Shelf Life

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Following Craig Hinton's death by heart attack in December 2006, the Shelf Life series of charity publications was started by Adrian Middleton in Hinton's memory. The books were to be privately printed and distributed in return for donations to the British Heart Foundation. Ultimately, only one release was published, an anthology called Shelf Life, edited by Julian Eales with David A. McIntee and Middleton. Several of the anthology's stories were written by authors of official Doctor Who universe material and featured licensed use of their original concepts.

The name Shelf Life was an homage to Hinton's reviews for Doctor Who Magazine's "Shelf Life" column.

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The stories in Shelf Life all were somehow connected to Craig Hinton, either because they were inspired by his work or linked to him in a personal way. Middleton originally planned for the anthology to be released in December 2007 for the first anniversary of Hinton's death, but due to the effort involved, he enlisted Jay Eales – who had previously edited the Perfect Timing series and Walking in Eternity – and David A. McIntee to help edit. It ultimately took substantial work to finish the stories and illustrations in time for the second anniversary in 2008.[1]

Each story was accompanied by full-page artwork. In addition to these, Shelf Life included standalone "pulp covers" for Craig Hinton's five DOctor Who novels, illustrated by Marvin Mann, Chris Askham, Jonathon Dalton, Caroline Parkinson, and Terry Wiley, respectively.

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An unofficial collection of illustrated fiction inspired by the Doctor Who writings of CRAIG HINTON, and dedicated to his memory. All profits will be donated to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.

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Title Writer Artist Notes
Preface Jay Eales, David McIntee, Adrian Middleton Featured a brief message from Russell T Davies.
Wish You Were Here - A Memorial Andy Lane
Manuscript Found in an Old Bookcase Robbie Langton Peter Neville
Doomsday Minus One Christer Van Lee O'Connor
The Monster Factory Alec Daniels Terry Wiley
Requiescat William Andrews Peter Neville
Relative Dimensions Andrew Cheverton Tim Keable
Third Eye View Chris McKeon Paul Peart-Smith
Manchusis Psychosis Roger Clark John Aggs
Crawlspace Simon A. Forward Josceline Fenton
The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen[1] Dale Smith D'Israeli An adaptation of Smith's pitch The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen.
Indigenous Species Steve Hatcher Darren Douglas
Façade of Demons Andy Lane, Craig Hinton Allan Harvey
Tempus Fugit Jen Leavesley Garen Ewing
The Darkest Corner[2] Adrian Middleton Vince Danks
Fair Exchange Mike Morgan
Return on Investment Rachel Steffan Andy Baker
Of Eden Stood Disconsolate Rachel Simpson Hutchens Oli Smith
A Very Valeyard Christmas Craig Hinton Peter Neville
The Jumping of the Shark Steve Graeme, Adrian Middleton Dave Windet
The Finest Restaurant Known to Man Jon Arnold Ant Mercer
Tears in Time Damon Cavalchini Stephen Prestwood
Time's Champion: Prologue Craig Hinton, Chris McKeon Terry Wiley An excerpt from Time's Champion, adapted by McKeon from Hinton's notes.
Perriot le Who? Andrew K Lawston Bevis Musson
Room With No Doors Cutaway Kate Orman Yishan Li A deleted scene from The Room With No Doors.
Behold the Martian Matthew Griffiths Laura Howell
Missing Episode Roger Gibson Vince Danks, Roger Gibson
Dial M for Metaphysics Simon Bucher-Jones Graeme Neil Reid
A Meeting of Minds Craig Hinton Toby Ford
One Perfect Twilight Emma Vieceli
Auld Lang Syne Daniel Tessier Mike Juniper
Fearful Symmetry Jim Mortimore
No Place Like Home Stuart Douglas Peet Clack Reprinted in Bafflement & Devotion.
Location Paul Ebbs Roger Langridge
Skulduggery Fiona Moore, Alan Stevens Brian Gorman Later released as a Kaldor City short story.
Tread on a Crack: A Tale of the Malleus Jay Eales Pete Rajski
The Watcher Nick Wallace Natalie Sandells
A Fistful of Drabbles James Ambuehl
Quantum Mnemonics Adrian Middleton Featured quantum mnemonics, which Middleton created for Apocrypha and Hinton used in Millennial Rites.
The Legend of Rassilon's Cat
The Quantum Archangel Notes Craig Hinton Notes on The Quantum Archangel.
House of Pain and Pleasure
The Final Word Peter Anghelides, Daniel O'Mahony, Mark Michalowski, Dave Whittam

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Adrian Middleton planned to release further volumes of Shelf Life in 2009 and 2010 without the help of Jay Eales and David McIntee.[1] However, these were never released.

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