Obverse Books

Obverse Books is a fiction imprint set up in 2008 by Stuart Douglas with the aim of providing more adult-oriented Doctor Who-related fiction, with initial emphasis on the character of Iris Wildthyme, created by Paul Magrs for his Phoenix Court series. Its first release, Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus, was published in 2009.

In 2011, Obverse released the Faction Paradox anthology A Romance in Twelve Parts. Following this, it obtained the rights to publish Faction Paradox novels, beginning with 2013's Against Nature and The Brakespeare Voyage.

From 2011 to 2013, Obverse published the Obverse Quarterly, a subscription-based quarterly paperback series, with initial offerings including spin-off collections from Iris Wildthyme, vintage genre reprints, horror stories, and a collection of tales centred around Zenith, the albino Sexton Blake villain, with contributions from Michael Moorcock, Paul Magrs and George Mann. Two Quarterly releases were spun off into their own ranges: Señor 105 & the Elements of Danger, which started the novella series The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105; and Tales of the City, a Faction Paradox spin-off which started Obverse's The City of the Saved anthology series.

From 2012 to 2016, Obverse operated an ebook-only imprint called Manleigh Books, which published The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105.

Since early 2016, Obverse has published the The Black Archive, a monthly series of books examining individual Doctor Who stories. As of 2021^[update], Obverse has released or announced 62 Black Archive books.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2019, Obverse published Obverse Sextet, a series of six novellas which cross over its various ranges.

Fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Iris Wildthyme (series)

• Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (editors, Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, 2009)
• The Panda Book of Horror (editors Stuart Douglas & Paul Magrs, 2009)
• Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate
• Abroad (editors Stuart Douglas & Paul Magrs, 2010)
• Wildthyme in Purple (editors Cody Quijano-Schell and Stuart Douglas, 2011)
• Lady Stardust (editor Stuart Douglas, 2012)
• Fifteen (editor Stuart Douglas, 2013)
• Iris Wildthyme of Mars (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2014)
• The Perennial Miss Wildthyme (editor Dale Smith, 2015)
• A Clockwork Iris (editors, George Mann, Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas, 2017)
• Wild Thymes on the 22 (editor, Stewart Sheargold)
• Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror
• Mother, Maiden, Crone

Faction Paradox[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Faction Paradox (series)

• A Romance in Twelve Parts (editors Stuart Douglas and Lawrence Miles, 2011)
• Burning with Optimism's Flames (editor Julian Eales, 2012)
• Against Nature (Lawrence Burton, 2013)
• The Brakespeare Voyage (Simon Bucher-Jones and Jonathan Dennis, 2013)
• Liberating Earth (editor Kate Orman, 2015)
• Head of State (Andrew Hickey, 2015)
• Weapons Grade Snake Oil (Blair Bidmead, 2017)
• Spinning Jenny (Dale Smith, 2017)
• The Book of the Enemy (editor Simon Bucher-Jones, 2017)
• The Book of the Peace (editor Philip Marsh, 2018)
• The Boulevard: Volume One (editor Stuart Douglas, 2021)
• The Boulevard: Volume Two (editor Simon Bucker-Jones, 2023)

Obverse Quarterly[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Obverse Quarterly

• Señor 105 & the Elements of Danger (editor Cody Quijano-Schell, 2011)
• Zenith Lives! (editor Stuart Douglas, 2012)
• The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars (editor Philip Craggs, 2013)
• The Obverse Book of Detectives (editor Stuart Douglas, 2013)

The City of the Saved[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The City of the Saved (series)

• Tales of the City (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2012)
• More Tales of the City (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2013)
• Tales of the Great Detectives (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2014)
• Furthest Tales of the City (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2015)
• Tales of the Civil War (editor Philip Purser-Hallard, 2017)
• Stranger Tales of the City (editor Liz Evershed, 2017)

Obverse Sextet[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Obverse Sextet

• The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme (Nick Campbell, 2019)
• The Rise & Fall of Señor 105 (Blair Bidmead, 2019)
• The Immortal Seaton Begg (Simon Bucher-Jones, 2019)
• Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (Jonathan Dennis, 2019)
• Closing the Casebook (Nick Wallace, 2019)
• Vanishing Tales of the City (Kara Dennison, 2019)

The Cushing Dr Who (charity fundraiser)[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Dr Who and the Daleks
• Dr Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150
• Dr Who and the Ice Men from Mars
• Dr Who: The Tenth Planet Invades the Moonbase
• Dr Who: Journey into Time
• Dr Who and the Auton Attack
• Dr Who and the Curse of the Daemons
• Dr Who and the Yeti Invasion of London
• Dr Who: Escape to Danger
• Dr Who: Missions to the Unknown
• Dr Who and the Claus of Axos
• Dr Who's Greatest Adventure

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Welcome Home, Bernard Socks (written by Paul Magrs, 2015)
• Build High for Happiness

Nonfiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Black Archive[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Black Archive

• Rose (Jon Arnold)
• The Massacre (James Cooray Smith)
• The Ambassadors of Death (LM Myles)
• Dark Water / Death in Heaven (Philip Purser-Hallard)
• Image of the Fendahl (Simon Bucher-Jones)
• Ghost Light (Jonathan Dennis)
• The Mind Robber (Andrew Hickey)
• Black Orchid (Ian Millsted)
• The God Complex (Paul Driscoll)
• Scream of the Shalka (Jon Arnold)
• The Evil of the Daleks (Simon Guerrier)
• Pyramids of Mars (Kate Orman)
• Human Nature / The Family of Blood (Naomi Jacobs and Philip Purser-Hallard)
• The Ultimate Foe (James Cooray Smith)
• Full Circle (John Toon)
• Carnival of Monsters (Ian Potter)
• The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit (Simon Bucher-Jones)
• Face the Raven (Sarah Groenewegen)
• Heaven Sent (Kara Dennison)
• Hell Bent (Alyssa Franke)
• The Curse of Fenric (Una McCormack)
• The Time Warrior (Matthew Kilburn)
• Doctor Who (1996) (Paul Driscoll)
• The Daemons (Matt Barber)
• The Face of Evil (Thomas L Rodebaugh)
• The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon (John Toon)
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Jonathan Morris)
• Warriors' Gate (Frank Collins)
• The Romans (Jacob Edwards)
• Horror of Fang Rock (Matthew Guerrieri)
• Battlefield (Philip Purser-Hallard)
• Timelash (Phil Pascoe)
• Listen (Dewi Small)
• Kerblam! (Naomi Jacobs and Thomas Rodebaugh)
• The Underwater Menace (James Cooray Smith)
• The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords (James Mortimer)
• The Silurians (Stacey Smith?^[1])
• Vengeance on Varos (Jonathan Dennis)
• The Rings of Akhaten (William Shaw)
• The Robots of Death (Fiona Moore)
• The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang (Philip Bates)
• The Deadly Assasin (Andrew Orton)
• The Awakening (David Powell)
• The Stones of Blood (Katrin Thier)
• Arachnids in the UK (Sam Maleski)
• The Night of the Doctor (James Cooray Smith)
• The Day of the Doctor (Alasdair Stuart)
• Earthshock (Brian J Robb)
• The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (James F McGrath)
• The Hand of Fear (Simon Bucher-Jones)
• Dalek (Billy Seguire)
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs (Jon Arnold)
• The Haunting of Villa Diodati (Philip Purser-Hallard)

Other non-fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

• An Electric Storm: Daphne, Delia and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Ned Netherwood)
• The 500 Year Diary (Volume 1) (Paul Castle)
• The Annual Years (Paul Magrs)
• Face to Face: The Classic Years (Eddie McGuigan)
• Time's Mosaic 5 – Davison, Sarah-Jane and K9 (Finn Clark)
• Time's Mosaic 5 – Colin Baker, BBV and K9 (Finn Clark)
• Time's Mosaic 9 – Eccleston, Torchwood and Quatermass (Finn Clark)
• Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who (Dylan Rees)
• The Christmas Box (Paul Magrs)

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Official website

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]