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This year, The Doctor Who Companion, the site which I co-founded and continue to edit, turns a decade old. But its history stretches back a lot further than most people think…

We’ve been lucky enough to have a wonderful, dedicated audience since the DWC – as it’s colloquially known – popped online in March 2016, our numbers buoyed by the readers and writers of a previous Doctor Who site, Kasterboro Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 21, 2026 06:41 • Tags: doctor-who, editorial, the-doctor-who-companion

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	Whoblique Strategies by Elton Townend Jones (Editor), Simon A. Brett (Illustrator), Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 11 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 Brigadier: Declassified by Philip Bates (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andy Frankham-Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Grehan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020	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
	100 Objects of Dr Who 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Shadow of the Gallifreyan: Book One by Paul Driscoll (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Author), Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Author), Simon Brett (Illustrator and Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	UNIT: The Benton Files III by Andrew Allen (Goodreads Author), Philip Bates (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Companions: More than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants by Philip Bates (Goodreads Author), Andy Frankham-Allen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Just Sarah 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Three Lucys 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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