Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:5 The Fifth Doctor Handbook PB.jpg|250px]]

|cover=[[Alister Pearson]]

|writer= [[David J Howe]] and [[Stephen James Walker]]

|publisher= [[Doctor Who Books]]

|release date= [[7th December]] [[1995]]

|format= Paperback, 294 pages

|isbn=ISBN 0-426-20458-1 (Paperback)

|previous release= ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor|The First Doctor Handbook]]

|next release= ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor|The Third Doctor Handbook]]''

}}{{prose stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', often referred to as simply '''''The Fifth Doctor Handbook''''',<ref>Bibliography at [http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv38/dilemma.html "The Doctor's Dilemma"], published by the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club</ref><ref>[http://www.pagefillers.com/dwrg/reference.htm Reference book page at the Doctor Who Ratings Guide website]</ref> is the fourth<ref>The ''Handbook'' series was not published in numerical order of the Doctor's incarnations.</ref> in the ''Handbook'' series by [[David J Howe]] and [[Stephen James Walker]] — the major contribution by [[Doctor Who Books]] to the world of professionally published ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference works.

Like all in the ''Handbook'' series, it is divided into three major sections. The first presents a series of snippets from interviews with principles involved in the creation of the persona of the [[Fifth Doctor]]; the second gives detailed notes about every televised adventure of this Doctor; and the last concerns itself with behind-the-scenes developments during this Doctor's era.

"DOCTOR WHO is the world's longest running science fiction television series. Each handbook provides both a broad overview and a detailed analysis of one phase of the programme's history.

"When [[Peter Davison]] took over the part of the Doctor in [[1982]], he was already a familiar face on [[British]] television as the much-loved star of ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]''. Within a few months, Davison had won acceptance for his sensitive portrayal and starred in some of the most adult and arguably best-written stories in the programme's history.

"This book is an in in-depth study of Peter Davison's tenure as the Doctor, including a profile of the actor, a critical summary of each story in which he starred, an extensive feature on the making of the 20th-anniversary special [[The Five Doctors|THE FIVE DOCTORS]] and much more. The authors have established their reputation with best-selling books such as [[Doctor Who: The Sixties|THE SIXTIES]] and [[Doctor Who: The Seventies|THE SEVENTIES]], and their acclaimed work on the three previous books in the handbook range."

This volume includes a particularly detailed examination of the making of ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.

Unlike all but ''[[The Third Doctor Handbook|The Third]]'' and ''[[The Seventh Doctor Handbook]]s'', this volume was not co-written by [[Mark Stammers]]. However, it was dedicated to him.

 

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