Emmerdale: Their Finest Hour

Emmerdale Farm

by Lance Parkin

It is 1941, and when war comes to the Yorkshire village of Beckindale, life changes irrevocably for many of the inhabitants of the village and of Emmerdale Farm. Written with the warmth and humor that is a strength of the television program, and yet with the pace and passion of a wartime love story, Their Finest Hour is a compelling read for all Emmerdale fans.

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Lance Parkin is an author who has written professional Doctor Who fiction since the 1990s. He is one of the few authors to write for both the 1963 and 2005 version of the programme — though much of his fiction has actually been based on the 1996 iteration. Indeed, he was notably the first author to write original prose for the Eighth Doctor in The Dying Days. He was also the author chosen to deliver the nominal 35th anniversary story, The Infinity Doctors, and the final volume in the Eighth Doctor Adventures range, The Gallifrey Chronicles. More recently, he has written for the Tenth Doctor in The Eyeless.

He is further notable for his work with Big Finish Productions, where he is arguably most known for writing the Sixth Doctor adventure, Davros.

Outside of Doctor Who, he has written things like Warlords of Utopia and (with Mark Jones) Dark Matter, a guide to the author Philip Pullman.