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The Doctor Who Programme Guide: Fourth Edition

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"It sits invaluably upon every fan's bookshelf and is a constant source of reference."
-Gary Russell, Doctor Who Monthly

If the above was written today, it would be referring instead to The Television Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker (also available from Amazon, but your best bet is to order from the Amazon UK site as it doesn't seem to be available from here as
yet-02 Dec 2003). The Television Companion is the result of exhaustive research and contains a great deal more information and opinion about the series than this book does.

If you're after a by-the-numbers episode guide then you'll be content with this book. However, I strongly urge you to look into purchasing The Television Companion instead if you want a book that gives in-depth coverage of each story.

This is it: the complete and updated DWPG: still the best Doctor Who reference book ever, now including up to the Paul McGann movie. A classic.

The fourth edition of this book is a very useful & handy resource for fans of the show's original run (1963 to 1989 with the first seven Doctors and the 1996 movie with the eighth Doctor) as it provides all the essential information one needs to know of the episodes, including a brief plot summary; the names of a story's writer, director, producer, "regular" cast members, and "guest stars"; airdates; & whether or not a novel, script book, or videotape of the story has been released (no information is given as to DVD releases probably because the BBC is constantly cranking out new DVDs of hitherto "long lost" broadcasts - most of the original broadcast tapes of the first two Doctors' stories were "wiped" by the BBC for re-use, so the BBC Video department has had to obtain copies of these stories from overseas Doctor Who broadcasters and private collectors - in any event, if one wanted to know if a given story were on DVD, one only has to search for it here, at Amazon.com). Of course, there are a couple of other Doctor Who program guides on the market that go into the episodes in much greater detail, providing, for example, "behind-the-scenes" info, but if one were THAT interested in knowing everything about a given story, one need only check the BBC's own Doctor Who website to find what one is looking for (indeed, their website often quotes these very same guidebooks). For its simple, barebones purpose, THE DOCTOR WHO PROGRAMME GUIDE, FOURTH EDITION is more than adequate.

This guide is cool in that you can read about all of the old classic episodes and maybe some which you have yet to see. This book covers up to the 8th doctor and is very complete in that it summaries the stories. If your looking for more than summaries than look else where. But for those who like to have a little guide to go with there doctor who collection than buy it or for those who have yet to buy the episodes to have a guide to the most interesting of classic doctor who.

This is the revised Programme that replaces the earlier, incomplete 1983 model. A very handy guide to all 27 years of one of the best (if not the best) SF TV show. A must have for all dedicated Who fans.

This is the original program guide, written while the series was still in production. Some small errors, and only good up to the 20th season. I bought mine almost new, so rereading fills me with bitter nostalgia, knowing that the show had only a few years to go.