Doctor Who Storybook 2008

Overview

 * Release Number 2
 * Publisher Panini,UK
 * Released in September 2007
 * ISBN: 978-1-184653-030-2
 * Priced £7.99
 * Format Hardback 78 pages
 * Featured Doctor: The Tenth Doctor
 * Featured Companions: Martha Jones
 * Featured Enemies: all new threats

Publisher's Summary

 * From the front cover:
 * Eight brand new illustrated adventures for the Doctor and Martha! includes writers from the multi-award-winning BBC One Series.


 * From the back cover:
 * Thrilling Adventures in Time and Space!
 * The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Martha to previously unexplored corners of the universe in this new selection of adventures, full of danger, excitement and fun - and all lavishly illustrated in full colour! Join them as they dodge bionic tortoises on a futuristic planet, help an ordinary boy save Christmas by bringing his imagination to life, battle shadowy creatures aboard a giant space station, explore a beautiful undersea paradise with a dark secret, and travel back in time to save a motel from rampaging zombies!

Comic strip Story

 * Sunscreen by Jonathan Morris
 * Pencil art by Martin Geraghty and inks by David A. Roach

Text Stories

 * Cats and Dogs by Tom MacRae
 * Illustrations by Andy Walker


 * The Body Bank by Gareth Roberts
 * Illustrations by Dan McDaid


 * The Box Under the Tree by Robert Shearman
 * Illustrations by Martin Geraghty


 * Zombie Motel by Paul Magrs
 * Illustrations by Ben Willsher


 * The Iron Circle by Nicholas Briggs
 * Illustrations by Martin Geraghty


 * Kiss of Life by Justin Pegg
 * Illustrations by Andy Walker


 * Deep Water by Nicholas Pegg
 * Illustrated by Brian Williamson

Additional features

 * A Letter from the Doctor
 * An illustration of the Doctor and Martha hanging onto a cable shaft while surrounded by Raxacoricofallapatorians (presumably Slitheen, as they are a recurring villain in the new series). Martha's expression makes her look suspiciously like Rose Tyler.

Accredited Credits

 * Editor: Clayton Hickman
 * Designer: Peri Godbold
 * Front cover painting by Alister Pearson
 * Frontispiece pencils and inks by David A. Roach Colours by Dylan Teague
 * Contents page illustration: Andy Walker
 * With thanks to: Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Freema Agyeman, Mark Gatiss, Gary Russell, Tom Spilsbury, Scott Gray, Stuart Manning, Kate Beharrell, Richard Hollis and Harriet Newby-Hill

Additional Notes

 * The Doctor Who Storybook 2008 followed the same successful format as last year.
 * So as not to make the Storybook any less `official`than the BBC's offering, the Storybook was allowed to use the BBC logo on the cover and a box stating "Published with permission of the BBC" was found on the back.
 * The introduction, by way of 'A letter from the Doctor' is a direct lift from the first and very early issues of Doctor Who Weekly (as Doctor Who Magazine was formerly known as), even down to the Doctor's signature at the end. This time around the letter was, as forwarded to the publisher by Russell T Davies.
 * The Storybook was issued with a dustcover that inside the front flap had a short piece updating "The Changing Face of Doctor Who", and in the back flap a short piece on each of the featured writers accompanied by a small photo.