How to be a Time Lord (novel)

How to be a Time Lord was the first book in the Official Guides series, published on 2 December 2014 by BBC Children's Books, written by Craig Donaghy, and illustrated by Dan Green and Folko Streese. The book was stylised as an in-universe guide on how to be a Time Lord, "improved" by the Eleventh Doctor with his own notes and illustrations.

	Eleventh Doctor
	BBC Children's Books
	Craig Donaghy
	Dan Green, Folko Streese
	2 December 2014
	Hardback, 176 pages
	ISBN 978-0-72329-436-8
Official Guides
Next →	The Dangerous Book of Monsters

Publisher's summary

This is the definitive guide on how to be a Time Lord written by the ancient Time Lords but hilariously improved/sabotaged by the Eleventh Doctor as a gift for his successor, the Twelfth Doctor. Throughout the factual Time Lord sections, the Doctor has crossed things out, added funny scribbles, silly doodles and post-it notes. The central section has been ripped out by an impatient Doctor and replaced with far more important/interesting stuff such as how to correctly wear a fez or dip a fish finger into custard, and other crucial things about how to be a time-travelling hero just like him.

Chapter Titles

1. The Time Lords
2. The Location of Gallifrey
3. A Guide to Gallifrey
4. Time Lord Biology
5. Time Lord Regenerations
6. The Time Lord Academy
7. The Time Lord Council
8. Notable Time Lords
9. The Protectors of Gallifrey
10. Time Lord History
11. TARDIS Guide
12. The Seal of Rassilon
13. My NOT BORING introduction!
14. Doctors- lots of them. All brilliant, of course!
15. Companions
16. My essentials- never leave the TARDIS without them!
17. Earth. I'm rather fond of that rock.
18. Enemies. WARNING! This bit is pretty scary.
19. How to run! V. V. V. IMPORTANT!
20. Doctor Exercises (important for running)
21. Things NOT to say to humans!
22. How to handle UNIT
23. How to play the recorder.
24. All about jelly babies. So cute! So delicious!
25. How to eat fish fingers and custard
26. A guide to gross things. ESSENTIAL!
27. How to use your celery
28. How to spot aliens in disguise!
29. Why bow ties are cool
30. How to use an umbrella _{(not as easy as you'd think!)}
31. How to stop ALIEN INVASIONS! _{(easier than you'd think)}
32. Awesomely awesome gadgets
33. How to fly my TARDIS!
34. My photo scrapbook
35. Handy references (not that handy)
36. Brilliant things I can do (THERE ARE LOADS)
37. Time Lord Technology
38. Time Lord Myths and Legends
39. Time Lord Rules
40. Find Your Time Lord Name
41. Time Lord Pledge
42. The Ultimate Secrets of the Time Lords MY CERTIFICATE!

_{(Bold indicates the chapters written by The Doctor)}

Worldbuilding

to be added

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The Doctor claims that he wrote this book as he has had a lot of spare time, specifying "over three-hundred-years". (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
• The Doctor writes a note suggesting that Clara might get upset over his regeneration and new face. (TV: Deep Breath)
• The Eleventh Doctor has at least 408 rules. (TV: The Time of Angels, Let's Kill Hitler)

External links

• Official How to be a Time Lord page at Penguin Books