Telos Doctor Who novellas
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A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
s based on the long-running BBC
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series Doctor Who
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, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing Ltd.
Telos Publishing Ltd.
Telos Publishing Ltd. is a publishing company, originally established by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, with their first publication being a horror anthology based on the television series Urban Gothic in 2001...
Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, their canonicity in relation to the television series is open to interpretation.
Each novella was published in two formats: standard hardback and deluxe hardback. The BBC's license was specifically only to do hardback fiction (since its BBC Books
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imprint was concurrently publishing its own line of paperback Doctor Who novels), although following further negotiations two of the novellas were subsequently re-printed in paperback. "Deluxe editions" were also published, which were often autographed by the author and/or an actor from the TV series. (For example, the deluxe edition of Nightdreamers was signed by the author, the illustrator, and actress Katy Manning
Katy Manning
Katy Manning is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia. She is myopic...
who wrote the foreword and whose character Jo Grant
Jo Grant
Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
appears in the book.)
Fallen Gods won the Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...
for best Australia
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n science fiction novel of 2004.
Characters from the novella The Cabinet of Light also feature in the Time Hunter
Time Hunter
The Time Hunter series of books is published by Telos Publishing Ltd. and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light...
series of novellas by Telos.
| Title | Author | Doctor | Companion(s) | Published |
| Time and Relative Time and Relative Time and Relative is an original novella written by Kim Newman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Kim Newman Kim Newman Kim Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history... |
1st First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role in the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors in 1973 - albeit in a... |
Susan Foreman Susan Foreman Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season... |
November 2001 |
| Citadel of Dreams Citadel of Dreams Citadel of Dreams is an original novella written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Lee Sullivan... |
Dave Stone Dave Stone -Biography:Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Judge Dredd.Stone also contributed a number of comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse... |
7th Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy.... |
Ace Ace (Doctor Who) Dorothy Gale McShane, better known by her nickname Ace, is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
March 2002 |
| Nightdreamers Nightdreamers Nightdreamers is an original novella written by Tom Arden and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor and Jo. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Martin McKenna... |
Tom Arden Tom Arden Tom Arden is the pseudonym of a British science fiction and fantasy writer, who was born in Australia. His main work is the five volume Orokon saga, as well as the novels Shadow Black, The Translation of Bastian Test and the Doctor Who novella Nightdreamers.Arden was born in 1966 and grew up in... |
3rd Third Doctor The Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee.... |
Jo Grant Jo Grant Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
May 2002 |
| Ghost Ship Ghost Ship (Doctor Who) Ghost Ship is an original novella written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Dariusz Jasiczak, and a... |
Keith Topping Keith Topping Keith Andrew Topping , is an author, journalist and broadcaster most closely associated with his work relating to the BBC Television series Doctor Who and for writing numerous official and unofficial guide books to a wide variety of television and film series, specifically Buffy the Vampire... |
4th Fourth Doctor The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who.... |
None | August 2002 |
| Foreign Devils Foreign Devils Foreign Devils is an original novella written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel Andrew Cartmel is a British science fiction writer and journalist, and former script editor of Doctor Who. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, a film studies lecturer and as a novelist.-Biography:... |
2nd Second Doctor The Second Doctor is the second incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by character actor Patrick Troughton.... |
Jamie McCrimmon Jamie McCrimmon James Robert "Jamie" McCrimmon is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A piper of the Clan McLaren who lived in 18th century Scotland, he was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1966... and Zoe Heriot Zoe Heriot Zoe Heriot , or simply Zoe, is a fictional character played by Wendy Padbury in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who... |
November 2002 |
| Rip Tide Rip Tide Rip Tide is an original novella written by Louise Cooper and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Fred Gambino. Both... |
Louise Cooper Louise Cooper Louise Cooper was a British fantasy writer who lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall.Cooper was born in Hertfordshire. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her friends. She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published at the age of twenty... |
8th Eighth Doctor The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann... |
None | January 2003 |
| Wonderland Wonderland (Doctor Who) Wonderland is an original novella written by Mark Chadbourn and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor and Ben and Polly. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by... |
Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction and horror author with fifteen novels published around the world.Born in the English Midlands from a long line of coal miners... |
2nd | Ben Jackson and Polly Polly (Doctor Who) Polly is a fictional character played by Anneke Wills in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A young woman from the year 1966, she was a companion of the First and Second Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1967.-Character history:Polly first... |
April 2003 |
| Shell Shock Shell Shock (Doctor Who) Shell Shock is an original novella written by Simon A. Forward and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Bob... |
Simon A Forward | 6th Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker... |
Peri Brown Peri Brown Peri Brown, full name Perpugilliam Brown, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.... |
June 2003 |
| The Cabinet of Light The Cabinet of Light The Cabinet of Light was the ninth novella published by Telos Publishing Ltd. as part of their Doctor Who novellas series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony, and was released as a standard edition hardback, and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by John Higgins... |
Daniel O'Mahony Daniel O'Mahony Daniel O'Mahony is a half-British half-Irish author, born in Croydon. He is the oldest of five children, his siblings including Eoin O'Mahony of the band Hamfatter, and Madeleine O'Mahony, who has designed and made hats for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.-Biography:O'Mahony's first professionally... |
Unspecified Doctor | None | July 2003 |
| Fallen Gods Fallen Gods Fallen Gods is an original novella written by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Daryl... |
Jon Blum and Kate Orman Kate Orman Kate Orman is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.-Biography:... |
8th | None | August 2003 |
| Frayed | Tara Samms (pseudonym Pseudonym A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym... for Stephen Cole Stephen Cole (writer) Stephen Cole is an author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999: this was a role which found him deciding on which stories should be released on video, commissioning and editing... ) |
1st | Susan | October 2003 |
| The Eye of the Tyger The Eye of the Tyger The Eye of the Tyger is an original novella written by Paul J. McAuley and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor. It was released as a standard edition hardback, a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Jim Burns, and... |
Paul J. McAuley | 8th | None | November 2003 |
| Companion Piece Companion Piece Companion Piece is an original novella written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Catherine. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a... |
Robert Perry and Mike Tucker Mike Tucker Mike Tucker is a special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department, and now works as an Effects Supervisor for his own company, The Model Unit. He is also the author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series Doctor Who and... |
7th | Catherine Broome | December 2003 |
| Blood and Hope Blood and Hope Blood and Hope is an original novella written by Iain McLaughlin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by... |
Iain McLaughlin Iain McLaughlin Iain McLaughlin is a writer and journalist who has written for a number of British comics including The Beano and The Dandy. He has also written a number of Doctor Who related plays and novels for Big Finish Productions and Telos Publishing, and also several plays for Imagination Theater... |
5th Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison.... |
Peri and Erimem Erimem Erimemushinteperem, or simply Erimem, is a fictional character played by Caroline Morris in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A princess of Ancient Egypt born in 1419 BC, she is the daughter of... |
January 2004 |
| The Dalek Factor The Dalek Factor The Dalek Factor is an original novella written by Simon Clark and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features a Doctor whose incarnation is unspecified. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece... |
Simon Clark Simon Clark Simon Clark is a horror novel writer from Doncaster, England. One of his most notable works is the novel The Night of the Triffids.Clark has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Novella and British Fantasy Award... |
Unspecified Doctor | None | February 2004 |