The Doctor: His Lives and Times

The Doctor: His Lives and Times
Written by:	James Goss, Steve Tribe
Release date:	26 September 2013
Publisher:	BBC Books
Format:	256 hardcover book
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84990-636-4

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The Doctor: His Lives and Times was a reference book by James Goss and Steve Tribe. Covering each Doctor from the First Doctor to the Eleventh Doctor, it alternated between fictional segments - which gave an overview of each Doctor's televised adventures in the form of various records, letters, journals and tabloids - followed by a reference chapter consisting of insights and commentary from cast, crew and others related to the production of Doctor Who. It contained fictional elements contributed by Andrew Smith, Marc Platt, Russell T Davies, Paul Cornell, and Neil Gaiman.

The artwork for Doctor Who and the Time War was also to be included, before it was removed due to the production of The Night of the Doctor.

Publisher's summary

"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. And I'm the man who's going to save your life."

He's made a mark on almost every era of history, and he's touched millions of lives across space and time. In these pages you'll find just some of the stories behind those brief encounters, each of them addressing the question that must never, ever be answered: 'Doctor Who?'

This is the story of an impossible life — of a man who borrowed a spaceship, travelled through time and continually saved the universe — as told by the Doctor's friends, by his enemies, and by the man himself. Letters, journals, trial records, secret government files and the occasional bit of tabloid journalism reveal the never-before-told story of Gallifrey's last Time Lord.

Contents

Introduction

#	Title	Type	Featuring
#	Know Your Enemy	Memorandum	Kovarian, River Song
	A memo from Kovarian.
#	Report on Term's Work	School report	The Doctor, Borusa
	A report from the Doctor's time at the Academy.

The First Doctor

By James Goss & Steve Tribe

#	Title	Type	Featuring
#	Susan's Diary	Diary extract	Susan, First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Daleks, Thals, Marco Polo, Kublai Khan, Arbitan, Voord, Sensorites
	Susan documents her adventures with the First Doctor in his 500-Year Diary which she bought him from a bookstall on Tiaanamaat. She mentions sailing the metal seas of Venus, singing with the thought plants of Esto, getting lost on Quinnis and winning an election on the planet Dido. Regarding adventures on Earth, she mentions having been locked up in the Tower of London and meeting several kings. She goes on to document her adventures with Ian and Barbara, before the Doctor takes over writing in the diary when she leaves the TARDIS.
#	Missing Person Report	Missing person report	Susan
	A missing person report from Shoreditch Police Station on Susan Foreman.
#	Dear Reverend	Letter
	A letter to the Reverend regarding a grave at Shoreditch Cemetery from November 1963.
#	Dear Mr Khan	Letter	First Doctor, Kublai Khan
	A letter from the Doctor to Kublai Khan.
#	Yartek's Tablet	Tablet	Yartek, Arbitan, Voord
	To be added
#	The Travels of Marco Polo	Map	Marco Polo
	To be added

The Second Doctor

By James Goss & Steve Tribe

#	Title	Type	Featuring
#	London Underground Map	Map
	A map of the London Underground network from the time of the London Event.