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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (also released as '''''The Doctor's Lives and Times''''' in North America) was a reference book by [[James Goss]] and [[Steve Tribe]]. Covering each Doctor from the [[First Doctor]] to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], it alternated between fictional segments - which gave an overview of each Doctor's televised adventures in the form of various records, letters, journals and tabloids - followed by a reference chapter consisting of insights and commentary from cast, crew and others related to the production of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It contained fictional elements contributed by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]], [[Marc Platt]], [[Russell T Davies]], [[Paul Cornell]], and [[Neil Gaiman]].
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'''''The Doctor: His Lives and Times''''' (also released as '''''The Doctor's Lives and Times''''' in North America) was a reference book by [[James Goss]] and [[Steve Tribe]]. Covering each Doctor from the [[First Doctor]] to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], it alternated between fictional segments - which gave an overview of each Doctor's televised adventures in the form of various records, letters, journals and tabloids - followed by a reference chapter consisting of insights and commentary from cast, crew and others related to the production of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It contained fictional elements contributed by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]], [[Marc Platt]], [[Russell T Davies]], [[Paul Cornell]], and [[Neil Gaiman]].


The artwork for ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'' was also to be included, before it was removed due to the production of ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TeaLadyDesign/photos/a.163780766990831/1020554214646811/ Lee Binding on Facebook]</ref>
The artwork for ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'' was also to be included, before it was removed due to the production of ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TeaLadyDesign/photos/a.163780766990831/1020554214646811/ Lee Binding on Facebook]</ref>

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The Doctor: His Lives and Times (also released as The Doctor's Lives and Times in North America) was a reference book by James Goss and Steve Tribe. Covering each Doctor from the First Doctor to the Eleventh Doctor, it alternated between fictional segments - which gave an overview of each Doctor's televised adventures in the form of various records, letters, journals and tabloids - followed by a reference chapter consisting of insights and commentary from cast, crew and others related to the production of Doctor Who. It contained fictional elements contributed by Andrew Smith, Marc Platt, Russell T Davies, Paul Cornell, and Neil Gaiman.

The artwork for Doctor Who and the Time War was also to be included, before it was removed due to the production of The Night of the Doctor.[1]

Publisher's summary

"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. And I'm the man who's going to save your life."

He's made a mark on almost every era of history, and he's touched millions of lives across space and time. In these pages you'll find just some of the stories behind those brief encounters, each of them addressing the question that must never, ever be answered: 'Doctor Who?'

This is the story of an impossible life — of a man who borrowed a spaceship, travelled through time and continually saved the universe — as told by the Doctor's friends, by his enemies, and by the man himself. Letters, journals, trial records, secret government files and the occasional bit of tabloid journalism reveal the never-before-told story of Gallifrey's last Time Lord.

Contents

Introduction

# Title Type Featuring
0.1 Know Your Enemy Memorandum Kovarian, River Song
A memo from Kovarian.
0.2 Report on Term's Work School report The Doctor, Borusa
A report from the Doctor's time at the Academy.

The First Doctor

By James Goss & Steve Tribe

# Title Type Featuring
1.1 Susan's Diary Diary extract Susan, First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Daleks, Thals, Marco Polo, Kublai Khan, Arbitan, Voord, Sensorites
Susan documents her adventures with the First Doctor in his 500-Year Diary which she bought him from a bookstall on Tiaanamaat. She mentions sailing the metal seas of Venus, singing with the thought plants of Esto, getting lost on Quinnis and winning an election on the planet Dido. Regarding adventures on Earth, she mentions having been locked up in the Tower of London and meeting several kings. She goes on to document her adventures with Ian and Barbara, before the Doctor takes over writing in the diary when she leaves the TARDIS.
Includes various photos of her adventures and a map: The Travels of Marco Polo.
1.2 Missing Person Report Missing person report Susan
A confidential missing person report from Shoreditch Police Station on Susan Foreman. Listed as case number U-91 and dated 20 November 1963, the report is based on information taken by PC Oswald. The report gives Susan's home address as 76 Totters Lane, Shoreditch, London E1. It lists her age as 15, her gender as female and her height as 5' 2".
1.3 A Letter to the Reverend Letter
A letter to the Reverend regarding an unoccupied grave at Shoreditch Cemetery from November 1963. A Mr Stewart has been asking whether he should fill it in again.
1.4 The Doctor's Letter to Kublai Khan Letter First Doctor, Kublai Khan
A letter from the Doctor to Kublai Khan.
1.5 Yartek's Tablet Tablet Yartek, Arbitan, Voord
To be added
1.6 Cameca's Diary Diary extract Cameca, First Doctor
Includes a wedding invitation.
1.7 Intergalactic Mining Company Report Report
To be added
1.8 Daleks Offer You Life Propaganda Daleks
To be added
1.9 Astra Flight 201 Flight Log Log
To be added
1.10 Villa Flavius Guiscard Menu Menu
To be added
1.11 Ian Chesterton's Letter to the Doctor Letter Ian, First Doctor, Susan, Barbara, Vicki, "Koquillion", Daleks, Mechanoids, Richard the Lionheart
To be added
1.12 King Richard's Letter to Saladin Letter Richard I of England, Saladin, Saphadin, Joanna
To be added
1.13 Hail Our Robot Explorers! Advertisement Mechonoids
To be added
1.14 The Doctor's First Letter to the Monk Letter First Doctor, The Monk
To be added
1.15 The Monk's Diary Diary The Monk, Leonardo da Vinci, King Harold, First Doctor, Osirans, Daleks
To be added
1.16 Cressida the Vickiad Poem Vicki, Troilus
To be added
1.17 The Doctor's Second Letter to the Monk Letter First Doctor, The Monk
To be added
1.18 The Traveller From Beyond Time Prophecy First Doctor, The Monk, Dodo, Celestial Toymaker, Steven, Mondasians,
To be added
1.19 WOTAN - The Super Computer! Newspaper clipping WOTAN, Brett, Dodo
Two connected articles: "WOTAN- The Super Computer!" and "Missing girl found in home of 'prominent figure'".
1.20 The Ballad of Captain Avery Ballad Henry Avery
To be added
1.21 The Mondas Crystals Fax Cybermen
To be added

The Second Doctor

By James Goss & Steve Tribe

# Title Type Featuring
# The Second Doctor's Diary Diary Second Doctor, Lesterson, Ben, Polly, Daleks, Jamie, Cybermen, Macra
To be added
# Notice to All Residents of Vulcan Poster Daleks
To be added
# Zaroff Vanishes! Newspaper clipping Zaroff
To be added
# Examine Everything! Note
To be added
# Chameleon Tours Postcards Postcards Sam, Brian
To be added
# Victoria Waterfield's Letters to Her Father Letters Victoria, Edward, Keith, Edith, Second Doctor, Jamie, Daleks, Cybermen, Mary Shelley, Yeti, Travers, Great Intelligence, Padmasambhava, Ice Warriors, Maggie, Frank, Maxtible, Weed creature
Including Waterfield's Antiquities business card.
# Logical Archaeology: In Pursuit of the Ancient Thought Processes of the Cybermen Thesis Eric, Cybermen, Kaftan
To be added
# The Royal Geographical Society Minutes Meeting minutes Simeon, Travers, Walters
To be added
# Britannicus Base Europe Fax Second Doctor
To be added
# Vote Salamander Poster Salamander
To be added
# UNIT Internal Memorandum: Underground Clearance Memo Kizlet
A short memo reporting on the tidying of the London Underground and the disappearance of Rosemary Kizlet from Russell Square station.
Includes a map of the London Underground network from the time of the London Event.

The Tenth Doctor

By James Goss & Steve Tribe with pieces by Russell T Davies & Paul Cornell

# Title Type Featuring
# Judge, Jury and Executioner: Part Two Interview To be added
To be added
# Harriet Jones: A modern Thatcher Newspaper article Harriet Jones, Vivien Rook
To be added
# Multiple arrests at New New York Hospital Memo To be added
To be added
# Skylab re-entry Memo To be added
To be added
# Sycorax-English Vocab Translations To be added
To be added
# Balmoral Castle Letter To be added
To be added
# Mystery Bug Strikes School Newspaper article To be added
To be added
# Ambrose Hall Webpage Nina Jones
To be added
# Salvage Report Report To be added
To be added
# Magpie's Marvellous Tellies! Poster To be added
To be added
# Final Report of Sanctuary Base 6 Report To be added
To be added
# Email from Yvonne Email To be added
To be added
# Well Done, Harry! Newspaper article To be added
To be added
# Judge, Jury and Executioner: Part Two Interview To be added
To be added
# The History and Present Status of Electricity Book page Benjamin Franklin, The Doctor
A page from a book - The History and Present Status of Electricity - detailing the experiments of Benjamin Franklin and an unnamed Doctor.
# Eyewitness Report Newspaper article Oliver Morgenstern
To be added
# On Queen Elizabeth I Report To be added
To be added
# The Face of Boe Obituary Face of Boe
An obituary from the New New York Times on the Face of Boe.
# Pig Slaves in Manhattan Review Tallulah, Laszlo, Frank, Daleks, Pig slaves, H.G. Wells, Eugene O'Neill
A review from 10 January 1931 of a recent performance at the Laurenzi Theater.
# Re: Jones Plan - Update Memo To be added
To be added
# Extract from 'A Journal of Impossible Things' Memo To be added
To be added
# Larry Nightingale's transcript Transcript Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones
A transcript by Larry Nightingale of the Doctor's DVD extra.
# The Last Will and Testament of the Human Race To be added To be added
To be added
# Harriet's Back Newspaper article Harriet Jones, Vivien Rook, Churchill, Harold Saxon
An interview with Harriet Jones by Vivien Rook, following her removal from office. Harriet talks about her renewed campaign for cottage hospitals and what she makes of the current Prime Minster - Harold Saxon.
# Dear Captain Harkness Letter Elizabeth II, Jack Harkness, The Doctor, Rose Tyler, Torchwood Cardiff
Elizabth II writes to Captain Jack thanking him for his letter regarding the action of the Doctor in averting the crash of the Titanic. She satest that she has rescinded Queen Victoria's sentence of exile on the Doctor and Rose. Elizabeth II then thanks Jack and his "fellow officers" for their service at Torchwood Cardiff.
# Judge, Jury and Executioner: Part Four Interview To be added
To be added
# Cambridge Latin Course Textbook To be added
To be added
# The Ood Poster To be added
To be added
# A Letter from Jenny Letter Jenny
Jenny has left a message in a bottle for the Doctor following her resurrection.
# Agatha Christie's Letter to Sir Godfrey Collins Letter Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie writes to Sir Godfrey Collins of William Collins, Sons & Co Ltd following her trip to Harrogate. She details "new ideas" including a murder at a vicarage and a harmless little old lady called "Miss (Donna? Jane?) Marple".
# Take a letter, Miss Evangelista Letter Evangelista, River Song, Candy
A letter dictated to Miss Evangelista, presumably from Strackman Lux, to Professor River Song requesting her presence at the Library. River has left a post-it note: "Professor Candy - I'm not reading this. Spoilers!"
# The Stars Are Out Tonight Article To be added
To be added
# Letter from Robert Newman Letter To be added
To be added
# UNIT Internal Memorandum: Gladwell Road tunnel incident Memo Magambo, Mace, Tenth Doctor, Malcolm
A short memo from Captain Erisa Magambo to Colonel Alan Mace detailing UNITs activities during the Gladwell Road tunnel incident.


Trivia

  • Throughout the book, Clara Oswald's splinters appear edited into various photos across the Doctor's history, some showing her face on minor characters or extras from the original scenes, others placing her into scenes as unseen "new" characters.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lee Binding on Facebook
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