Who Is The Doctor

"Damn you, Burk and Smith. I have just lost 4 hours to your blasted book. And I only meant to glance at it. It is nightmarishly more-ish." – Neil Gaiman

"Affectionate and incisive, this guide to all new Who has the same wit and heart as the series itself — not to mention the odd moment that may provoke a 'What? What? WHAT?'" — Robert Shearman, Doctor Who writer ("Dalek") and author of the World Fantasy Award winning collection Tiny Deaths and Everyone's Just So So Special

Who is the Doctor is a fun and insightful episode guide that explores all facets of Doctor Who's triumphant return to television. Covering the six seasons of the New Series, this is the essential companion for the most avid fan as well as the more casual viewer. Doctor Who was already the world's longest-running science fiction series when it returned in 2005 to huge success. An enormously popular series among genre fans, Doctor Who encompasses horror, science fiction, comedy, action, and historical adventure, and is loved for its uniquely British wit and clever scripting. It's no wonder the series' hero, monsters, and even its theme song are pop culture icons.In this volume, Doctor Who experts Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? bring fans insights into everything from the history of everything Doctor Who, including Daleks, Cybermen, and the eight Classic Series Doctors, to a guide to every episode of the New Series. Allons-y!

Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Popular Culture/Leisure) 2013

“" Who is the Doctor offers additional depth to the series, partly by picking out the important (and the trivial) things that are done in each episode." Steven Silver, Steven Silver's Reviews”

"Who is the Doctor is a strong addition to the many volumes written about the new show, and one that, I suspect, will be referred to long after the more cerebral analyses have faded into oblivion." -- Sci-Fi Bulletin
"A thought-provoking and educational supplement to the first six series of the re-launched Doctor Who." -- Boomerocity.com
"This is one of the finer episode guides I have run across for any show, and highly recommend it for any fan of the ninth, tenth, or eleventh Doctor." -- BookGuys.ca
"This is the kind of book to keep with you when watching (or re-watching) the series and dipping into when you have an idle moment." -- Steven Silver's Reviews

Graeme Burkis a writer and "Doctor Who" fan whose work has been featured in the show's anthologies published by the BBC. He is the former editor of "Enlightenment," the fanzine of the Doctor Who Information Network. Robert Smith? is a professor of disease modeling at the University of Ottawa. He is the editor of the Doctor Who Ratings Guide--one of the premier "Doctor Who" fan websites--and the author of a number of "Doctor Who" short stories. They are the coeditors of "Time, Unincorporated--"a collection of the show's fan writing. They both live in Ottawa, Ontario.

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