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|series      = [[Charity publication]]s
|type        = [[Charity publication|Charity anthology]]
|release year = 2008
|release count= 1
|story count  = 40
|editor      = [[Jay Eales]], [[David A. McIntee]], [[Adrian Middleton]]
|release date = [[December (releases)|December]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
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Following [[Craig Hinton]]'s death by heart attack in December 2006, the '''''Shelf Life''''' series of [[charity publication]]s was started by [[Adrian Middleton]] in Hinton's memory. The books were to be privately printed and distributed in return for donations to the British Heart Foundation. Ultimately, only one release was published, an anthology called ''Shelf Life'', edited by [[Julian Eales]] with [[David A. McIntee]] and Middleton. Several of the anthology's stories were written by authors of official ''Doctor Who'' universe material and featured licensed use of their original concepts.


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The name ''Shelf Life'' was an homage to Hinton's reviews for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s "Shelf Life" column.
|name= Shelf Life
 
|image= Shelf life.jpg
== Releases ==
|series=[[Charity Publications|Charity Publication]]  
=== ''Shelf Life'' ===
|number= 1
The stories in ''Shelf Life'' all were somehow connected to Craig Hinton, either because they were inspired by his work or linked to him in a personal way. Middleton originally planned for the anthology to be released in December 2007 for the first anniversary of Hinton's death, but due to the effort involved, he enlisted [[Jay Eales]] – who had previously edited the ''[[Perfect Timing]]'' series and ''[[Walking in Eternity]]'' – and [[David A. McIntee]] to help edit. It ultimately took substantial work to finish the stories and illustrations in time for the second anniversary in 2008.<ref name="DSO">[https://dalesmithonline.com/write-fan-fiction/shelf-life Dale Smith Online: Shelf Life]</ref>
|editor= Jay Eales, David A. McIntee and Adrian Middleton
 
|publisher= Factor Fiction
Each story was accompanied by full-page artwork. In addition to these, ''Shelf Life'' included standalone "pulp covers" for Craig Hinton's five ''DOctor Who'' novels, illustrated by Marvin Mann, Chris Askham, Jonathon Dalton, Caroline Parkinson, and Terry Wiley, respectively.
|release date= December 2008
 
|format= Book 
==== Publisher's summary ====
|isbn=  
An unofficial collection of illustrated fiction inspired by the Doctor Who writings of CRAIG HINTON, and dedicated to his memory. All profits will be donated to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.
|prev=
|next= }}


== Individual stories ==
==== Stories ====
* ''Manuscript Found in an Old Bookcase'' by Robbie Langton
{| class="wikitable"
* ''Doomsday Minus One'' by Christer Van
|-
* ''The Monster Factory'' by Alec Daniels
! Title || Writer || Artist || Notes
* ''Requiescat'' by William Andrews 
|-
* ''Relative Dimensions'' by Andrew Cheverton
|Preface
* ''Third Eye View'' by Chris McKeon
|[[Jay Eales]], [[David A. McIntee|David McIntee]], [[Adrian Middleton]]
* ''Manchusis Psychosis'' by Roger Clark
|
* ''Crawlspace'' by Simon A Forward
|Featured a brief message from [[Russell T Davies]].
* ''The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen'' by [[Dale Smith]]
|-
* ''Indigenous Species'' by Steve Hatcher
|Wish You Were Here - A Memorial
* ''Facade of Demons'' by Andy Lane and [[Craig Hinton]]
|[[Andy Lane]]
* ''Tempus Fugit'' by Jen Leavesley
|
* ''The Darkest Corner'' by Adrian Middleton 
|
* ''Fair Exchange'' by Mike Morgan
|-
* ''Return on Investmen''t by Rachel Steffan
|''Manuscript Found in an Old Bookcase''
* ''Of Eden Stood Disconsolate'' by Rachel Simpson Hutchens
|Robbie Langton
* ''A Very Valeyard Christmas'' by [[Craig Hinton]]
|Peter Neville
* ''The Jumping of the Shark'' by Steve Graeme and Adrian Middleton
|
* ''The Finest Restaurant Known to Man'' by Jon Arnold
|-
* ''Tears in Time'' by Damon Cavalchini
|''Doomsday Minus One''
* ''[[Time's Champion]]: Prologue'' by [[Craig Hinton]] and Chris McKeon
|Christer Van
* ''Pierrot le Who?'' by Andrew K Lawston
|Lee O'Connor
* ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|Room With No Doors Cutaway]]'' by [[Kate Orman]]
|
* ''Behold the Martian'' by Matthew Griffiths
|-
* ''Missing Episode'' by Roger Gibson
|''The Monster Factory''
* ''Dial M for Metaphysics'' by Simon Bucher-Jones
|Alec Daniels
* ''A Meeting of Minds'' by [[Craig Hinton]]
|Terry Wiley
* ''One Perfect Twilight'' by [[Craig Hinton]]
|
* ''Auld Lang Syne'' by Daniel Tessier
|-
* ''Fearful Symmetry'' by [[Jim Mortimore]]
|''Requiescat''
* ''No Place Like Home'' by Stuart Douglas
|William Andrews
* ''Location'' by [[Paul Ebbs]]
|Peter Neville
* ''Skulduggery'' by Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens
|
* ''Tread on a Crack: A Tale of the Malleus'' by Jay Eales
|-
* ''The Watcher'' by Nick Wallace
|''Relative Dimensions''
* ''A Fistful of Drabbles'' by James Ambuehl
|Andrew Cheverton
* ''Quantum Mnemonics notes'' by Adrian Middleton
|[[Tim Keable]]
* ''The Legend of Rassilon's Cat'' by Adrian Middleton
|
* ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|Quantum Archangel]] notes'' by [[Craig Hinton]]
|-
* ''House of Pain and Pleasure'' by [[Craig Hinton]]
|''Third Eye View''
|Chris McKeon
|[[Paul Peart|Paul Peart-Smith]]
|
|-
|''Manchusis Psychosis''
|Roger Clark
|John Aggs
|
|-
|''Crawlspace''
|[[Simon A. Forward]]
|Josceline Fenton
|
|-
|''The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen''[https://dalesmithonline.com/write-fan-fiction/shelf-life/league-extraterrestrial-gentlemen]
|[[Dale Smith]]
|[[D'Israeli]]
|An adaptation of Smith's pitch ''[[The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen (unproduced novel)|The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen]]''.
|-
|''Indigenous Species''
|[[Stephen Hatcher|Steve Hatcher]]
|Darren Douglas
|
|-
|''Façade of Demons''
|[[Andy Lane]], [[Craig Hinton]]
|Allan Harvey
|
|-
|''Tempus Fugit''
|Jen Leavesley
|Garen Ewing
|
|-
|''The Darkest Corner''
|Adrian Middleton
|Vince Danks
|
|-
|''Fair Exchange''
|colspan=2|Mike Morgan
|
|-
|''Return on Investment''
|Rachel Steffan
|Andy Baker
|
|-
|''Of Eden Stood Disconsolate''
|Rachel Simpson Hutchens
|[[Oli Smith]]
|
|-
|''A Very Valeyard Christmas''
|[[Craig Hinton]]
|Peter Neville
|
|-
|''The Jumping of the Shark''
|Steve Graeme, Adrian Middleton
|Dave Windet
|
|-
|''The Finest Restaurant Known to Man''
|[[Jon Arnold]]
|Ant Mercer
|
|-
|''Tears in Time''
|Damon Cavalchini
|Stephen Prestwood
|
|-
|''Time's Champion: Prologue''
|[[Craig Hinton]], Chris McKeon
|Terry Wiley
|An excerpt from ''[[Time's Champion (novel)|Time's Champion]]'', adapted by McKeon from Hinton's notes.
|-
|''Perriot le Who?''
|Andrew K Lawston
|Bevis Musson
|
|-
|''Room With No Doors Cutaway''
|[[Kate Orman]]
|Yishan Li
|A deleted scene from ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]''.
|-
|''Behold the Martian''
|[[Matthew Griffiths]]
|Laura Howell
|
|-
|''Missing Episode''
|Roger Gibson
|[[Vincent Danks|Vince Danks]], Roger Gibson
|
|-
|''Dial M for Metaphysics''
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|Graeme Neil Reid
|
|-
|''A Meeting of Minds''
|rowspan=2|[[Craig Hinton]]
|Toby Ford
|
|-
|''One Perfect Twilight''
|[[Emma Vieceli]]
|
|-
|''Auld Lang Syne''
|[[Daniel Tessier]]
|Mike Juniper
|
|-
|''Fearful Symmetry''
|colspan=2|[[Jim Mortimore]]
|
|-
|''No Place Like Home''
|[[Stuart Douglas]]
|Peet Clack
|Reprinted in ''[[Bafflement & Devotion: Iris at the Edges (anthology)|Bafflement & Devotion]]''.
|-
|''Location''
|[[Paul Ebbs]]
|[[Roger Langridge]]
|
|-
|''[[Skulduggery (short story)|Skulduggery]]''
|[[Fiona Moore]], [[Alan Stevens]]
|Brian Gorman
|Later released as a ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' short story.
|-
|''Tread on a Crack: A Tale of the Malleus''
|[[Jay Eales]]
|Pete Rajski
|
|-
|''The Watcher''
|[[Nick Wallace]]
|Natalie Sandells
|
|-
|''A Fistful of Drabbles''
|James Ambuehl
|
|
|-
|''Quantum Mnemonics''
|rowspan=2|Adrian Middleton
|
|Featured [[quantum mnemonics]], which Middleton created for ''[[Apocrypha (fanzine)|Apocrypha]]'' and Hinton used in ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]''.
|-
|''The Legend of Rassilon's Cat''
|
|
|-
|''The Quantum Archangel Notes''
|rowspan=2|[[Craig Hinton]]
|
|Notes on ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''.
|-
|''House of Pain and Pleasure''
|
|
|-
|The Final Word
|[[Peter Anghelides]], [[Daniel O'Mahony]], [[Mark Michalowski]], Dave Whittam
|
|
|}


== Notes ==
=== Further releases ===
* This anthology was produced as a tribute to writer Craig Hinton, who died in 2006, two years prior to publication. All proceeds raised from the book were donated to the British Heart Foundation; Hinton himself had died of a heart attack.
Adrian Middleton planned to release further volumes of ''Shelf Life'' in 2009 and 2010 without the help of Jay Eales and David McIntee.<ref name="DSO" /> However, these were never released.
* The anthology includes a number of unpublished stories and notes by Hinton, alongside stories by other ''Doctor Who ''writers and fans, expanding on Hinton's concepts and ideas.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201023612/http://shelflife.wetpaint.com/ Official site] (accessed via archive.org)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201023612/http://shelflife.wetpaint.com/ Official site] (accessed via archive.org)
* [https://dalesmithonline.com/write-fan-fiction/shelf-life/shelf-life-editors-perspective ''Shelf Life'': An Editor's Perspective]
* [http://doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org/Shelf%20Life.htm Review] on Doctor Who Reviews
* [http://doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org/Shelf%20Life.htm Review] on Doctor Who Reviews


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Following Craig Hinton's death by heart attack in December 2006, the Shelf Life series of charity publications was started by Adrian Middleton in Hinton's memory. The books were to be privately printed and distributed in return for donations to the British Heart Foundation. Ultimately, only one release was published, an anthology called Shelf Life, edited by Julian Eales with David A. McIntee and Middleton. Several of the anthology's stories were written by authors of official Doctor Who universe material and featured licensed use of their original concepts.

The name Shelf Life was an homage to Hinton's reviews for Doctor Who Magazine's "Shelf Life" column.

Releases

Shelf Life

The stories in Shelf Life all were somehow connected to Craig Hinton, either because they were inspired by his work or linked to him in a personal way. Middleton originally planned for the anthology to be released in December 2007 for the first anniversary of Hinton's death, but due to the effort involved, he enlisted Jay Eales – who had previously edited the Perfect Timing series and Walking in Eternity – and David A. McIntee to help edit. It ultimately took substantial work to finish the stories and illustrations in time for the second anniversary in 2008.[1]

Each story was accompanied by full-page artwork. In addition to these, Shelf Life included standalone "pulp covers" for Craig Hinton's five DOctor Who novels, illustrated by Marvin Mann, Chris Askham, Jonathon Dalton, Caroline Parkinson, and Terry Wiley, respectively.

Publisher's summary

An unofficial collection of illustrated fiction inspired by the Doctor Who writings of CRAIG HINTON, and dedicated to his memory. All profits will be donated to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.

Stories

Title Writer Artist Notes
Preface Jay Eales, David McIntee, Adrian Middleton Featured a brief message from Russell T Davies.
Wish You Were Here - A Memorial Andy Lane
Manuscript Found in an Old Bookcase Robbie Langton Peter Neville
Doomsday Minus One Christer Van Lee O'Connor
The Monster Factory Alec Daniels Terry Wiley
Requiescat William Andrews Peter Neville
Relative Dimensions Andrew Cheverton Tim Keable
Third Eye View Chris McKeon Paul Peart-Smith
Manchusis Psychosis Roger Clark John Aggs
Crawlspace Simon A. Forward Josceline Fenton
The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen[1] Dale Smith D'Israeli An adaptation of Smith's pitch The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen.
Indigenous Species Steve Hatcher Darren Douglas
Façade of Demons Andy Lane, Craig Hinton Allan Harvey
Tempus Fugit Jen Leavesley Garen Ewing
The Darkest Corner Adrian Middleton Vince Danks
Fair Exchange Mike Morgan
Return on Investment Rachel Steffan Andy Baker
Of Eden Stood Disconsolate Rachel Simpson Hutchens Oli Smith
A Very Valeyard Christmas Craig Hinton Peter Neville
The Jumping of the Shark Steve Graeme, Adrian Middleton Dave Windet
The Finest Restaurant Known to Man Jon Arnold Ant Mercer
Tears in Time Damon Cavalchini Stephen Prestwood
Time's Champion: Prologue Craig Hinton, Chris McKeon Terry Wiley An excerpt from Time's Champion, adapted by McKeon from Hinton's notes.
Perriot le Who? Andrew K Lawston Bevis Musson
Room With No Doors Cutaway Kate Orman Yishan Li A deleted scene from The Room With No Doors.
Behold the Martian Matthew Griffiths Laura Howell
Missing Episode Roger Gibson Vince Danks, Roger Gibson
Dial M for Metaphysics Simon Bucher-Jones Graeme Neil Reid
A Meeting of Minds Craig Hinton Toby Ford
One Perfect Twilight Emma Vieceli
Auld Lang Syne Daniel Tessier Mike Juniper
Fearful Symmetry Jim Mortimore
No Place Like Home Stuart Douglas Peet Clack Reprinted in Bafflement & Devotion.
Location Paul Ebbs Roger Langridge
Skulduggery Fiona Moore, Alan Stevens Brian Gorman Later released as a Kaldor City short story.
Tread on a Crack: A Tale of the Malleus Jay Eales Pete Rajski
The Watcher Nick Wallace Natalie Sandells
A Fistful of Drabbles James Ambuehl
Quantum Mnemonics Adrian Middleton Featured quantum mnemonics, which Middleton created for Apocrypha and Hinton used in Millennial Rites.
The Legend of Rassilon's Cat
The Quantum Archangel Notes Craig Hinton Notes on The Quantum Archangel.
House of Pain and Pleasure
The Final Word Peter Anghelides, Daniel O'Mahony, Mark Michalowski, Dave Whittam

Further releases

Adrian Middleton planned to release further volumes of Shelf Life in 2009 and 2010 without the help of Jay Eales and David McIntee.[1] However, these were never released.

External Links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dale Smith Online: Shelf Life
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