The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)
The Wintertime Paradox was a collection of short stories released on 15 October 2020 by BBC Children's Books.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Did you know Davros and the Doctor met for three Christmases, on different planets, across time and space? Have you heard the one about the time the Plasmavores came to pay a festive visit? Or when Madame Vastra fought a cyborg?
The perfect collection for the bleakest - and sometimes brightest - time of the year, these are the tales to get you halfway out of the dark...
This thrilling anthology presents a fantastic collection of adventures through time and space, featuring the best-loved characters and places from the Doctor Who world.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
The anthology consists of twelve Christmas-themed short stories,[1] and a Time Lord Victorious tie-in short story.
| # | Title | Doctor | Featuring | Read by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He's Behind You | 10th | Rose, Autons | Sophie Aldred |
| 2 | Father of the Daleks | 11th | Davros, Daleks | |
| 3 | Inflicting Christmas | 12th | Bill | |
| 4 | For the Girl Who Has Everything | Osgood, Kate | ||
| 5 | Visiting Hours | 11th | Rory, River | |
| 6 | We Will Feed You to the Trees | 7th | ||
| 7 | Christmas with the Plasmavores | 4th | Plasmavores | |
| 8 | A Girl Called Doubt | 5th | Cybermen | |
| 9 | A Perfect Christmas | Paternoster Gang | ||
| 10 | Missing Habitas Frond | Missy | ||
| 11 | A Day to Yourselves | 9th | ||
| 12 | The Paradox Moon | 13th | Shadow Proclamation | |
| - | Canaries | 8th, 11th, The Curator |
Faction Paradox | - |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- With the characters of Sibling Same and Sibling Different, The Wintertime Paradox features the first reference to Faction Paradox in BBC licensed media since The Gallifrey Chronicles in 2005, as well as the first time a BBC Wales incarnation of the Doctor has been explicitly depicted as encountering the Faction. Editor Emil Fortune acknowledged "the Obverse canon" represented by Obverse Books' Faction Paradox series but noted that Same and Different were part of a different version of the Faction, hailing from a defunct "rewritten timeline".[2]
- Canaries was not included in the physical book but published online as a tie-in to the Time Lord Victorious series. It was subsequently included in The Wintertime Paradox's e-book and paperback editions.
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This novel was released as an audiobook on 20 October 2020 complete and unabridged with all stories narrated by Sophie Aldred.[3]
Audiobook cover.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Wintertime Paradox page at Penguin Books
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Festive tales await in 'The Wintertime Paradox'. DoctorWho.TV.
- ↑ Emil Fortune (2 June 2022). It’s not quite the Faction of old. Emil Fortune on Twitter. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022.
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wintertime-Paradox-Festive-Stories-Doctor/dp/B08LHBFGVT
