Shelf Life

Following Craig Hinton's death by heart attack in December 2006, the Shelf Life series of charity publications was started by Adrian Middleton in Hinton's memory. The books were to be privately printed and distributed in return for donations to the British Heart Foundation. Ultimately, only one release was published, an anthology called Shelf Life, edited by Julian Eales with David A. McIntee and Middleton. Several of the anthology's stories were written by authors of official Doctor Who universe material and featured licensed use of their original concepts.

The name Shelf Life was an homage to Hinton's reviews for Doctor Who Magazine's "Shelf Life" column.

Shelf Life
The stories in Shelf Life all were somehow connected to Craig Hinton, either because they were inspired by his work or linked to him in a personal way. Middleton originally planned for the anthology to be released in December 2007 for the first anniversary of Hinton's death, but due to the effort involved, he enlisted Jay Eales – who had previously edited the Perfect Timing series and Walking in Eternity – and David A. McIntee to help edit. It ultimately took substantial work to finish the stories and illustrations in time for the second anniversary in 2008.

Each story was accompanied by full-page artwork. In addition to these, Shelf Life included standalone "pulp covers" for Craig Hinton's five DOctor Who novels, illustrated by Marvin Mann, Chris Askham, Jonathon Dalton, Caroline Parkinson, and Terry Wiley, respectively.

Publisher's summary
An unofficial collection of illustrated fiction inspired by the Doctor Who writings of CRAIG HINTON, and dedicated to his memory. All profits will be donated to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.

Further releases
Adrian Middleton planned to release further volumes of Shelf Life in 2009 and 2010 without the help of Jay Eales and David McIntee. However, these were never released.