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The '''Doctor Who Files''' is a series of hardback titles from [[BBC Children's Books]] published by the [[Penguin Group]] from [[2006]] onwards.
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The '''''Doctor Who Files''''' were a series of hardback titles from [[BBC Children's Books]] published by the [[Penguin Group]] from 2006 to 2008.


==Overview==
All of the titles in this range have a hexagonal cut out in the cover, through which can be seen the featured character (or topic) on the inside page. They are numbered on the spine. Aimed at young readers, each title is lavishly illustrated with photographs and broken down into small sections of text under various heading with every other page (almost), having a gate-fold (fold out page) "Test your Knowledge" sections of five multiple choice questions based on the preceding prose. Every title in this series featured a new short prose story.
All of the titles in this library so far have had a a hexagonal cut out in the cover, through which could be seen the featured character (or topic) on the inside page, and were numbered on the spine. Aimed at young readers, each title in the series was lavishly illustrated with photographs and broken down into small sections of text under various heading with every other page (almost), having a gate-fold (fold out page) "Test your Knowledge" section comprising of five multiple choice questions based on the preceding prose. In addition every title in this series featured a new short prose story.


All fourteen issues were collected in ''[[The Doctor Who Files Collector's Edition]]''. The short stories were collected in ''[[The Doctor Who Stories]]'', as well as ''[[Speech Day]]'', a short story original to that collection. Most of the stories were also reprinted in the 2015 omnibus paperback ''[[Heroes and Monsters Collection]]''. Only ''[[Speech Day (short story)|Speech Day]]'' wasn't published in the ''Heroes and Monsters Collection''.


An additional story, ''[[Speech Day (short story)|Speech Day]]'' by [[Justin Richards]] featuring {{Simm}}, was not printed in this book series, but was later included as a bonus in the ''Doctor Who Stories'' omnibus.


== Internet ==
== Original short stories ==
Some of the monsters have a short video about them. John Barowman ( captain Jack ) reads them. These videos can be reached on the doctor who official website. There are quite a few difrent one mostly monsters from the third and fourth series. They range from the [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Hath Hath] to [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Davros Davros] and [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Dalek The Daleks] to the [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Weeping_Angels Weping Angels]. There is a very good range.
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!# || Title || Author || Featuring || Printed in || Released
|-
|1
|''[[The Hero Factor (short story)|The Hero Factor]]''
|[[Stephen Cole]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tenth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 1: The Doctor]]''
|rowspan=4|[[8 June (releases)|8 June]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|2
|''[[Stamp of Approval (short story)|Stamp of Approval]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 2: Rose]]''
|-
|3
|''[[No Fun at the Fair (short story)|No Fun at the Fair]]''
|Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, [[Slitheen]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 3: The Slitheen]]''
|-
|4
|''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''
|Stephen Cole
|Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, [[Mickey Smith]], [[Harriet Jones]], [[Sycorax]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax]]''
|-
|5
|''[[Taking Mickey (short story)|Taking Mickey]]''
|rowspan=10|Justin Richards
|[[Mickey Smith]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 5: Mickey]]''
|rowspan=4|[[5 October (releases)|5 October]] 2006
|-
|6
|''[[A Dog's Life (short story)|A Dog's Life]]''
|[[K9 Mark III|K9]], Tenth Doctor, [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 6: K9]]''
|-
|7
|''[[Mission to Galacton (short story)|Mission to Galacton]]''
|[[Dalek]]s
|''[[Doctor Who Files 7: The Daleks]]''
|-
|8
|''[[Going Off the Rails (short story)|Going Off the Rails]]''
|[[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen]]''
|-
|9
|''[[Needle Point (short story)|Needle Point]]''
|Tenth Doctor, [[Martha Jones]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 9: Martha]]''
|rowspan=4|[[30 August (releases)|30 August]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|-
|10
|''[[Best Friends (short story)|Best Friends]]''
|[[Jack Harkness]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 10: Captain Jack]]''
|-
|11
|''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]''
|[[Cult of Skaro]], [[Dalek Emperor]], [[Mechanoid]]s
|''[[Doctor Who Files 11: The Cult of Skaro]]''
|-
|12
|''[[The Secret of the Stones (short story)|The Secret of the Stones]]''
|Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones
|''[[Doctor Who Files 12: The TARDIS]]''
|-
|13
|''[[Blind Terror (short story)|Blind Terror]]''
|[[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan Host]]s
|''[[Doctor Who Files 13: The Sontarans]]''
|rowspan=2|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|14
|''[[Disappearing Act (short story)|Disappearing Act]]''
|Tenth Doctor, [[Donna Noble]], [[Ood]]
|''[[Doctor Who Files 14: The Ood]]''
|}


==Doctor Who Files Covers==
== Issues ==
<gallery>
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Image:DWF01Doctor.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 1: The Doctor]]
DWF01Doctor.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 1: The Doctor]]''
Image:DWF02Rose.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 2: Rose]]
DWF02Rose.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 2: Rose]]''
Image:DWF03Slitheen.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 3: The Slitheen]]
DWF03Slitheen.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 3: The Slitheen]]''
Image:DWF04Sycorax.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax]]
DWF04Sycorax.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax]]''
Image:DWF05Mickey.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 5: Mickey]]
DWF05Mickey.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 5: Mickey]]''
Image:DWF06K9.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 6: K-9]]
DWF06K9.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 6: K9]]''
Image:DWF07Daleks_.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 7: The Daleks]]
DWF07Daleks .jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 7: The Daleks]]''
Image:DWF08Cybermen.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen]]
DWF08Cybermen.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen]]''
Image:DWF09Martha.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 9: Martha]]
DWF09Martha.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 9: Martha]]''
Image:DWF11CaptainJack.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 10: Captain Jack]]
DWF11CaptainJack.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 10: Captain Jack]]''
Image:DWF12CultOfSkaro.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 11: The Cult of Skaro]]
DWF12CultOfSkaro.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 11: The Cult of Skaro]]''
Image:DWF10TARDIS.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 12: The TARDIS]]
DWF10TARDIS.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 12: The TARDIS]]''
Image:Sontaran file.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 13: The Sontarans]]
Sontaran file.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 13: The Sontarans]]''
Image:Ood file.jpg|[[Doctor Who Files 14: The Ood]]
Ood file.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Files 14: The Ood]]''
Image:The Doctor Who Files Collection.jpg|[[The Doctor Who Files Collector's Edition]]
Doctor Who Files Collected Files 1-4 Box Set Cover 2007.jpg|''Doctor Who Files: Collected Files 1-4''
</gallery>
</gallery>


===List of New Prose Fiction===
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#"[[The Hero Factor]]" by [[Stephen Cole]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]]
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#"[[Stamp of Approval]]" by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] featuring [[Rose Tyler]]
#"[[No Fun at the Fair]]" by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featuring the [[Slitheen]]
#"[[The Final Darkness]]" by [[Stephen Cole]] and featuring the [[Sycorax]]
#"[[Taking Mickey]]" by [[Justin Richards]] featuring [[Mickey Smith]]
#"[[A Dog's Life]]" by [[Justin Richards]] and featuring [[K-9]]
#"[[Mission to Galacton]]" by [[Justin Richards]] featuring the [[Dalek]]s
#"[[Going Off the Rails]]" by [[Justin Richards]] and featuring the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]
#"[[Needle Point]]" by [[Justin Richards]] featuring [[Martha Jones]]
#"[[Best Friends]]" by [[Justin Richards]] featuring [[Jack Harkness]]
#"[[Birth of a Legend]]" by [[Justin Richards]] featuring the [[Cult of Skaro]]
#"[[The Secret of the Stones]]" by [[Justin Richards]] and featuring [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]
#"[[Blind Terror]]" by [[Justin Richards]] and featuring the [[Sontaran]]s
#"[[Disappearing Act]]" by [[Justin Richards]] and featuring the [[Ood]]


==Omnibus==
[[Category:Doctor Who Files| *]]
[[Image:DrWhoStories.jpg|right|150px]]
All 14 stories, plus an additional story, ''[[Speech Day]]'', featuring the [[Harold Saxon]] alias of [[the Master]], were collected in an omnibus entitled ''[[The Doctor Who Stories]]'', which was published by BBC Children's Books in September 2009.
 
==External Links==
''to be added''
 
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[[Category:Illustrated guides]]
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The Doctor Who Files were a series of hardback titles from BBC Children's Books published by the Penguin Group from 2006 to 2008.

All of the titles in this range have a hexagonal cut out in the cover, through which can be seen the featured character (or topic) on the inside page. They are numbered on the spine. Aimed at young readers, each title is lavishly illustrated with photographs and broken down into small sections of text under various heading with every other page (almost), having a gate-fold (fold out page) "Test your Knowledge" sections of five multiple choice questions based on the preceding prose. Every title in this series featured a new short prose story.

All fourteen issues were collected in The Doctor Who Files Collector's Edition. The short stories were collected in The Doctor Who Stories, as well as Speech Day, a short story original to that collection. Most of the stories were also reprinted in the 2015 omnibus paperback Heroes and Monsters Collection. Only Speech Day wasn't published in the Heroes and Monsters Collection.

An additional story, Speech Day by Justin Richards featuring the Saxon Master, was not printed in this book series, but was later included as a bonus in the Doctor Who Stories omnibus.

Original short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Featuring Printed in Released
1 The Hero Factor Stephen Cole Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler Doctor Who Files 1: The Doctor 8 June 2006
2 Stamp of Approval Jacqueline Rayner Doctor Who Files 2: Rose
3 No Fun at the Fair Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Slitheen Doctor Who Files 3: The Slitheen
4 The Final Darkness Stephen Cole Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Harriet Jones, Sycorax Doctor Who Files 4: The Sycorax
5 Taking Mickey Justin Richards Mickey Smith Doctor Who Files 5: Mickey 5 October 2006
6 A Dog's Life K9, Tenth Doctor, Sarah Jane Doctor Who Files 6: K9
7 Mission to Galacton Daleks Doctor Who Files 7: The Daleks
8 Going Off the Rails Cyberman Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen
9 Needle Point Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones Doctor Who Files 9: Martha 30 August 2007
10 Best Friends Jack Harkness Doctor Who Files 10: Captain Jack
11 Birth of a Legend Cult of Skaro, Dalek Emperor, Mechanoids Doctor Who Files 11: The Cult of Skaro
12 The Secret of the Stones Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones Doctor Who Files 12: The TARDIS
13 Blind Terror Sontarans, Rutan Hosts Doctor Who Files 13: The Sontarans 3 July 2008
14 Disappearing Act Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Ood Doctor Who Files 14: The Ood

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