TEDW 11

The eleventh issue of The Essential Doctor Who, subtitled Adventures in Space, was centred on space travel in Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary
"Space, the final frontier. Final, because it wants to kill us..."

The TARDIS, doesn't just travel through time — stories set in space have been an essential part of Doctor Who for six decades. The inhospitable void between the stars as served as the backdrop to epic space operas and nerve-racking thrillers, while harbouring some of the most dangerous adversaries the Doctor has ever encountered.

This lavish publication navigates a revealing course through the space lanes of Doctor Who, with exclusive interviews, rare images, and guides to some of the most memorable episodes.

Contents

 * The British Invasion of Space
 * A look at the history of the British space programme in Doctor Who


 * The Sensorites
 * Saucer Men
 * The mystery surrounding the saucer model for the theatrical film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. and its whereabouts


 * The Daleks' Master Plan
 * Space Shots
 * An abridged part of a biography of director Douglas Campbell focusing on his work on The Daleks' Master Plan


 * The Space Pirates
 * Future Trends
 * Costume designer Nicholas Bullen is interviewed on his designs for The Space Pirates


 * The Ambassadors of Death
 * Mission to Moscow
 * The story of writer David Whitaker's 1969 trip to the Internation Writers' Conference in Moscow while in the middle of writing The Ambassadors of Death


 * Frontier in Space
 * Journeys into Space
 * Examining the role of the space opera in Doctor Who


 * The Ark in Space
 * Space Adventures
 * Highlights of over 50 years of space adventures in Doctor Who comics


 * Underworld
 * The Fabulous Baker Boy
 * Interview with writer Bob Baker


 * Nightmare of Eden
 * Star Man
 * Graphic designer Sid Sutton talks about how he created his 1980s title sequences


 * Enlightenment
 * Moby Doc
 * The long development of the unmade television story The Song of the Space Whale, which eventually got made into the 2010 audio play The Song of Megaptera


 * The Trial of a Time Lord
 * Station Masters
 * Mike Tucker recalls the creation of the long model shot sequence at the beginning of The Mysterious Planet


 * The End of the World
 * Space on the Shelf
 * Looking at depictions of space travel in novels and novelisations


 * 42
 * The Impossible Suit
 * Costume designer Louise Page discusses the creation of the orange space suit originally worn in The Impossible Planet


 * Voyage of the Damned
 * The Art in Space
 * A look at the planning work of Doctor Who's concept artists


 * The Beast Below
 * Interview with writer Jamie Mathieson on his television story Oxygen


 * Oxygen
 * Ground Control
 * Director Charles Palmer discusses how he made Oxygen


 * Fighting the Suits
 * Costume designer Hayley Nebauer explains how she realised the spacesuits for Oxygen


 * Days of Future Past
 * A look at the various space travel articles in the Doctor Who annuals

Credits

 * Editor: Marcus Hearn
 * Art Editor: Peri Godbold
 * Design Assistant: Mike Jones
 * Editorial Assistant: Emily Cook
 * Editors for DWM: Tom Spilsbury & Peter Ware
 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine
 * Production Assistant: Jez Meteyard
 * Circulation and Trade Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
 * Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
 * Marketing Executives: Jess Fulford
 * BBC Worldwide, UK Publishing


 * Director of Editorial Governance: Nicholas Brett
 * Director of Consumer Products and Publishing: Andrew Moultrie
 * Head of UK Publishing: Chris Kerwin
 * Publisher: Mandy Thwaites
 * Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik