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* Additional references include the [[Quark]]s in the 1960s comic strip adventures and [[the Family of Blood]] from [[Virgin]]s [[New Adventures]] novels.
* Additional references include the [[Quark]]s in the 1960s comic strip adventures and [[the Family of Blood]] from [[Virgin]]s [[New Adventures]] novels.
* A number of colour photographs from black and white stories is a bonus attraction in this comprehensive guide.
* A number of colour photographs from black and white stories is a bonus attraction in this comprehensive guide.
* There is reference to [[Yarvelling]] in the [[Genesis of the Daleks]] article.
* [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]] is mentioned in the [[Slitheen]] and [[Trickster's Brigade|Trickster]] articles.
* [[Torchwood]] is mentioned in the [[Cyberman]] and [[Slitheen]] articles.
* In [[Family of Blood|The Family of Blood's]] article, there is a full-page spread about the [[Human Nature (novel)|novel]] which inspired it.
* [[Attack of the Graske]] is mentioned in the [[Sycorax]] article.
* There are Making-of segments in the following articles: [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Adipose]], [[Autons]] (specifically the [[Nestene Consciousness]]), [[Axos|Axons]], [[The Beast]], [[Cassandra]], [[Clockwork Robots]], [[Cybermen]], [[Daleks]], [[Empty Child]], [[Gelth]], [[Heavenly Host]] (specifically the [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]), [[Ice Warriors]], [[Isolus]], [[Jagrafess]] (specifically [[Satellite Five]]), [[Judoon]], [[Krillitanes]], [[Lazarus]], [[Macra]], [[The Master]] (specifically [[Toclafane]] and the wizened [[The Doctor|Doctor]]), [[New Earth]] (specifically the [[Patient (New Earth)|Patients]] and the [[Sisters of Plenitude]]), [[Ogri]], [[Ood]], [[Platform One]], [[Pyrovile]]s, [[Quarks]], [[Racnoss]], [[Slitheen]], [[Sontarans]], [[Stingray]]s and [[Tritovore]]s, [[Sutekh]] (specifically the [[Osiran service robot|Mummies]]), [[Sycorax]], [[Terileptil]]s, [[Trickster's Brigade|Trickster]] (specifically the [[Time Beetle]]), [[Vashta Nerada]], [[Weed Creature]], [[Weeping Angels]], [[Werewolf]], [[The Wire]], [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]], [[Zarbi]], [[Zygons]].
* There are special backstories in the following articles: [[Carrionites]] (entitled "A Muse of Fire"), [[Cassandra]] (entitled "Lives of the Rich and Thin"), [[Clockwork Robots]] ([[Madame de Pompadour]] specifically, entitled "Scripting the Clockwork Robots"), [[The Face of Boe]] (entitled "Legends of the Universe"), [[New Earth]] (entitled "The Hospital"), [[Platform One]] ("From the Platform One Guest List" for the [[Forest of Cheem]], "Security Procedures" for the [[Moxx of Balhoon]]), [[Slitheen]] (entitled "The Family Slitheen").
* There is concept art in the following articles: [[Autons]], [[The Beast]], [[Carrionites]], [[Cassandra]], [[Clockwork Robots]], [[Cybermen]], [[Daleks]], [[Empty Child]], [[The Face of Boe]], [[Heavenly Host]] (specifically [[Max Capricorn]]), [[Isolus]], [[Judoon]], [[Lazarus]], [[Macra]] (specifically [[New New York]]), [[The Master]] (specifically the aged Doctor and [[The Valiant]]), [[New Earth]] (specifically the [[Sisters of Plenitude]]), [[Ood]], [[Platform One]], [[Pyrovile]]s (specifically [[Pompeii]]), [[Quarks]], [[Racnoss]], [[Roboform|Santa Robots]], [[Slitheen]], [[Sontarans]], [[Sycorax]], [[Vespiform]].
* There are script extracts in the following articles: [[Autons]] ([[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]), [[Cassandra]] ([[The End of the World]]), [[Cybermen]] ([[The Tenth Planet]], [[Rise of the Cybermen]], [[Army of Ghosts]]), [[Daleks]] (two from [[The Daleks]], one from [[The Stolen Earth]]), [[Hath]] ([[The Doctor's Daughter]]), [[Krillitanes]] ([[School Reunion]]), [[New Earth]] ([[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]), [[Sontarans]] ([[The Sontaran Stratagem]]), [[Stingray]]s ([[Planet of the Dead]]), [[Vespiform]] ([[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]), [[Weeping Angels]] ([[Blink]]).
* There are storyboards in the following articles: [[Daleks]] ([[Doomsday]]), [[Werewolf]] ([[Tooth and Claw]]).


==Additional notes==
==Additional notes==

Revision as of 14:54, 13 August 2011

The Ultimate Monster Guide was a release from BBC Books that collected Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains, Doctor Who: Aliens and Enemies and Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons together along with additional material.

Subject matter

The Ultimate Guide takes Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains, Doctor Who: Aliens and Enemies and Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons, as well as new articles and updated information of various monsters from An Unearthly Child to Planet of the Dead.

Publisher's summary

With THE ULTIMATE MONSTER GUIDE, DOCTOR WHO historian Justin Richards has created the most comprehensive guide to the Doctor’s enemies ever published. With fully illustrated entries that cover everything from Adipose to Zarbi and Zygons, this guide tells you everything you need to know about the many dastardly creatures the Doctor has fought since he first appeared on television.

Featuring a wealth of material from the current and classic series, the Guide also includes behind-the-scenes secrets of how the monsters were created, as well as design drawings and images. Find out how the Cybermen were redesigned over the years, and how Davros was resurrected to lead his Daleks once again. Discover the computer magic that made the Beast possible, and the make-up wizardry that created the Weeping Angels. Learn how many incarnations of the Master the Doctor has encountered, and which other misguided Time Lords he has defeated …

Lavishly designed with photos and artwork throughout, THE ULTIMATE MONSTER GUIDE is essential reading for all travellers in time and space!

Contents

Though there is no contents page, the following are the designated articles:

Notable features

Additional notes

Publication history

  • This hardback only title with a printed cover (designed by Lee Binding @ tea-lady.co.uk) and no dust jacket was priced £15.99 (UK).

See also

External links

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