Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The untold story of the BBC series

by Russell T Davies

Series: Doctor Who

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Title	Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The untold story of the BBC series
Author Cook, Benjamin	Russell T Davies
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Tags	nonfic, doctor who, writing
Collections	Your library
Your review	This book comprises a series of emails exchanged between television writer Russell T Davies and magazine writer Benjamin Cook during the year that the former was working on series four of Doctor Who. That makes it sound a bit dull. Nothing could be further from the truth. I love Davies's writing-- not just in Doctor Who, but in other shows such as Casanova, The Second Coming, and Bob & Rose. He's got such a first grasp of character-- everyone in his stories always feels like real people caught up in these extraordinary events. This book, oddly, is just the same way. You feel Davies as a person, in all his ups and downs, in all his sad moments and funny moments, in all his triumphs and disasters. It's an extraordinary insight into the way the mind of one writer works. I don't write like this man does. I don't think I could. He's mad. But then, that's presumably the reason he's winning BAFTAs and I'm not. Like everything Davies rights, this book is funny and heartrending at the same time. And it's also supremely candid; this is certainly the best "making of" book we've gotten about the new Doctor Who so far. Filled with fun facts you can pester your friends with while watching "Partners in Crime"! Oh, and did I mention that it's also filled with Davies's own cartoons, which are extraordinarily cute?
Other authors Cook, Benjamin Author 2	Author – Cook, Benjamin
Publication	Random House UK (2008), Hardcover, 512 pages
Publication date	2008
ISBN	1846075718 / 9781846075711
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Dewey	813
Primary language	(blank)
Secondary language	(blank)
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Date acquired	2008-10-01
Date started
Date finished	2008-11-01
Summary 0	Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale (Doctor Who) by Russell T. Davies (2008)
Comments	gift from Brendan Moody
BCID	XXX-
Number of copies	1
Citation	MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, Wikipedia citation
Data source	amazon.com

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