Lethbridge-Stewart (series)

Lethbridge-Stewart
Publisher:	Candy Jar Books
Type:	Book series
Release date:	26 February 2015 - present

Lethbridge-Stewart was a series of novels, novellas, anthologies, and short stories published by Candy Jar Books beginning in 2015. It was created by Andy Frankham-Allen, with input from Shaun Russell. They starred recurring Doctor Who character Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart and co-starred Anne Travers.

Background

Frankham-Allen served as the head writer and range editor, with Shaun Russell, Hayley Cox, Will Rees, Lauren Thomas and Keren Williams serving as co-editors on various books.

The stories initially bridged the gap between The Web of Fear and The Invasion, but with The Laughing Gnome series (which debuted in August 2018), as well as the rest of Phase Two, the range began to take place throughout Doctor Who's history. They were not licensed by the BBC but by the Haisman Literary Estate, the copyright holders for the character. They included various elements of other Doctor Who stories, by agreement/license of the original authors, such as Terrance Dicks, who wrote Horror of Fang Rock, and Gary Russell, who created the Vault in The Scales of Injustice.

The series built up a new team around Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers, including William Bishop, Samson Ware, and Walter Douglas. It also featured recurring characters, both Harold Chorley and Private Evans come from The Web of Fear, while new characters were added to the roster; of note are Sally Wright, Lethbridge-Stewart's fiancee, Owain Vine, Lethbridge-Stewart's nephew, and Oliver Hamilton.

The series particularly delved deeper into the history and character of Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, creating a whole family for him not previously seen on television. Family members included; Mary Gore, his mother, James Lethbridge-Stewart, his older brother who died in 1938, and Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, his father, a commander in the RAF who was declared Missing In Action at the end of World War II. It also debuted his children and grandchildren with Doris Lethbridge-Stewart, the Wilsons (son, Albert, daughter-in-law Tamara, and grandchildren Conall, Nick and Lucy). Lucy would later head her own series of spin-off novels, with guest appearances from various members of her family.

Along the way the series also delved into the Brigadier's ancestors and extended family, including cousins, uncle, and grandparents. Most notably in the short story anthology, Lineage.

The series also developed an extended family for Anne Travers and her father, Professor Travers. These included; Alun Travers, Anne's brother. Lyndon Travers, Anne's grandfather and Professor Travers' father. Margaret Travers, Anne's mother and Traver's wife, and Travers' twin, Vincent and his children. Ben Travers, from Horror of Fang Rock, was revealed to be the uncle of Professor Travers.

In addition to the novels, which initially followed an ongoing narrative, the short stories occasionally dipped into different periods of Lethbridge-Stewart's past and future. For instance, Ashes of the Inferno was set directly after the TV story, Inferno, and The Lock-In was set around the time of his death, with Of the Future exploring the divide between the Brigadier and his daughter, Kate, and the birth of his grandson, Gordy. The Enfolded Time brought focus on the UNIT dating controversy and could be said to finally solve the longstanding dating issues once and for all. Though the regularity with which spin-off media attempts to "fix" the controversy makes it one of many.

From late 2018, with The Laughing Gnome series of books, the range moved from the ongoing narrative that featured in the first sixteen novels, and began to dip into various periods of Lethbridge-Stewart's past, present and future. This would be the beginning of Phase Two, and The Laughing Gnome would later be followed on with Bloodlines, as well as several Special Editions of previous novels and anthologies, including previously unpublished material.

It was announced that a sequel to the 1995 home-video release Downtime was in development, in conjunction with Reeltime Pictures.

Novels

Series 1

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
The Forgotten Son	Andy Frankham-Allen	26 February 2015
The Schizoid Earth	David A. McIntee	25 September 2015
Beast of Fang Rock	Andy Frankham-Allen	29 October 2015
Mutually Assured Domination	Nick Walters	20 November 2015

Series 2

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Moon Blink	Sadie Miller	17 May 2016
The Showstoppers	Jonathan Cooper	25 June 2016
The Grandfather Infestation	John Peel	29 July 2016

Series 3

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Times Squared	Rick Cross	30 October 2016
Blood of Atlantis	Simon A. Forward	1 December 2016
Mind of Stone	Iain McLaughlin	16 December 2016

Series 4

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Night of the Intelligence	Andy Frankham-Allen	9 June 2017
The Daughters of Earth	Sarah Groenewegen	24 July 2017
The Dreamer's Lament	Benjamin Burford-Jones	10 August 2017

Series 5

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
A Very Private Haunting	Sharon Bidwell	January 2018
The New Unusual	Adrian Sherlock, Andy Frankham-Allen	May 2018
The Man from Yesterday	Nick Walters	March 2018

Series 6: The Laughing Gnome

Main article: The Laughing Gnome

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Scary Monsters	Simon A. Forward	September 2018
Fear of the Web	Alyson Leeds	October 2018
The Danger Men	Nick Walters	December 2018
Rise of the Dominator	Robert Mammone	March 2019
Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets	Tim Gambrell	18 May 2019
On His Majesty's National Service	John Peel	23 December 2019

Series 7: Bloodlines

Main article: Bloodlines

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Home Fires Burn	Gareth Madgwick	11 October 2019
The Shadowman	Sharon Bidwell	23 November 2019
An Ordinary Man	Andy Frankham-Allen, Tim Gambrell	13 March 2020
The George Kostinen Mystery	Chris Lynch	28 July 2020
Foreword to the Past	Baz Greenland	October 2020
I, Alastair	Robert Mammone	24 June 2020

Series 8

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
Domination Game	Alyson Leeds & Megan Fizell	17 December 2020

Other books

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
The Forgotten Son: Special Edition	Andy Frankham-Allen	June 2019
Mutually Assured Domination: Special Edition	Nick Walters	November 2019
Downtime: Child of the New World	Andy Frankham-Allen	28 July 2020

Novellas

Title	Writer(s)	Release date
The Life of Evans	John Peel	May 2017
The Flaming Soldier	Christopher Bryant	August 2017
Travers & Wells	Robert Mammone	August 2017
The Lost Skin	Andy Frankham-Allen	July 2018

Anthologies

Every Lethbridge-Stewart short story was collected in the form of several anthologies.

Special Editions and unexpanded anthologies

Many of the anthologies were released as expansions (sometimes called "Special Editions") of older anthologies, while some weren't changed or expanded upon at all. Below is a list of these collections in release order.

Title	Release date
The HAVOC Files	12 April 2016
The HAVOC Files 4	March 2018
Lineage	October 2018
The HAVOC Files 2: Special Edition	March 2019
The HAVOC Files: The Laughing Gnome	20 September 2019
The HAVOC Files: Loose Ends	6 December 2019
The HAVOC Files 3: Special Edition	17 March 2020

Obsoleted and expanded-upon anthologies

The following is a list of anthologies that were used as a basis for later releases, with all the material in these being collected in the books listed above, alongside extra, exclusive content.

Title	Release date
Top Secret Files	5 April 2015
The HAVOC Files 2	September 2016
The XMAS Files	15 December 2016
The HAVOC Files 3	March 2017

Invalid releases

Title	Release date
A Brief History of the Lethbridge-Stewarts	20 March 2015
The Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection	August 2018
Short Story Collection 2	2 September 2019

Unreleased novels

Title	Reason
Fear of Light	Author inflexibility
Horror of Det-Sen	Scheduling conflicts
Day of the Intelligence	Personal reasons

Non-fiction books

Title	Release date
Lethbridge-Stewart Quiz Book	26 July 2018
The Brigadier: Declassified	11 December 2019
The Lethbridge-Stewart Colouring Book	16 December 2020

External links

• Official website
• Official Twitter account