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''''' Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters ''''' was a reference book by [[Justin Richards]] published in [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. Each of the recurring aliens is featured in separate chapters that reveal what we know from a collection of sources, from ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' airing in [[1963 (releases)|1963]]/[[1964 (releases)|64]] to ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' in 2014. The book also includes the narrative story ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', an [[Doctor Who universe|in-universe]] alien exposé. Divided into chapters dedicated to a single monster or alien, each chapter is followed by a 4 to 10 page behind the scenes feature and checklist of "significant screen encounters" before the next chapter resumes with a different species.
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''''' Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters ''''' was a reference book by [[Justin Richards]] published in [[2014]]. Each of the recurring aliens is featured in separate chapters that reveal what we know from a collection of sources (some originally presented), from "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]" airing in [[1963]] to ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' in [[2014]]. Each chapter also includes a behind the scenes feature and a checklist of ‘significant screen encounters’.
== Publisher's summary ==
“Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader's greatest advantage.
Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before [[Human|Homo Sapiens]] to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. But the truth is that alien life exists – and here, at last, is proof.


== Publisher's summary ==
Based on exclusive access to classified government files, ''''The Secret Lives of Monsters'''' collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries – notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as 'the Doctor', and more. It reveals all we need to know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions.
“Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader’s greatest advantage.
So don't panic. You are not weaponless. ''''The Secret Lives of Monsters'''' will give you the greatest weapon of all: knowledge.”
Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before [[Homo sapien|Homo Sapiens]] to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. But the truth is that alien life exists – and here, at last, is proof.
Based on exclusive access to classified government files, ''''The Secret Lives of Monsters'''' collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries – notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as ‘the Doctor’, and more. It reveals all we need to know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions.
So don’t panic. You are not weaponless. ''''The Secret Lives of Monsters'''' will give you the greatest weapon of all: knowledge.”


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
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* [[Nestene|The Nestene]] & [[Auton|The Autons]]
* [[Nestene|The Nestene]] & [[Auton|The Autons]]
* [[Ood|The Ood]]
* [[Ood|The Ood]]
* [[The Silence]]
* [[Silent|The Silence]]
* [[Silurian|The Silurians]] & [[Sea Devil]]s
* [[Silurian|The Silurians]] & [[Sea Devil]]s
* [[Slitheen|The Slitheen]]
* [[Slitheen|The Slitheen]]
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* [[Zygon|The Zygons]]
* [[Zygon|The Zygons]]
* Afterword
* Afterword
== Notes ==
* The files and articles feature references to the television stories ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'', ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'', ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'', ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'', ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'', ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'', ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'', ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''/''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''/''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'', ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' and ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'', with photographs from ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' and ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'' also featured.


== Notable features ==
== Notable features ==
* This BBC Books was an imprint of Ebury Publishing.
* This BBC hardback title with a dust jacketed cover was priced £20 (UK).
* This BBC hardback title with a dust jacketed cover was priced £20 (UK).
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Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters was a reference book by Justin Richards published in 2014. Each of the recurring aliens is featured in separate chapters that reveal what we know from a collection of sources, from The Daleks airing in 1963/64 to Into the Dalek in 2014. The book also includes the narrative story The Secret Lives of Monsters, an in-universe alien exposé. Divided into chapters dedicated to a single monster or alien, each chapter is followed by a 4 to 10 page behind the scenes feature and checklist of "significant screen encounters" before the next chapter resumes with a different species.

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“Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader's greatest advantage. Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before Homo Sapiens to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the Battle of Canary Wharf. But the truth is that alien life exists – and here, at last, is proof.

Based on exclusive access to classified government files, 'The Secret Lives of Monsters' collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries – notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as 'the Doctor', and more. It reveals all we need to know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions. So don't panic. You are not weaponless. 'The Secret Lives of Monsters' will give you the greatest weapon of all: knowledge.”

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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  • This BBC hardback title with a dust jacketed cover was priced £20 (UK).

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]