Doctor Who: The Handbook - The Seventh Doctor

Doctor Who: The Handbook #7

by David J. Howe

This book reveals previously unknown details about the seventh Doctor''s reign, which was an era of unpre cedented change for the programme. It includes a profile of the actor and a critical summary of each story in which he s tarred. '

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Reference

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's as technically solid as the other handbooks, but it's one of the two about which I'm most ambivalent. It's still full of the fan-dogma-opinions of the time about the McCoy era, and it doesn't examine the re-evaluation, post-New Adventures novels, that the 7th Doctor's time was already going through. Reading it again today, it feels like a solidly researched but slightly out of date encyclopedia.

[Arthur B · Rating 4 out of 5]

An intriguing artifact from that thin slice of time just after BBV started doing knock-off audio adventures but before Big Finish began their officially-endorsed lined - the latter of which would arguably change the entire landscape of the fandom from the snapshot offered here. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/202...

[Paul Doody · Rating 5 out of 5]

David Howe and Co reach the seventh and last in their series of guides to each era of Doctor Who. This book covers the Sylvester McCoy era, 1987-9, as well as the 1996 tv movie, and includes errata for the previous volumes. The standard of research is well-up to the previous high standards.

[Reuben Herfindahl · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent end to perhaps the best run of factual Who books of the 90's. The only downside is we haven't seen anything as detailed since.