''Time and Relative'' is an original novella written by Kim Newman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

''. Set shortly before the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story, it features the First Doctor and

Susan Susan is a feminine given name, the usual English version of Susanna or Susannah. All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew ''shoshan'', meaning ''lotus flower'' in Egyptian, original derivation, and severa ...

; their adversary is an entity known as The Cold, which is responsible for the so-called Big Freeze, an unusually harsh winter which caused widespread disruption in the UK. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition () featuring a frontispiece by Bryan Talbot. Both editions have a foreword by Justin Richards. Newman's 2007 Diogenes Club series short story "Cold Snap" ties in with ''Time and Relative'', despite not being connected to ''Doctor Who'' otherwise.

External links

The Cloister Library - ''Time and Relative''
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