Now:
Nineteen Seventy-Eight
Illustrated
?and written by John Canning.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the Himalayas.
The Sinestran Kill Audio
Drama, released 2019 Doctor: 4
Featuring Ann, with the
Sontarans, K9 II (informative mention)
Written by Andrew Smith.
Informed guess Takes place in London; self-dated 1978 CE.
Anya Kingdom, mostly known to the Doctor as Ann Kelso, was a humanoid of presumable Tellurian descent, born in
the forty-first century CE.
Doctor Who Discovers
Strange and Mysterious Creatures Illustrated short story, to a large extent, published
1978 Doctor: 4
Written
by writer employed by W H Allen.
Contemporary to publication Takes place on Earth.
Collector’s
Item Audio short story, released
2017 Doctor: 4
Featuring Sarah Jane
Written by
Paul J Salamoff.
Informed guess Takes
place at a car boot sale, presumably in the UK, after Robot.
Aquarius: The
Invertebrates of Doom Short story, published 2002 Doctor: 7
featuring
Mel
Written by
Andrew Collins.
Informed guess Takes
place in the UK; self-dated 1978 CE.
The Crowmarsh Experiment Audio Drama, released 2018 Doctor: 4
Featuring Leela
Written by David Llewellyn.
Takes place ostensibly in London, self-dated March 1978 CE.
The Shadowman
Novel, published 2019 Doctor: 0
Featuring Anne Travers, Grace technology, with UNIT
(informative mention)
Written by
Sharon Bidwell.
Informed guess Takes
place in France; self-dated a version of 1978 CE.
The Space Ghost Comic story, published 1975 Doctor: 4
featuring
Sarah Jane
Illustrated
?and written by John Canning.
informed guess Takes place in Yorkshire, after Death Flower as published.
Thanks principally to Big Finish, a sizeable proportion of Doctor Who material consists of audio dramas, not a form that has made a big splash in mainstream culture. The sole exception I can think of is the original radio series of The Hitch
Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams of this parish and first broadcast in 1978. The entire, often contradictory, story ascribable to this title is a bit much to draw into Doctor Who narrative, but the radio series alone with its shaggy-dog fate of the Earth might be the result of an abortive campaign in the Second War in Heaven.
Mother, Maiden, Crone Novel, published 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring Iris Wildthyme, Vince Cosmos
Written by
Courtney Milnestein.
Informed guess Takes place
in London; self-dated 1978 CE.
The Pirate Planet
TV story, broadcast 1978 Doctor:
4
featuring
K9 II, Romana, Grace technology
Written by
Douglas Adams, script edited by Anthony Read.
Informed guess Takes
place on Zanak; dated 1978 CE by Parkin in Ahistory.
The Eerie Manor Comic story, published 1978 Doctor: 4
Illustrated
?and written by John Canning.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The Empire of the Wolf Gamebook,
published in 2010 Doctor:
11
Featuring Amy or possibly an Amy ganger, Rory
Written by Neil
Corry.
Takes place on
Earth: the Doctor thinks it is about “a hundred years” after Tooth and Claw
The Drosten’s Curse Novel, published 2015 Doctor: 4
Written by
A L Kennedy.
Takes
place in Arbroath, on the east coast of Scotland; self-dated early June, 1978
CE.
The Death Pit Short story, published 2013 Doctor: 4
Written by
A L Kennedy.
This is
another telling of the events of The
Drosten’s Curse.
The Stones of Blood
TV story, broadcast 1978 Doctor:
4
featuring
K9 II, Romana, Grace technology
Written
by David Fisher, script edited by Anthony Read.
Takes
place in Cornwall; dated 1978 CE by Parkin in Ahistory.
The Movellan Manoeuvre Audio Drama, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring the Movellans, the Counter Measures Group
Written by
John Dorney.
Informed guess Takes
place in London; after The Hollow King
as released.
The Movellans are time-travelling
artificial intelligences, generally embodied in rather stylish androids.
Fever Island Audio
Drama, released 2019 Doctor: 4
Featuring K9 II, Ann
Written by Jonathan Barnes.
Takes place in Scotland; self-dated September 1978 CE.
The Dalek Gambit Audio
Drama, released 2020 Doctor: 0
Featuring the Daleks, the Movellans, the Counter
Measures Group
Written by
Roland Moore.
Informed guess Takes
place in the UK; not long after The
Movellan Manouvre.
Homework Short story, published 2008 Doctor: 2
featuring
Jamie, Zoe
Written
by Michael Coen.
Takes
place in London; self-dated September 1978 CE.
The Mystery of the
Rings Illustrated short story, published 1984 Doctor: 6
featuring
Peri
Written
by the World Distributors 1985 Annual crew.
informed guess Takes place in rural England; self-dated autumn, in
the late 1970s CE.
Guardian of the Tomb Comic story, published 1978 Doctor: 4
Illustrated
?and written by John Canning.
Contemporary to publication Takes place in the UK.
The Sea Devil Comic story, published 1978 Doctor: 4
Illustrated
?and written by John Canning.
Contemporary to publication Takes place on the Scottish coast and in the North
Sea.
Total Stories Considered 532
Proportion Written By Women 8%
Top Docs
3 193 stories
4 40 stories Climber!
2 33 stories
1 21 stories
7 21 stories
8 14 stories
11 13 stories Climber!
10 12 stories
12 12 stories
6 10 stories
Unbound 9 stories
5 8 stories
13 4 stories
9 2 stories
Top Twenty Recurring Elements
Alastair and the Lethbridge-Stewart family 207 stories
UNIT 158
stories
London 142 stories
Regional England 119 stories
Jo 83 stories
Benton 77
stories
North America 65 stories
Yates 61
stories
The Travers family 51
stories
Liz 50
stories
The Master 45
stories
At sea 40
stories
The Intrusion Counter-Measures Group 39
stories Climber!
Scotland 34
stories Climber!
Continental Europe 30 stories
Iris Wildthyme 26 stories Climber!
Sarah Jane 26
stories
The Time Lords 26 stories
Christmas 25 stories
Senor 105 19
stories
Top Decades
The Teens 235 stories
The Seventies 106
stories
The Noughties 80 stories
The Nineties 47 stories
The Twenties 36
stories
The Sixties 24 stories
The Eighties 4
stories
And Top Twenty Years
2016 42 stories
2015 29 stories
2013 28 stories
2018 28 stories Climber!
2019 28
stories Climber!
2017 26
stories
1970 24
stories
1973 20 stories
2011 19 stories
1972 18
stories
2012 18 stories
2020 18 stories Climber!
2021 17
stories
2001 16
stories
1974 14
stories
1993 10
stories
2007 10
stories
2010 10
stories
1971 9 stories=
1978 9
stories= New entry!
2005 9 stories=
2009 9
stories=
Total Writers (including showrunners, script editors, anthology
linking material writers) 232
Proportion of Female Writers 11%
Top Twenty Writers
Terrance Dicks 26
stories
? John Canning 20
stories
Anonymous Polystyle Writers 14 stories
Paul Magrs 14
stories
John Dorney 12 stories Climber!
Andy Frankham-Allen 12 stories
Malcolm Hulke 10
stories
Mark Wright 10
stories
Simon Guerrier 8 stories
Dennis Hooper 8
stories
Justin Richards 8 stories
Eddie Robson 8 stories
1971 Annual crew 8 stories
1973 Annual crew 8 stories
Roger Noel Cook 7 stories
Guy Adams 6
stories=
Robert Holmes 6
stories=
David A McIntee 6 stories=
John Peel 6
stories=
Cody Schell 6
stories=
David Whitaker 6 stories=
1974 Annual crew 6 stories=
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