Doctor Who reference books: Difference between revisions

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Doctor Who reference books are any books that contain reference material concerning Doctor Who and/or the Doctor Who universe. These cover a range of reference material both fictional and nonfictional, such as programme guides, "Making Of" books that cover behind the scenes information, in-universe books detailing information that was not covered within the narrative and purely illustrated books that showcase a particular artist's work.

During the 1970s these books were almost entirely published by Target Books, who also published the novelisations of Doctor Who. These publications were a combination of behind the scenes or "Making Of" books and themed books, concentrating on "Monsters" or particular aliens such as Terry Nation's Dalek Special and The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures.

The 1980s can be seen as the real beginning of Doctor Who non-fiction publications, with several large format books being published during this time. Many of these were written by Peter Haining, who contributed five lengthy books concerning the production and history of Doctor Who.

1983 saw the debut of the first book providing analysis of Doctor Who; Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text was a media text for teachers and students, discussing the narrative structure of Doctor Who and the production techniques at work.

The following years saw the publication of somewhat odder publications aimed at the growing fan-base for Doctor Who, namely The Doctor Who Pattern Book in 1984 and The Doctor Who Cookbook in 1985.

During the 1990s, the books analysing Doctor Who began to be more frequently published. With the range and availability of Doctor Who on video tape and DVD, this was a period when most of the stories could be re-watched with ease. The popular Doctor Who Handbook range published by Virgin Books covered each Doctor's era in great detail and remain highly regarded as reference works to this day.

In the early 2000s books such as Mad Norwegian Press's I, Who range of were published breaking down and analysing all of Virgin Books' and BBC Books' novel ranges and most of Big Finish Productions' prose and audio ranges.

During this time there were a few non-fiction books published by BBC Books, such as Doctor Who: Regeneration which contained detailed information surrounding the attempt to bring Doctor Who back in in the 1990s, and the subsequent production of the 1996 TV movie.

In 2005, the production of the first new series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales saw a surge in the publication of reference material.

There both fictional, though non-narrative, works, such as Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains, and also nonfiction books like Doctor Who: The Inside Story and for the first time since 1996's publication of Doctor Who: The Script of the Film, Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts was published which contained all the scripts from the series that had aired that year.

During the latter part of the 2000s it continued to be a mix of reference books that were fictional and nonfictional, though the fiction-based books outweighed the non-fiction works.

Lore guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Guide[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Official Guide

Dorling Kindersley[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Visual Dictionary (series)

The Visual Dictionary (2007)
The Visual Dictionary (2009 edition)
The Visual Dictionary (2010 edition)
Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (2013)
Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia: Updated Edition
The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded (2014 edition)
The Visual Dictionary (2015 Edition)
The Complete Visual Collection

Mad Norwegian Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

AHistory 1st edition (2006)
AHistory 2nd edition (2007)
AHistory 3rd edition (2012)
AHistory 2012-2013 update (2014, digital)
Unhistory (2017, digital)
AHistory 4th edition, volume 1 (2018)
AHistory 4th edition, volume 2 (2018)
AHistory 4th edition, volume 3 (2019)
AHistory 2018 update (2023, digital)

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Timelink (2000)
The Discontinuity Guide (2004)
The Completely Unofficial Encyclopedia (2006)
What Is the Story of Doctor Who? (2019)
1001 Completely Random Doctor Who Facts (2015)
The Essential Book of K9 (2015)
The Brigadier: Declassified (2019)

Media guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor Who Programme Guide Volume 1 (1981)
The Doctor Who Programme Guide Volume 2 (1981)
The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book (1988)
The Doctor Who Programme Guide (1989)
The Nth Doctor (1997)
The Television Companion (1998)
The Nth Doctor (2003 edition)
The Brilliant Book 2011 (2010)
The Brilliant Book 2012 (2011)
Lost in Time and Space: An Unofficial Guide to the Uncharted Journeys of Doctor Who (2014)

Pocket Essentials[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Publishing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Back to the Vortex (2005)
Back to the Vortex: Second Flight (2006)
Third Dimension (2007)
Monsters Within (2008)
End of Ten (2012)
River's Run (2013)
Time of the Doctor (2016)

ECW Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

Who is the Doctor (2012)
Who's 50: The 50 Doctor Who Stories to Watch Before You Die (2013)
The Doctors Are In: The Essential and Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who's Greatest Time Lord (2015)
Who is the Doctor 2 (2020)

Books & comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

I, Who (1999)
I, Who 2 (2001)
I, Who 3 (2003)
The Target Book (2007)
Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story (2009)
Novel Who: Classic Doctor Who Novelization Guide (2009)
The Comic Strip Companion: 1964 – 1979 (2012)
Countdown to TV Action (2014)
Bookwyrm: Volume 1: The New Adventures 1991-1997 (2019)
Print the Legend (2024)

Audio dramas[[edit] | [edit source]]

The New Audio Adventures: The Inside Story (2004)
Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story (2009)
Memoirs of an Edwardian Adventurer (2011)
The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1 (2011)
The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2 (2013)

Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]

Howe's Transcendental Toybox (2000 edition)
Howe's Transcendental Toybox (2003 edition)
Howe's Transcendental Toybox (2004 edition)
Howe's Transcendental Toybox (2006 edition)

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Licence Denied (1997)
Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who (2017)

Production history guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Making of Doctor Who (1976)
Travel Without the TARDIS (1986)

BBC Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - The First 25 Years (1983)
The Book of Lists (1997)
The Legend (2003)
The Legend Continues (2005)
Doctor Who: The Inside Story (2006)
The Writer's Tale (2008)
The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter (2010)
The Vault: Treasures from the First 50 Years (2013)
The Time-Travelling Almanac (2024)

WH Allen[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space (1983)
The Key to Time: A Year-by-Year Record (1984)
The Early Years (1986)
The Doctor Who File (1986)

Hutchinson[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS Inside Out (1985)
Doctor Who Special Effects (1986)

Virgin Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era (1996)

Decade books[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixties (1992)
The Seventies (1994)
The Eighties (1996)

Doctor Who The Handbook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Doctor Who The Handbook

Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor (1992)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The Sixth Doctor (1993)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor (1994)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor (1995)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor (1996)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The Second Doctor (1997)
Doctor Who The Handbook: The Seventh Doctor (1998)
The Handbook (2005)

Boxtree[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctors - 30 Years of Time Travel (1994)
Classic Who: The Hinchcliffe Years (1996)
Classic Who: The Harper Classics (1996)

Reynolds & Hearn[[edit] | [edit source]]

Script Doctor: The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89 (2005 edition)
Doctor Who On Location (2001)

Panini[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition (2002-present)
Doctor Who 50 Years (2013)
The Essential Doctor Who (2014-18)
The Complete History (2015-19)
The Story of Doctor Who (2018)
The Doctor Who Companion (2019-20)
Doctor Who Chronicles (2021-present)
60 Moments in Time (2023)
Into the Vortex (2024)

Talkback[[edit] | [edit source]]

Talkback Volume 1 The Sixties (2006)
Talkback Volume 2 The Seventies (2006)
Talkback Volume 3 The Eighties (2007)

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Making of Doctor Who (1972)
A Day With a TV Producer (1980)
The Making of a Television Series (1982)
Doctor Who: Regeneration (2000)
The Doctors: The Archive (2013)
Who Beyond 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Doctor Who (2015)
Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America (2017)
Dr. Who and the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films (2022)

Commentary guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Unfolding Text (1983)
The Time-Travellers' Guide (1987)
25 Glorious Years (1988)
Doctor Who From A to Z (1998)
Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2010)
Army of Ghosts: Essays on Doctor Who's Sometimes Forgotten Stories (2020)

About Time[[edit] | [edit source]]

About Time 3 (2004)
About Time 4 (2004)
About Time 5 (2005)
About Time 1 (2006)
About Time 2 (2006)
About Time 6 (2007)
About Time 8 (2017)
About Time 9 (2019)

Mad Norwegian Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It (2009)
Running Through Corridors (2010-16)
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who (2012)
Queers Dig Time Lords (2013)

TARDIS Eruditorum[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: TARDIS Eruditorum

Volume One (2011)
Volume Two (2012)
Volume Three (2013)
Volume Four (2013)
Volume Five (2014)
Volume Six (2015)
Volume Seven (2020)
Volume Eight (2023)

Arcbeatle Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Black Archive[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Black Archive

Biographies[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Nine Lives of Doctor Who (1999)
The Doctors Who's Who-The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord.jpg

The Doctors Who's Who: The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord (2010)
The Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith (2010)

Artbooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Timeview: The Collected Doctor Who Artwork of Frank Bellamy (1985)
Timeframe: The Illustrated History (1993)
Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter (1996)
The Art of Doctor Who (2005)
Impossible Worlds (2015)
100 Illustrated Adventures (2017)
Kklak! - The Doctor Who Art of Chris Achilléos (2020)
The Who Adventures (2021)
Timeslides: The Doctor Who Artwork of Colin Howard (2022)
The Art of Phil Bevan (2022)
The Art of the Audio Adventures (2023)

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-The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z.jpg|''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' (1985)
+The Doctor Who Illustrated A-Z.jpg|''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A-Z]]'' (1985)
 Terrestial Index.jpg|''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' (1991)
 Universal Databank.jpg|''[[The Universal Databank]]'' (1992)
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-DW Cybermen Cover.jpg|''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' (1988)
+Cybermen REF paperback.jpg|''[[Cybermen (reference book)|Cybermen]]'' (1988)
 The Gallifrey Chronicles REF.jpg|''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (reference book)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' (1991)
 The Monsters HB.jpg|''[[The Monsters]]'' (1992)
 discontinity original cover.jpg|''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' (1995)
-Companions (Virgin).jpg|''[[Companions (reference book)|Companions]]'' (1995)
+Companions hardback.jpg|''[[Companions (reference book)|Companions]]'' (1995)
-a history of the universe cover.jpg|''[[A History of the Universe]]'' (1996)
+a history of the universe cover.jpg|''[[A History of the Universe (reference book)|A History of the Universe]]'' (1996)
 Completely Useless.jpg|''[[The Completely Useless Encyclopedia]]'' (1996)
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 Enc1.jpg|''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'' (2007)
 Starships.jpg|''[[Starships and Spacestations (reference book)|Starships and Spacestations]]'' (2008)
-TW The Torchwood Archives.jpg|''[[The Torchwood Archives (novel)|The Torchwood Archives]]''
+TW The Torchwood Archives.jpg|''[[The Torchwood Archives (novel)|The Torchwood Archives]]'' (2008)
 The Time Travellers Almanac.jpg|''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'' (2008)
 DW Companions and Allies.jpg|''[[Companions and Allies (reference book)|Companions and Allies]]'' (2009)
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 Wit,Wisdom and Timey-Wimey Stuff.jpg|''[[Wit, Wisdom and Timey Wimey Stuff – The Quotable Doctor Who]]'' (2014)
 The Secret Lives of Monsters.jpg|''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' (2014)
-The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who.jpg|''[[The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who (anthology)|The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who'' (2015)
+The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who.jpg|''[[The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who (anthology)|The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who]]'' (2015)
-TheTimeLordLetters.jpg|''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|The Time Lord Letters'' (2015)
+TheTimeLordLetters.jpg|''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|The Time Lord Letters]]'' (2015)
 Doctor Who The Essential Guide Twelfth Doctor Edition.jpg|''[[Doctor Who: The Essential Guide (Twelfth Doctor Edition)]]'' (2016)
-Whographica An Infographic Guide To Space And Time.jpg|''[[Whographica: An Infographic Guide To Space And Time]]''
+Whographica An Infographic Guide To Space And Time.jpg|''[[Whographica: An Infographic Guide To Space And Time]]'' (2016)
 DoctorWhoTheWhoniverse.jpg|''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'' (2016)
-A Brief History of Time Lords (novel).jpg|''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]''
+A Brief History of Time Lords (novel).jpg|''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'' (2017)
 Dalek The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe.jpg|''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'' (2017)
 TBA.jpg|''[[Who-ology Regenerated Edition: The Official Miscellany]]'' (2018)
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 Time Traveller's Diary (novel).jpg|''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'' (2020)
 Doctor Who Atlas.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Atlas]]'' (2021)
+The Official Guide.jpg|''[[The Official Guide (reference book)|The Official Guide]]'' (2024)
 </gallery>
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 Countdown to TV Action.jpg|''[[Countdown to TV Action (reference book)|Countdown to TV Action]]'' (2014)
 Bookwyrm Volume 1 The New Adventures 1991-1997.jpg|''[[Bookwyrm: Volume 1: The New Adventures 1991-1997]]'' (2019)
+Doctor Who - Print the Legend cover.jpg|''[[Print the Legend]]'' (2024)
 </gallery>
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 The-writers-tale TFC.jpg|''[[The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'' (2010)
 Doctor Who The Vault.jpg|''[[The Vault: Treasures from the First 50 Years]]'' (2013)
+The Time-Travelling Almanac.jpg|''[[The Time-Travelling Almanac (reference book)|The Time-Travelling Almanac]]'' (2024)
 </gallery>
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 Doctor Who A Celebration HB.jpg|''[[A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space]]'' (1983)
-The Key to Time REF cover.jpg|''[[The Key to Time: A Year by Year Record]]'' (1984)
+The Key to Time REF cover.jpg|''[[The Key to Time: A Year-by-Year Record]]'' (1984)
 DW The Early Years cover.jpg|''[[The Early Years (reference book)|The Early Years]]'' (1986)
 Doctor Who File.jpg|''[[The Doctor Who File]]'' (1986)
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-The Doctors- 30 Years of Time Travel.jpg|''[[The Doctors - 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' (1994)
+The Doctors 30 Years of Time Travel.jpg|''[[The Doctors - 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' (1994)
 Classic Who Hinchcliffe HB.jpg|''[[Classic Who: The Hinchcliffe Years]]'' (1996)
 Classic Who Harper HB.jpg|''[[Classic Who: The Harper Classics]]'' (1996)
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 Doctor Who Chronicles - 1965.jpg|''[[Doctor Who Chronicles]]'' (2021-present)
 Doctor Who 60 Moments in Time.jpg|''[[60 Moments in Time]]'' (2023)
+Into the Vortex (bookazine, Version 2).jpg|''[[Into the Vortex (reference book)|Into the Vortex]]'' (2024)
 </gallery>
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 Red White and Who The Story of Doctor Who in America.jpg|''[[Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America]]'' (2017)
 Dr. Who & The Daleks The Official Story of the Films.jpeg|''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films]]'' (2022)
+''[[The Philip Hinchcliffe Years (reference book)|The Philip Hinchcliffe Years]]'' (2024)
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 The Unfolding Text.jpg|''[[The Unfolding Text]]'' (1983)
-Time Travellers Guide 1sted.jpg|''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' (1987)
+The Time-Traveller's Guide.jpg|''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' (1987)
 Glorious Years.jpg|''[[25 Glorious Years]]'' (1988)
 Doctor Who From A to Z HB.jpg|''[[Doctor Who From A to Z]]'' (1998)

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Doctor Who reference books: Difference between revisions

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Lore guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Souvenir & Panther[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Severn House[[edit] | [edit source]]

Piccadilly Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Children's Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official Guide[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dorling Kindersley[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mad Norwegian Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Media guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Pocket Essentials[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Publishing[[edit] | [edit source]]

ECW Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books & comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio dramas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Production history guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

WH Allen[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hutchinson[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Decade books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who The Handbook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Boxtree[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reynolds & Hearn[[edit] | [edit source]]

Panini[[edit] | [edit source]]

Talkback[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Commentary guidebooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

About Time[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mad Norwegian Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS Eruditorum[[edit] | [edit source]]

Arcbeatle Press[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Black Archive[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biographies[[edit] | [edit source]]

Artbooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

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