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|image = AHistoryOfHumankind.jpg | |image = AHistoryOfHumankind.jpg | ||
|doctor = Twelfth Doctor | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Justin Richards | ||
|publisher = BBC Children's Books | |publisher = BBC Children's Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 6 October 2016 | ||
|format = Hardback, 176 pages | |format = Hardback, 176 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4059-2653-9 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-4059-2653-9 | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |series = ''[[Official Guide]]s'' | ||
'''''A History of Humankind | |prev = The Dangerous Book of Monsters (novel) | ||
|next = The Companion's Companion (novel) | |||
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'''''A History of Humankind''''' was the third book in the ''[[Official Guide|The Doctor's OFFICIAL Guide]]'' series, published on [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]{{fact}} by [[BBC Children's Books]] and written by [[Justin Richards]]. The book was stylised as [[A History of Humankind|an in-universe textbook]] from [[Coal Hill School]] "amended" by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] with his own notes and illustrations. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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It's history, but perhaps not quite as you know it . . . | It's history, but perhaps not quite as you know it . . . | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* There are notes and illustrations on [[dinosaur]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Nefertiti]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Robin Hood]], [[Kahler-Tek|Kahler Tek]], [[Madge Arwell]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson]], [[the Knightmare]], [[Sam Swift]], a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]], [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], along with the [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]], the [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]]s. | * There are notes and illustrations on [[dinosaur]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Nefertiti]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Robin Hood]], [[Kahler-Tek|Kahler Tek]], [[Madge Arwell]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson]], [[the Knightmare]], [[Sam Swift]], a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]], [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], along with the [[First Doctor|First]], the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], the [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]], the [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]]s. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The [[Ninth Doctor]] was previously caught defacing books in both the [[British Library]] and the [[York Central Library]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{Penguin|294592/doctor-who-a-history-of-humankind-the-doctor-s-official-guide/}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 22 October 2024
A History of Humankind was the third book in the The Doctor's OFFICIAL Guide series, published on 6 October 2016[source needed] by BBC Children's Books and written by Justin Richards. The book was stylised as an in-universe textbook from Coal Hill School "amended" by the Twelfth Doctor with his own notes and illustrations.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Robin Hood was just made up. Queen Elizabeth I never married. And nobody knows what happened to Jack the Ripper. Right?
WRONG. If you want to know the real story of human history, then this book is for you!
The Doctor has corrected this Coal Hill history textbook with his own notes and illustrations. Now packed full of real history (i.e. the kind with Daleks and Silurians and time travel), it tells you everything you need to know about our special planet.
It's history, but perhaps not quite as you know it . . .
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- There are notes and illustrations on dinosaurs, Sea Devils, Silurians, Nefertiti, William Shakespeare, Robin Hood, Kahler Tek, Madge Arwell, Charles Dickens, Gwyneth, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the Knightmare, Sam Swift, a Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform, Queen Victoria, Vincent van Gogh and Winston Churchill, along with the First, the Fifth, the Twelfth, the Eleventh and the Tenth Doctors.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Ninth Doctor was previously caught defacing books in both the British Library and the York Central Library. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official A History of Humankind page at Penguin Books
