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

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'' Urban Gothic'' in 2001. The name comes from that of the fictional planet

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from the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who''.

History

Since being formed, Telos Publishing Ltd. has published a wide variety of works, from original novellas based on ''Doctor Who'' to original horror and fantasy novels. They also produce a variety of unofficial guide books to popular television and film series, as well as the '' Time Hunter'' series of novellas. '' Starburst magazine'' called them "perhaps the UK's best-known independent publishers of Doctor Who books". Telos have employed many unknown writers, in addition to works by established and award-winning authors. Telos, and its co-founders, have been nominated for a variety of awards in their own right, such as the Canadian Prix Aurora Award, and the

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s, where they won the

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Kate Orman Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Canberr ...

, won an

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for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, the first television tie-in to receive a major science-fiction award.

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's novella ''Breathe'' won the British Fantasy Society Award for best novella in 2005. In 2006, Telos' founders Howe and Walker won the

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for Best Non-Professional for their publishing work.

Authors of note published by Telos

Authors published by ''Telos Publishing'' have included

Juliette Benzoni Juliette Benzoni (30 October 1920 – 7 February 2016) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery and screenwriting. In 1998, at the age of 78, she received th ...

, William S Burroughs, Simon Clark,

Paul Finch Paul Finch is an English author and scriptwriter. He began his writing career on the British television programme ''The Bill''. His early scripts were for children's animation. He has written over 300 short stories which have appeared in magazine ...

, Neil Gaiman, Hank Janson,

Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

, George Mann, Graham Masterton, Fiona Moore, Simon Morden,

Mike Ripley Mike Ripley was born in 1952 and is the British author of the award-winning ‘Angel’ series of comedy thrillers as well as a critic and archaeologist. Life and work Ripley is the author of the ''Angel'' series of comedy thrillers set mainly in E ...

, Alan Stevens, Sam Stone, and co-founders Stephen James Walker and David J. Howe.

List of Doctor Who novellas

*'' Time and Relative'' by

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) 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 ...

(features the First Doctor and Susan) (November 2001) *'' Citadel of Dreams'' by

Dave Stone Dave Stone (born 12 June 1964) is a British science fiction writer. 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 c ...

(features the

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', and the final incarnation of the original Doctor Who series. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. ...

and

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) (March 2002) *'' Nightdreamers'' by Tom Arden (features the

Third Doctor The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord fr ...

and

Jo Grant Josephine "Jo" Grant, later Jo Jones, is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Jo was introduced by Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks in the first episode of ''D ...

) (May 2002) *''

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'' by

Keith Topping Keith Andrew Topping (born 26 October 1963 in Walker, Tyneside) is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is most well known for his work relating to the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who'' and for writing numerous official and unofficial g ...

(features the

Fourth Doctor The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Tom Baker. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the ...

) (August 2002) *'' Foreign Devils'' by

Andrew Cartmel Andrew J. Cartmel (born 6 April 1958) is a British author and journalist. He was the script editor of ''Doctor Who'' during the Sylvester McCoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989. He has also worked as a script editor on other television serie ...

(features the

Second Doctor The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Patrick Troughton. While the Troughton era of ''Doctor Who'' is well-remembered by fans an ...

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and Zoe) (November 2002) *'' Rip Tide'' by Louise Cooper (features the Eighth Doctor) (January 2003) *'' Wonderland'' by Mark Chadbourn (features the

, Ben and

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(April 2003) *''

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'' by Simon A Forward (features the

Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Ba ...

and Peri Brown (June 2003) *''

The Cabinet of Light ''The Cabinet of Light'' was the ninth novella published by Telos Publishing Ltd. as part of its Doctor Who novellas series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony and was published as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition with a frontisp ...

'' by Daniel O'Mahony (features an Unspecified Doctor, spawned the Time Hunter novels) (July 2003) *'' Fallen Gods'' by Jon Blum and

(features the Eighth Doctor) (August 2003) *'' Frayed'' by Tara Samms (feature the First Doctor and Susan) (October 2003) *'' The Eye of the Tyger'' by Paul J. McAuley (features the Eighth Doctor) (November 2003) *'' Companion Piece'' by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker (features the

and

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) (December 2003) *'' Blood and Hope'' by Iain McLaughlin (features the

Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from ...

, Peri and Erimem (January 2004) *'' The Dalek Factor'' by Simon Clark (features an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor) (February 2004)

Time Hunter novellas

A series focused on "time sensitive" Honoré Lechasseur and "time channeler" Emily Blandish, characters first introduced in Telos' ''Doctor Who'' novella ''The Cabinet of Light''. *'' The Winning Side'' by

Lance Parkin Lance Parkin is a British author. He is best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular ''Doctor Who'' (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and as a storyliner on ''Emmerda ...

(November 2003) *''The Tunnel at the End of the Light'' by Stefan Petrucha, (March 2004) *'' The Clockwork Woman'' by Claire Bott (June 2004) *''

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'' by John Paul Catton (October 2004) *'' The Severed Man'' by George Mann (December 2004) *'' Echoes'' by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett (April 2005) *'' Peculiar Lives'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (July 2005) *'' Deus Le Volt'' by Jon de Burgh Miller (January 2006) *'' The Albino's Dancer'' by Dale Smith (June 2006) *''

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'' by R.J. Carter and Troy Riser (August 2006) *''Child of Time'' by George Mann and David J Howe (August 2007)

References

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External links

Telos website
Book publishing companies of Wales Publishers of Doctor Who books Denbighshire