A
brand new Doctor Who book is now available from Candy Jar Books for pre-order. Companions: Fifty
Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an unofficial and frank guide of the Time
Lord’s adventures in space and time. Drawing on plots from the TV series as
well as other media, this book is fascinating reading for fans of both the
classic and current series of Doctor Who.
To coincide with the launch of the
book the publisher, Candy Jar, is asking fans to vote for their favourite
Doctor Who companion. The results will be released when the book is published
in June. To vote go to:
Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who
Assistants provides readers with an in-depth account of each
Doctor's fellow travellers.
Andy
Frankham-Allen has been a Doctor Who fan since his childhood and has relished
the opportunity to write this book in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the series. Andy, who penned several Short Trip
stories for Big Finish, feels the time is right for a more detailed look at the
journey of the Doctor Who companion. He said: “It's been a long time since
there's been an honest and frank look at the Doctor's journey and the lives he
changes. This book will challenge the notion that he always takes the best.”
Gary
Russell, former Doctor
Who Magazine editor, Big Finish producer, BBC script editor and Doctor Who novelist,
has provided the book’s foreword. Garysaid:
“Of course there have been books about companions before – but few of them go
into this amount of detail, display this amount of in-depth knowledge and above
all, this amount of love. As a celebration of everything that makes the
Doctor’s (and therefore our) best friends unique and special, this book is
essential.”
