Quiz your way through space and time and help the Doctor save the universe! 
 
With 100 questions testing your Doctor Who knowledge, this is the official way to prove you have what it takes to be an expert on the Whoniverse. 
 
The databanks of the TARDIS have been sabotaged, and Time is being rewritten with all the wrong facts! The Doctor has picked YOU – an expert in his life and times – to help him. 
 
If you can help the Doctor answer a host of timey-wimey questions, the databanks will be renewed and filled back up with the Doctor’s true history. 
 
Through ten locations, from Earth to Skaro, you must work with the Doctor and his friends to answer questions and battle foes. 
 
Get quizzing. It's only the universe at stake.

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