Doctor Who Files

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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 2009.

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.

Issues

Original short stories

  1. The Hero Factor by Stephen Cole featuring the Tenth Doctor
  2. Stamp of Approval by Jacqueline Rayner featuring Rose Tyler
  3. No Fun at the Fair by Jacqueline Rayner featuring the Slitheen
  4. The Final Darkness by Stephen Cole featuring the Sycorax
  5. Taking Mickey by Justin Richards featuring Mickey Smith
  6. A Dog's Life by Justin Richards featuring K9
  7. Mission to Galacton by Justin Richards featuring the Daleks
  8. Going Off the Rails by Justin Richards and featuring a Cyberman
  9. Needle Point by Justin Richards featuring Martha Jones
  10. Best Friends by Justin Richards featuring Jack Harkness
  11. Birth of a Legend by Justin Richards featuring the Cult of Skaro
  12. The Secret of the Stones by Justin Richards featuring the TARDIS
  13. Blind Terror by Justin Richards featuring the Sontarans
  14. Disappearing Act by Justin Richards featuring the Ood

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.

Collected editions

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.

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