All of this week I have been spreading a little love for
some of my favourite Doctor Who authors by plucking my favourite stories of
theirs and letting them know on Twitter (I’m @docoho)
Day one of my author of the day picks…Jonathan Morris!
(you can follow him @jonnymorris1973)
Tucked away in Jago & Litefoot’s series two – The
Theatre of Dreams!
A heartbreaking fifth Doctor tale featuring some astonishing
characterisation – The Eternal Summer
Jonny Morris out Moffatt’s Moffatt in this superb
introductory tale for John Pickard’s Brewster – The Haunting of Thomas Brewster
Due a reprint shortly, a superb debut novel that tells a
season 17 novel backwards – The Festival of Death
A witty, imaginative and very funny tribute to Douglas Adams
– The Tomorrow Windows
Day two of my ‘author of the day’ picks…Jacqueline
Rayner! (you can follow her @GirlFromBlupo)
A fantastic character tale bewitchingly capturing the magic
of the Hartnell era – The Transit of Venus
A gorgeous comedy/tragedy with a musical flourish – Dr Who
and the Pirates
Terrific characterisation and memorable horror – Wolfsbane
The Last Dodo, a brilliantly funny novel with a great
message
Day three of my author of the day picks…Simon Guerrier!
(you can follow him @0tralala)
The Cold Equations does something radical and very touching
with the Hartnell era
A near perfect Zoe companion chronicles with a killer twist
– The Memory Cheats
He whipped the Bernice Summerfield range into shape and
departed with this stirring drama – The Wake
Mixing clever concepts, likable characters and a thought
provoking ending – The Pirate Loop
Day four of my ‘author of the day’ picks…Justin Richards!
(you can follow him @JJCRichards)
Rebooting the EDAs in superb, attention grabbing style – The
Burning
Gripping ongoing character threads and fascinating hard
science – Time Zero
Meticulously plotted with a magnitude of great ideas –
Sometime Never
A Doctor Who Disney adventure with lovely characters and a
great steampunk setting, The Ressurection Casket is pure sunshine
Combining Jago, Litefoot, the Doctor & Leela, The
Hourglass Killers is dazzling end to season four
My favourite of the 4DAs, its colourful and very funny – The
Renaissance Man
David Collings is magnificent in this shuddersome chiller –
Litefoot & Sanders
Day five of my ‘author of the day’ picks…Joe Lidster! (you
can follow him @joelidster)
Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant shine in an unforgettable
homecoming for Peri – The Reaping
Unforgettably creepy and nightmare inducing – Daisy Chain
Hilarious, with a great social commentary – The Final
Amendment
Brax is a badass and sets out to prove how much – The
Crystal of Cantus
The Mark of the Berserker, The Mad Woman in the Attic &
The Nightmare Man – classic SJA all
Day six of my ‘author of the day’ picks…Nicholas Briggs! (you
can follow him @BriggsNicholas)
Subverting the tale it is based on in a fascinating way –
Robophobia!
Bringing the 8DAs to an unforgettably climax and reducing me
to tears – To the Death
Fiendishly scripted with the Daleks at their scheming best
and gripping develops for the 6th Doctor and Charley – Patient Zero
A disquieting high concept tale with some very disturbing
scenes – The Nowhere Place
A tale told as a scattered jigsaw with some of Big Finish’s
strongest dramatic scenes – Creatures of Beauty
A cinematic end to Charley Pollard with some outstandingly vivid
soundscapes – Blue Forgotten Planet
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