- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (20 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595276199
- ISBN-13: 978-0595276196
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 12.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 984,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Over the last three decades, several film production companies have held the rights to make a
About the Author
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier are award-winning comic-book writers and translators. They wrote several books about TV series and a French Science Fiction Encyclopedia. They have also written scripts for television series such as The Real Ghostbusters and Duck Tales.
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The nth Doctor is a study of the possible film scripts for productions of Dr Who that never were. The writers were well placed to observe what was happening; indeed they were involved to an extent in some of the later scripts as experts.
Although interesting as a curio, I kept thinking 'so what?' These stories never got made and to me the most interesting element is how themes moved on from the show into the mythology that became the context for the 8th Doctor Movie and also influenced the later TV revival. This book is (in my mind) obsessed with linking back to the mythology to canon-ise the various scripts.
Given that these are all works in progress I question the value of this exercise, though I speak as one whose familiarity with the canon around this time (including the various novels) is very low.
Overall worth a read for completist fans only (who probably bought it when it was new!)
Although interesting as a curio, I kept thinking 'so what?' These stories never got made and to me the most interesting element is how themes moved on from the show into the mythology that became the context for the 8th Doctor Movie and also influenced the later TV revival. This book is (in my mind) obsessed with linking back to the mythology to canon-ise the various scripts.
Given that these are all works in progress I question the value of this exercise, though I speak as one whose familiarity with the canon around this time (including the various novels) is very low.
Overall worth a read for completist fans only (who probably bought it when it was new!)
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"Ah yes, I remember it well..."
11 April 1997
Format:Paperback
How many times have you wondered "What might have been?" It seems fitting that, of all people, a time traveler should be the focus of such an exploration. In "The Nth Doctor", the reader gains insight into the many different scripts (and variations on same) that might have become the next "Doctor Who" feature.
I came away from this book with a greater understanding of the process of putting a story together and producing it: how opportunities are gained and lost, how a small change in a character's background or motivation can make or break a plot and how a story can be more than the some of its parts but, at the same time, lessened by having too many parts. The only downside was that, by the very nature of the topic, many of the stories were very similar, up to and including identical or near-identical narrative.
Even if you're a budding writer, rather than an avid "Doctor Who" fan, this is a book you should consider reading.
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