The Time Lord Letters (novel)

The Time Lord Letters
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Featuring:	First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Editor:	Charlotte Macdonald
Writer:	Justin Richards
Cover by:	Lee Binding
Release details
Release date:	29 September 2015
Format:	Hardback, 256 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-0-06-239728-7

The Time Lord Letters is a collection of letters and writings by and to the Doctor. It hearkens back to many televised adventures, and adds many more details of its own. The book is written as a historical publication written and compiled by an in-universe writer who provides background information on each document.

Publisher's summary

A unique collection of more than 100 never-before-seen letters, notes, and jottings both by and to the Doctor—correspondence by turns entertaining and inspiring, funny and flippant, brilliant and incredible drawn from all fifty-two years of the show.

No one could travel through history—past present and future—as much as the Doctor does without leaving an impression. Much of what we know about this mysterious figure comes from what he does— the planets he saves and the monsters he defeats. But until now we've had little knowledge of his writings.

These rich and diverse documents paint an extraordinarily detailed picture of the Doctor and include his plea to the Time Lords to help end the War Games, an extract from the written defence he submitted at his subsequent trial, his application for the post of Caretaker at Coal Hill School, his apology to the Queen for missing dinner, even telepathic messages to the High Council on Gallifrey and his famous letter to Santa Claus. Like the Doctor himself, the mood can change in an instant.

The Time Lord Letters captures the best and most dramatic moments of an impossible life. You'll never see the Doctor in quite the same way again.

Contents

Introduction

to be added

Gallifrey and the Time Lords

Letter	Name	From	To	Date
01	Academic Progress	Theta Sigma	Borusa	Unknown
	In response to his Interim Academy Report, the First Doctor sends a message to his tutor, Borusa, head of Prydonian Academy. He mentions an incident with a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop, saying High Tutor Albrecht had a few regenerations to spare. One of Borusa's comments was "he might as well have grown up on a barn rather than a fully techno-temporal society."
02	Missing TARDIS	First Doctor	"Whom It May Concern"	Unknown
03	A Warning to the Meddlesome	First Doctor	The Monk	October 1066
	The First Doctor leaves a note for the Monk after defeating his plans. He says he's taken precautions to stop his time meddling, should he have any plans of trying again. The Doctor goes on to explain the implications of the Monk's behaviour, and says to at least keep notes of any transgressions of the Laws of Time. He's taken his dimensional controller to teach him a lesson.
04	A Plea for Help	Second Doctor	Time Lords	Unknown
	The Second Doctor sends a telepathic message to the Time Lords, telling them of the humans left stranded on an unknown planet by the War Lords, and asking for their help. He mentions that the time travel technology used by the War Lords was provided by a Time Lord, so they should want to clean it up.
05	A Case for the Defence	Second Doctor	Time Lord judges	Unknown
06	Returning Home	Fourth Doctor	Time Lords	Unknown
07	In Tribute	Sixth Doctor	Time Lords	August 2100
08	Telepathic Directions	Third Doctor	Terrynate	2540
09	Interference	Fourth Doctor	Time Lords	Unknown
10	A Statement of Discontent	Sixth Doctor	Time Lords	Unknown

Gallifrey and the Time Lords

Letter	Name	From	To	Date
11	Taken to the Tower	First Doctor	Henry VIII	July 1543
12	Absent Friend	Fourth Doctor	Chronotis	2 October 1955
13		Third Doctor		11 April 1958
14		Fourth Doctor		24 July 1960
15		Fourth Doctor		3 January 1964
16		Fourth Doctor		15 August 1977
17	To my Granddaughter	First Doctor	Susan Foreman	2167
18	The Slow Path...	Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson	Tenth Doctor	April 1764
19	Hope in Adversity	Third Doctor	Marie Antoinette	1793
20	Getting Out	Martha Jones	Tenth Doctor	June 2009
21	Apologies and Thanks	Eleventh Doctor	Napoléon Bonaparte	February 1821
22	A Medical Note	Tenth Doctor	Royal Hope Hospital	September 2008
23	The Missing Bow	Seventh Doctor	Elizabeth II	November 1988
24	Congratulations and Regrets	Ninth Doctor	Harriet Jones	2006
25		Tenth Doctor
26	A Fond Farewell	Tenth Doctor	Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart	Unknown
27	66 Seconds	Twelfth Doctor	Agatha Christie	Unknown
28	Putting Things Straight	Tenth Doctor	Mr Copper	February 2008

Coal Hill School

to be added

The Daleks and Other Monsters

to be added

UNIT

to be added

The TARDIS

to be added

References

• The First Doctor mentions an incident with a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop during his time at Prydonian Academy.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Borusa was established as the Doctor's former teacher in TV: The Deadly Assassin.
• One of Borusa's comments in his Interim Academy Report of the Doctor is "he might as well have grown up on a barn rather than a fully techno-temporal society." The Doctor did, in fact, grow up in a barn. (TV: Listen, The Day of the Doctor, Hell Bent)
• The First Doctor leaves a note for the Monk after defeating him for the first time, scorning him for his misdeeds. (TV: The Time Meddler)
• One of the articles is the telepathic message the Second Doctor sent to the Time Lords in TV: The War Games.
• The Doctor would later again make the claim that he ran away from Gallifrey because he was bored. (TV: The Witch's Familiar) He, reveals, though, that he really left because he was afraid. (TV: Heaven Sent)

External links

• Official The Time Lord Letters page at Penguin Books