Seasons of War

Seasons of War
Key crew
Publisher:	Chinbeard Books, Altrix Books
Editor:	Declan May
Release details
Release date:	January 2016 July 2016 August 2018

Seasons of War was a series of unofficial Doctor Who charity publications published for the benefit of Cauldwell Children. The books were edited by Declan May and printed and distributed by Chinbeard Books. As they featured contributions from many authors of official Doctor Who universe material, they are notable to this wiki.

Releases

Tales from a Time War

Seasons of War: Tales from a Time War was edited by Declan May, Simon Brett, Nicholas Hollands, Warren Frey, and John Davies. It was dedicated to Paul Spragg, who had proposed the book and helped gather a number of contributors before his death in 8 May 2014. The ebook was initially released to donors in January 2015, and the print anthology was made available for purchase in July 2016.

In March 2017 a second "Final Edition" was released in paperback with a foreword by the War Doctor's creator, Steven Moffat; three additional stories by Gary Russell, Cristine Grit, and Declan May; new artwork by Simon Brett; and a tribute to John Hurt, the War Doctor's actor, who had died that January.

Publisher's summary

“They retaliate in ways more inventive, more deadly and more unimaginable than ever before. Events are written and unwritten again and again. History is changed. Future is altered. Every moment in time and space is burning. The Time War is about to enter a new phase. Whatever you call yourself, you’re going to be very busy...”

A War that threatens all of time and space…

A man who has renounced his name and everything he stood for…

A battle being fought across the universe between old enemies, both sides keeping dark secrets that must never be revealed…

Stories

This table lists the contents of the first edition.

Title	Writer	Notes
Preface	Nicholas Briggs
Epilogue: Warsmiths	Matt Fitton	A sequel to Dark Eyes 3. Illustrated by Paul Griffin.
I. Karn	Declan May	Illustrated by Paul Hanley.
Crowsnest Past	Warren Frey
The Eight Minute War	Lee Rawlings
Everything in its Right Place	J.R. Southall
II. Corsair	Declan May
The Ambassador From Wolf-Rayet 134	Kate Orman	Illustrated by Carolyn Edwards.
The Amber Room	Simon Brett, John Davies
The Celephas Gift	Andrew Smith
The Girl with the Purple Hair (3 parts)	Declan May, John Davies	Introduced recurring character Jenny Shirt.
An Historical Curiosity	Matthew Sweet
Here Comes the Doctor	Christopher Bryant
Your Move	John Peel	A sequel to War of the Daleks.
III. Sonnet	Jenny Colgan
Disjecta Membra	Elton Townend-Jones
IV. Loop	Declan May
The Holdover	Daniel Wealands
Climbing the Mountain	Lance Parkin	Features Kalkravian culture.
Gardening	Sami Kelish
Sleepwalking to Paradise	Dan Barratt
Guerre	Alan P. Jack and Declan May
V. Lady Leela	Declan May	Illustrated by Paul Hanley.
Making Endings	Nick Mellish
The Book of Dead Time	David Carrington
Driftwood	Simon Brett
The Ingenious Gentleman	Alan Ronald
Fall	Matt Barber
Always Face the Curtain with a Bow	Jon Arnold
Help a Stranded Time Traveller	Matthew Slyvester
Storage Wars	Paul Driscoll
The Postman	John Davies
The Thief of All Ways	Elliot Thorpe
The Time Lord Who Came to Tea	Paul Driscoll
The Nightmare Child	Declan May	Art by Paul Griffin.
Meal on Wheels	Paul Magrs
Time Enough for War	Jim Mortimore	Comic story illustrated by Simon Brett.
Doctor Death	Barnaby Eaton-Jones
The Beach	Gary Russell
The Moments In Between	George Mann	Featured licensed use of Cinder from Engines of War, as well as a Sarkovian. Illustrated by Paul Hanley.
Prologue: The Horde of Travesties	Declan May	Introduced the Chronosmiths, who later appeared in Season of War: Gallifrey and The Chronosmith Chronicles.
"The Director's Tale"	Andy Robinson	Discussed the promotional short film.

Short film

A short film written and produced by Andy Robinson was released on Youtube on 30 January 2015 to promote the anthology. It featured a portrayal of the young War Doctor by Tom Menary and a portrayal of the Corsair by Tom Hutchings; the latter character is identifiable by an Ouroboros tattoo on his arm.

Gallifrey

Seasons of War: Gallifrey was a novel by Paul Driscoll and Kara Dennison released from Altrix Books in August 2018. It featured the Chronosmiths as introduced in Seasons of War: Tales from a Time War and introduced original characters who would go on to appear in Driscol and Dennison's fully-licensed Chronosmith Chronicles novels.

Publisher's summary

On a planet already broken and divided, an unlikely band of friends are forced apart as a devastating time war rips their world asunder and threatens to destroy all of time and space.

In the struggle for peace, their lives will never be the same again.

But can Savalia, a poet turned soldier; Mordicai, a school drop-out turned engineer; Kendo, an idealist turned senator; and Tor Fasa, a respected academic turned war criminal, reunite to save the universe from total destruction?

This is the story of how they fought the war and how the war fought them.

Further releases

As Seasons of War: Tales from a Time War ended in a cliffhanger, in September 2016 the Seasons of War team announced a second anthology, Seasons of War: A History of the Time War, for release in October 2017 as a limited-edition leatherbound book. A book called The History of the Time War had previously been depicted in the 2013 Doctor Who episode Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS. However, after about a month, the Seasons of War team indicated that this plan had been cancelled. Instead, a "Final Edition" rerelease of Tales from a Time War was announced.

In June 2017, the Seasons of War team announced five new books. The first was Seasons of War: The Horde of Travesties and A History of the Time War, which would include both The Horde of Travesties, a novel-length bridge between Seasons of War and The Day of the Doctor, and A History of the Time War, an annotated "in universe" annount of the Time War. This was set to be released in December 2017.

However, due to Declan May's health issues and a copyright infringement letter from BBC Worldwide, the series was cancelled in October 2018, and a refunding of preorders was announced.

Notes

• The series focuses on the untold adventures of the War Doctor portrayed by John Hurt, who fought in the Time War over an uncertain period of time. Part of the aim of the book was to create an "era" for a Doctor which has largely been unrevealed.
• Tales from a Time War underwent through several cover changes, including a cover showing a progression of the War Doctor from young to old, then another with a post-regeneration War Doctor designed by artist Will Brooks. However, licensing issues prevented the use of John Hurt's likeness on the cover of the anthology. A version was designed by Simon Brett, an image from the accompanying film, further refined down to the final minimalist-style cover.

Gallery

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  Unused cover by Will Brooks.

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  Final cover.

External Links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook Page
• JustGiving page
• Caudwell Children website
• Short Film