The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures: From Strange Flesh To a Dalek Legacy

The story so far: Nuala Buffini’s brief run as line editor of the BBC Books Eighth Doctor Adventures series has had a rocky start, largely because of a failure to exert a firm editorial direction, leading to utter tonal whiplash from novel to novel. Just read The Eight Doctors and Vampire Science back to back and try and kid yourself they’re written with the same audience in mind – or, for that matter, the same characterisation of the Eighth Doctor and Sam, the most generic companion alive. Worry not, though! Now it’s time to tackle the second block of time in the BBC Books-led phase of the Wilderness Years, with releases running from November 1997 to April 1998. And at the start of that span emerged a novel which truly broadened the scope of what you could do in a Doctor Who novel. Just scroll down to learn more… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Stranger by Portia Da Costa Earth, the present day. Claudia Marwood’s husband Gerald died some eight months ago; by any standard, she’s…

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