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Dale Smith

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Dale Smith is a writer and playwright from Leicester but now living in Manchester, England. He is mostly know for his work in various Doctor Who spin-off material, with books written for the BBC, Telos Publications and Obverse Books.

His first work was an award-winning radio play called Hello?, and he has also written short stories for Big Finish productions.

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	Doctor Who: The Many Hands 3.64 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Flywheel Revolution by Dale Smith (Goodreads Author), Peter Purves (Narrator) 3.76 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Heritage 3.61 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Black Dog by Dale Smith (Goodreads Author), Louise Jameson (Narrator) 3.55 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Albino's Dancer 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: The Piltdown Men by Dale Smith (Goodreads Author), Hugh Ross (Narrator) 2.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talons of Weng-Chiang (The Black Archive, #58) 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spinning Jenny (Faction Paradox #14) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (The Black Archive, #66) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perennial Miss Wildthyme by Dale Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author), Jay Eales (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nobody's Sweetheart Now

Trevor Tern was already a man out of time, pining for the good old days whilst his wife Iris tries to relaunch herself selling stuffed pandas to Korea from the double decker bus in their garden. But then he finds an alley that leads to a pub in wartime Manchester where the beautiful barmaid Ursula White takes a shine to him. Egged on by his best friend Don, he begins an affair that transcends time Read more of this blog post »

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Elisabeth Sladen the Autobiography

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History of Modern France: From the Revolution to the War with Terror

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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

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