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Dreamstone Moon
''Dreamstone Moon'' is an original novel written by Paul Leonard (writer), Paul Leonard and based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones (Doctor Who), Sam. External links * 1998 British novels 1998 science fiction novels Eighth Doctor Adventures {{1990s-DoctorWho-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Leonard (writer)
Paul J. Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published as PJL Hinder, is an author best known for his work on various spin-off fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Leonard has acknowledged a debt to his friend and fellow ''Doctor Who'' author Jim Mortimore in his writing career, having turned to Mortimore for help and advice at the start of it. This advice led to his first novel, ''Venusian Lullaby'' being published as part of Virgin Publishing's '' Missing Adventures'' range in 1994. Virgin published three more of his novels before losing their licence to publish ''Doctor Who'' fiction: ''Dancing the Code'' (1995); '' Speed of Flight'' (1996) and (as part of their ''New Adventures'' range) '' Toy Soldiers'' (1995). Following the loss of their licence, Virgin also published the novel ''Dry Pilgrimage'' (co-written with Nick Walters) in 1998 as part of their Bernice Summerfield r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighth Doctor Adventures
The ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprint. 73 books were published overall. Publication history Between 1991 and 1997, Virgin Publishing had been producing a successful series of spin off novels under the ''New Adventures'' and '' Missing Adventures'' ranges. However, following the ''Doctor Who'' television movie which introduced the Eighth Doctor in 1996, the BBC did not renew Virgin Publishing's license to continue publishing ''Doctor Who'' material, instead opting to publish their own range. Virgin's last ''New Adventures'' novel, '' The Dying Days'' by Lance Parkin, featured the Eighth Doctor. The first BBC Books release was a novelisation of the television movie (considered a standalone work by some), but the run of original ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' began in 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Paul McGann. The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film '' Doctor Who'', a back-door pilot produced in an unsuccessful attempt to relaunch the series following its 1989 cancellation. While the Eighth Doctor initially had only one on-screen appearance, his adventures were portrayed extensively in subsequent spin-off media In media, a spin-off (or spinoff) is a radio program, television program, film, video game or any narrative work, derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, ..., including more than 70 audio dramas starring McGann. In 2013, the actor reprised the role in the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor", which depicts the Eighth Doctor's final adventure and his regeneration into the War Doctor (played by John Hurt). In 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Jones (Doctor Who)
Samantha Angeline "Sam" Jones is a fictional character in the ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' novels based upon the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel ''The Eight Doctors'' by Terrance Dicks, and she went on to become one of his companions. Character history Sam is born on 15 April 1980, making her 16 years old when she first meets the Eighth Doctor in 1997. She attends Coal Hill School, the same school the First Doctor's granddaughter Susan attends in 1963. She is described as thin and wiry, with blue eyes and close-cropped blonde hair. She is a clean-living person, not drinking or taking drugs, and a vegetarian. She is also a supporter of Greenpeace and gay rights. In ''The Eight Doctors'' the Doctor rescues her from drug dealers, after which she travels with him for many adventures. The novel '' Seeing I'' is deliberately ambiguous as to the possibility that Sam is bisexual. ''Alien Bodies'' by Lawrence Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Books
BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The imprint has been active since the 1980s. BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming, including cookery, natural history, lifestyle, and behind the scenes "making-of" books. There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list. Amongst BBC Books' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith, wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh. In the BBC Publishing days, it turned down '' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide. ''Doctor Who'' Since 1996, BBC Books has also produced a range of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legacy Of The Daleks
''Legacy of the Daleks'' is an original novel written by John Peel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Susan, the Master - as the Roger Delgado incarnation - and the Daleks. Plot As the Doctor prepares to search for Sam, he receives a psychic cry of pain and despair from his granddaughter Susan, and discovers that it was focused through another TARDIS on a distant planet. He decides to materialize on Earth following the Dalek invasion, the same time period in which Sam disappeared; perhaps in hope he can find her as well while preventing whatever caused Susan to send the cry. Following the invasion, Earth is devastatingly underpopulated, and the survivors (in Britain, at least) have coalesced into city-states which are currently engaged in political infighting. Lord Haldoran supplies most of England with power, but Lord London opposes him and many city-states are flocking to London for power su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeing I
''Seeing I'' is an original novel 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 and Sam. Continuity *The I also appear in the BBV audio play ''I Scream'' by Lance Parkin *The novel is partly set in a private prison called the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre, in which corporate spies and those who know too much are held. Orman's later novel ''Blue Box'' featured a high security mental institution called Bainbrige Hospital with a similar remit. *The Time Lord Savar from ''The Invasion of Time'' is briefly mentioned; the loss of his eyes here ties into his appearance in ''The Infinity Doctors ''The Infinity Doctors'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. The book was released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the series, a ...''. Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 British Novels
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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