The third issue of The Essential Doctor Who was centred on the depiction of the alien worlds that have been visited over the course of televised Doctor Who.
Publisher's summary
"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of smog."
Doctor Who is unrivalled for the array of alien worlds and cultures it has depicted since the programme began in 1963. The adventure continues to unfold across an awe-inspiring universe of strange and often dangerous planets.
For the first time, the fact and fiction of these planets is explored in a comprehensive and richly illustrated publication. This is the ultimate guide to the Doctor's travels through space.
Contents
- Burning Skies, Sleeping Seas, Dreaming Rivers - Toby Hadoke explores the history of how various planets were depicted on Doctor Who
- Alfava Metraxis
- Alzarius
- Androzani Minor and Major
- Apalapucia
- Argolis
- Aridius
- Asteroid K4067
- The Asylum
- Atrios
- Calisto B
- Chloris
- Chumeria
- Crinoth
- The Third Moon of Delta Magna
- Demons Run
- Desperus
- Deva Loka
- Dido
- Draconia
- Dulkis
- Eden
- Ember
- Exxilon
- The Eye of Orion
- Frontios
- Gallifrey
- The Gateway
- House
- Inter Minor
- Jaconda
- Designs for Alien Life - Mark Wright looks at the designers who realised Doctor Who's alien planets over its 50-year history
- Karfel
- Karn
- Kastria
- Kembel
- Krop Tor
- Lakertya
- The Library
- Logopolis
- Malcassairo
- Manussa
- Marinus
- Mars
- Missions to the Unknown - Marek Kukula asks how scientifically plausible the show's interplanetary trips are.
- Mechanus
- Messaline
- Metebelis 3
- Midnight
- Mira
- The Moon
- Necros
- New Earth
- The Ood-Sphere
- Oseidon
- P7E
- Peladon
- Planet One
- Pluto
- Refusis II
- Ribos
- San Helios
- Sarn
- Segonax
- The Sense-Sphere
- Shan Shen
- Skaro
- Skonnos
- Solos
- Spiridon
- Svartos
- Ta
- Tara
- Telos
- Terra Alpha
- Thoros-Beta
- Tiaanamaat
- Tigella
- Tigus
- Titan
- Titan III
- Traken
- Trenzalore
- Worlds Apart - Marcus Hearn interviews editors Tom Spilsbury and Peter Ware and writer Scott Gray on the creation of planets in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip
- Unnamed planets
- Galaxy 4
- The Daleks' Master Plan
- The Savages
- The War Games
- Frontier in Space
- The Face of Evil
- The Robots of Death
- State of Decay
- Castrovalva
- Survival
- Army of Ghosts
- The Stolen Earth (the Shadow Proclamation)
- The End of Time (the Zaggit Zagoo bar)
- The Time of Angels (the Delirium Archive)
- Death of the Doctor
- The Pandorica Opens and A Good Man Goes to War (the Maldovarium)
- The Wedding of River Song (the Seventh Transept)
- The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
- Hide (the pocket universe)
- Nightmare in Silver
- Rain Gods
- Listen
- Time Heist
- The Caretaker
- Mummy on the Orient Express
Credits
- Editor - Marcus Hearn
- Art Editor - Peri Godbold
- Editors for DWM - Tom Spilsbury, Peter Ware
- Special Thanks - Jonathan Rigby
- Managing Director - Mike Riddell
- Managing Director - Alan O'Keefe
- Head of Production - Mark Irvine
- Production Assistant - Jez Meteyard
Circulation and Trade
- Marketing Controller - Katie Wilkinson
- Head of Marketing - Jess Tadmor
- Marketing Executive - Jess Bell
Notes
- The alien world entries were written by Chris Bentley, Simon Guerrier, Marcus Hearn, Matthew Kilburn, Alistair McGown, David Miller, Justin Richards and Mark Wright
