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Book 165 - Richard Atkinson & Mike Tucker - Doctor Who- TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual

The ultimate in geekiness..the pinnacle of my nerdiness…the awesome anorak of science fiction fandom is the reason for this book being in existence.

From time to time (little Doctor Who jape there) I let my guard down and allow my Doctor Who scarf to show in public.

I won’t labour the point but this book ‘pretends’ that the Doctor’s famous time ship is real and shows what all the buttons…and show more levers and knobs are for. Interspersed with the retelling of some well known televisual anecdotes starring all the Doctors to date…a new one has just been announced as I type this back in May 2022. Indeed by the time this review sees the light of day…he may even have appeared on TV…Who knows ?!

Visually it is brilliant…from a fan point of view it is nectar to be supped generously…to the multitude of the British public…it is…another Doctor Who book.

For me…one of that special band that is part of that specific audience…it is great show less

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This is one of those really lovely BBC spinoff books, looking in detail at the TARDIS, presented as an operator’s manual and pulling together all the TARDIS lore from the first 55 years of Doctor Who (it features Jodie Whittaker but not any of her stories). None of this is new, but it’s put together very imaginatively and entertainingly. I had forgotten that many of the early stories include a TARDIS show more malfunction of some kind, and the authors heroically retcon everything together, even the Eye of Harmony from the TV movie. A lovely effort. show less

To listen to some, you would think that Time Team invented TV archaeology ...

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