Nov 11, 2011
You and Who is now available to
pre-order
(with a provisional publishing date
of December 12th 2011)
from the Hirst Books
website:
http://www.hirstpublishing.com/You_and_Who_edited_by_JR_Southall/p384445_4969072.aspx
The
legend Babelcolour gives a reading on his YouTube
channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yefWXQNHdZ8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It
looks like there'll be an 'official launch' at the
Hirst Books Christmas
Event in Newbury,
on Saturday 10th
December, where I'll be signing copies of You and
Who, hopefully alongside other, more respectable Hirst authors,
such as Michael Troughton and John Leeson, potentially - but not
Colin Baker, alas, who'll be appearing in panto in Mansfield that
day! More news as and when.
“It's a wonderful idea, and I'll be sure to buy
the book.”
Robert
Shearman
(author The Chimes of Midnight,
Dalek, Tiny Deaths, Love Songs For the Shy
and Cynical)
You
and Who is
the definitive volume on what it means to be a Doctor Who
fan.
The book has been
written almost entirely by previously unpublished authors,
from the ages of six to sixty, and comprises more than
sixty-six essays on the subject of how and why it is that we have
come to love Doctor Who.
Whether it be a
tale of meeting the sixth Doctor, building up a huge library of VHS
tapes, or discovering the programme through satellite channel
repeats, there's a story in here that almost any fan will recognise
as their own.
Beautifully written,
filled with warmth and generosity, witty and delightful,
You and Who is a book that no Doctor Who fan
should be without.
Available 1 12 2011 from Hirst Publishing.
The proceeds will be
donated to Children in Need.
- J.R. Southall
So, here is the contents page! I've arranged the order of the
submissions into that which I think best serves the material (and
the authors), and I've tried to ensure that no essays too similar
sit right next to one another in the book - unless I've
specifiaclly wanted them to do so (there were a couple of instances
of this). Wow! If your name's on this list, this must be pretty
exciting stuff...
5 Introduction
11
Spoilers! by Cameron Sinclair Harris
16
Dear Doctor, by Chris Orton
19
The Taking of Planet Wilf (Part One), by Andrew
Philips
24
Teatime and an Open Mind, by Stuart
Humphryes
28
The Complete History of Doctor Who (1963 – 1989),
by Jonathon Lyttle
41
The “Matt Smith”
Generation, by Abby Dorey
44 An
Unearthly Show, by J.R. Southall
49 I
Was a Teenage Time Lord, by Rob Irwin
54
Voted Most Quotable Show Ever, by Mike
Morgan
56 I
Am a Doctor Who Fan, by Mark Hevingham
61
Loving the Hated, by Matthew Kresal
65 A
Fireplace and a Rug, by Will Brooks
68
The Life and Times of a Whovian, by Daniel J
McLaughlin
72
The Third Era, by Julio Angel Ortiz
76
Still Seeking Susan, by Richard Kirby
79
Further Reading, by Stephen Candy
81
The Trip of a Lifetime, Indeed!
by Larry Mullen
84
Good Old Tom-Boy! by Dez Skinn
87
The Doctor, Me and Everyone Else,
by Adam Ray
90
After All, That’s How It
All Started! by Andrew Clancy
97
“Don’t Worry,
He’ll Just Regenerate!” by Daniel
Peat
100
Getting a First Look Through Repeats, by Joseph
Channon
102
Every Child Should See a Doctor, by Vince
Stadon
106
Who On 2 (Or, How I Fell in Love With an Old, Dead
Thing), by Nicholas Blake
116
The Unconventional Hero, by Rik Moran
120
Tears Before Bedtime, by Greg Dunn
123
Mission to the Unknown, by Andrew
Curnow
127
All Thanks to Patrick... by Paul Butler
129
Police Public Call Box – Out of
Order, by Robert Morrison
138 A
Prescription for Nostalgia, by Kristan Johnson
147
Now Here’s
a Funny Idea... by Nicholas Peat
150
Shaping a Childhood, by Amanda Evans
152 A
Special Time, by Richard Angell
154
Loving Who, by Cindy A. Matthews
157
Doctor Who and My Ongoing Quest to Like All
Things, by Tom Henry
161
Infinite Dimensions in Space and Time:
When the TARDIS Landed in Mexico, by Fernanda
Boils
164
Through the Wilderness, by Dave Workman
166
Why Doctor Who is Like Christmas! by Nicola J.
Johnson
169
“Do You Want to Come With Me?” by Grant
Webb
172 A
Madman With a Box Opens My Box, by Michael
Russell
176
The Day I Met the Doctor, by Simon Hart
179
Who, Where and When, by Alex
Storer
184
Choices, by Michael M. Gilroy-Sinclair
186
An American on Gallifrey, by Nicholas A.
Tosoni
190
That Battered Blue Box, by Lucy Horn
193
Growing Up With the Doctor, by Antony
Cox
198
The Day the Music Died, by Tony Green
202
Time and Again, by John G. Wood
206
Stranger in Space, by Greg Walker
208
Doctor Who is Responsible for Everything! by
Mikael William Barnard
214
Why I Like Doctor Who, by Andrew Bowman
215
What’s Wrong With It, by Eamon
Jurdzis
218
Me and Who, by Ben Jones
223
1993 Was the Year of the Tin, by Lissa
Levesque
229 A
Death in the Family, by Brendan Jones
234
Just Vinegar, Please, by Emma
Lucy Whitney
238
We Walk in Eternity, by Matthew
Crossman
240
Take Home and Keep, by Michael Bellamy
243
The Daisyest Daisy, by Jef Hughes
246
Genesis of My Enlightenment, by Neil
Thomas
252
“I Just Do the Best I Can,” by Andrew
Orton
256 I
Think I’m Rather More Expendable than You
Are, by Christopher Bryant
260
Whose Time Is It Anyway?, by Paul
Driscoll
262
The Taking of Planet Wilf (Part Two), by Andrew
Philips
269
The Doctor’s An Alien –
So Am I, by Steven Ray
270
It’s Got Daleks In It! by Andrew
Tomlinson
274
I Love Doctor
Who, by Elizabeth Tomlinson