The Discontinuity Guide (Doctor Who) - Softcover

Cornell, Paul; Day, Martin; Topping, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0426204425 ISBN 13: 9780426204428

Publisher: Dr Who, 1995

Synopsis

Indispensable, hysterical and brilliant. THE DISCONTINUITY GUIDE is everything the typical television reference manual or episode guide isn’t. As well as being a thorough record of every single plot hole, production goof and dialogue blunder and every fascinating tidbit of Doctor Who history and continuity, THE DISCONTINUITY GUIDE is a brilliant attempt to stitch 26 years of television history into a coherent narrative. Well-thought out and credible explanations are offered for the seemingly irreconcilable or merely obscure bits of the mythos, making this an essential reference for the longtime fan and a hilarious introduction for the new one.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Cornell is a novelist and TV writer who’s working on the new series of Doctor Who. Wa-hey!

Martin Day was born just in time to watch episode four of "The Web of Fear," and his first creative encounter with television was getting a letter about "Castrovalva" read out on Noel Edmond’s Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. He’s not sure which fact is most scary. He has written or co-written eight books about television and six novels, most recently Doctor Who - The Sleep of Reason. Some of them are almost readable. Now concentrating on scriptwriting, he has written scripts for the BBC and Channel Five. He lives in Wessex with three humans, a cat, a chinchilla, a hamster, a snake, and numerous tropical fish. The RSPCA have been informed.

Keith Topping is the author of 35 books, including two editions of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV with Martin Day and Paul Cornell, and volumes on series as diverse as The X-Files, The Sweeney, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Roswell, The West Wing, Stargate SG-1 and 24. He has also written four novels (including the award-winning The Hollow Men) and a novella. His most recent books include A Vault of Horror: The Story of 80 Great British Horror Movies 1956-1974 and Slayer: The Last Days of Sunnydale. He is a contributor to both TV Zone and Shivers magazines and a former Contributing Editor of DreamWatch. Keith was born in Newcastle in 1963 on the same day that his beloved United lost 3-2 at home to Northampton Town. Things haven’t improved much since. He regularly appears on local radio and has contributed to the BBC television series I Love the 70s. Keith’s hobbies include socialising with friends, foreign travel, loud guitar-based pop music, football, cricket, social and military history and irking the purists. His autobiography, I’ve Had Her, will be published posthumously.

Synopsis

Fluffs, goofs, double entendres, fashion victims, technobabble, dialogue disasters: these are some of the headings included in this book's analysis of "Doctor Who". One by one, each TV story is examined for wonders and blunders. Find out how many cardboard Daleks are used in the final scene of "The Daleks" - and what it is that makes "The Aztecs" a fine piece of television drama. On a more serious note, the internal continuity of the series is discussed, providing a base for fans to work out their own coherent chronology for the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dr Who
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0426204425
• ISBN 13: 9780426204428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304