The Doctor Who File
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The Doctor Who Files was a Doctor Who reference book published by W. H. Allen in September 1986 and republished by Comet in January 1989.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
More than two decades after it began, Doctor Who is now the longest running TV science fiction programme in the world, and is second only to Star Trek in terms of popularity. it is therefore hardly surprising that over the years the show has attracted some of the most talented people in television: from producers and directors, to actors and writers.
In this companion volume to his two bestselling books — Doctor Who: A Celebration and Doctor Who: The Key to Time — Peter Haining unlocks the secrets of the TARDIS memory banks and explores the history of this influential show through a series of fascinating interviews and specially comissioned articles.
From pieces on the creation of the Cybermen, the difficulties in driving a Dalek, and the Doctor Who film that never was, to features on the show’s writers — including Douglas Adams who went to on to script The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — and all six Doctors, plus the actors who were very nearly selected to play the role, The Doctor Who File is a fascinating study of a unique phenomenon.
Subject matter[[edit] | [edit source]]
A collection of articles on the production of Doctor Who, including many written by the participants.
Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Detailed examination of the never-made film Doctor Who Meets Scratchman by Ian Marter.
- A look at actors considered for the role of the Doctor.
- Memoirs by surviving Doctor actors and behind the scenes personnel.
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- The synopsis references to Star Trek, A Celebration and The Key to Time were removed from the 1989 paperback edition, and "all six Doctors" was changed to "the first six Doctors". Apart from that, the two synopses are pretty much identical.
- A luxury leather-bound limited edition was also planned for publication at the same time, and went as far as having an ISBN assigned to it (0-491-03993-X) but this was never produced — although the ISBN is still listed on Amazon.[1]
