You will discover the Doctor’s fiercest enemies, closest allies and key places and objects and have the opportunity to preview and buy those must-have episodes. It allows you to scroll your way through a complete A-Z of the show and explore and search thousands of entries by series or episode. 'Written by former Doctor Who script editor Gary Russell, the app is the ultimate guide to seven years of thrilling Doctor Who adventures, which includes up to date information on every episode since the show’s return to our screens in 2005.

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Try to get someone to buy it for you as a gift. The wealth of photos makes this a pretty good value, but overall this encyclopedia just seems a bit lightweight and has a lot of questionable entries. I mean-sometimes it seems that every third or fourth entry pertains to one of these. Where do you draw the line? Why not comment on the brand of spark plugs used by a taxi the Doctor rode in?Īnother minor annoyance is that the author seems to pay overwhelming attention to two animated episodes ('Attack of the Graske' and 'The Infinite Quest') that are probably not canonical and that are not very likely to be known to American viewers. That's.just a little oddly obsessive to me.

So, we get to read a bit about Jeff Lynne-because he wrote an ELO song that was featured in one episode. For instance, every song that was ever heard for more than three pico-seconds in any episode is included here-along with separate entries for the band or singer. There's a lot of material here, but a surprising amount of it smacks of filler. It is NOT an episode guide, so be certain you know that you're getting a quick reference manual and not detailed synopses and reviews. It's very handsomely illustrated with numerous color photos and packed with short and pithy entries and character biographies. As another reviewer has noted, this encyclopedia focuses virtually exclusively on the adventures of the 'new' Doctors from the series reboot, covering Eccleston's single season and Tennant's first two.

Doctor Who Encyclopedia by Gary Russell