INCOMING

This was supposed to be a quiet week, but then a TARDIS appeared in my living room...

     The great Dr. Who extravaganza:

• Christopher H. Bidmead, Doctor Who -- Castrovelva (1983), Doctor Who -- Frontios (1984), and Doctor Who -- Logopolis (1982).  That first one sounds like someone spilled cologne on the sofa.
• Ian Stuart Black, Doctor Who -- The Savages (1986).
• Barbara Clegg, Doctor Who -- Enlightenment (1984).
• Donald Cotton, Doctor Who -- The Gunfighters (1985), Doctor Who -- The Myth Makers (1985), and Doctor Who -- The Romans (1987).
• Gerry Davis, Doctor Who and the Cybermen (1974). Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (1976), Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (1978), and Doctor Who -- The Highlanders (1984).The first three of these also lists Kit Pedler, who co-wrote the original scripts with Davis, on the copyright.
• Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman, Doctor Who -- The Celestial Toymaker (1986).
• Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (1981, a novelization of the very first Doctor Who story), Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowman (1974; the original scriptwriters Melvyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln are also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (1978), Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (1980; original scriptwriter David Fisher is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor (1980), Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (1974; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (1977; original scriptwriter Robin Bland is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (1977; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (1977), Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (1977; original scriptwriter Terry Nation is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (1974; Louis Marks is also included on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin (1977), Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (1979), Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (1978; original scriptwriter Chris Boucher is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (1976), Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (1975), Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (1979; original scriptwriters Bob Baker and Dave Martin are listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon (1980), Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (1978), Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (1979; original scriptwriter Chris Boucher is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and Invasion of Time (1979; original scriptwriter David Agnes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (1979), Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (1982), Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (1976; Robert Banks Stewart is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon (1980), Doctor Who and the Mutants (1977), Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden (1980), Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (1979), Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (1976), Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (1975; original scriptwriter Robert Sloman is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll (1980; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (1979), Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (1975; Gerry Davis is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (1979; original scriptwriter Chris Boucher is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the State of Decay (1981), Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (1980; original scriptwriter David Fisher is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (1982), Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977; Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (1975), Doctor Who and the Three Doctors (1975; original scriptwriters Robert Baker and Dave Martin are also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Time Warrior (1978; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Underworld (1980), Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (1976; original scriptwriters Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln are also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who -- Arc of Infinity (1983), Doctor Who -- Death to the Daleks (1978), Doctor Who -- Four to Doomsday (1983), Doctor Who -- Inferno (1984), Doctor Who -- Kinda (1983), Doctor Who -- Meglos(1983), Doctor Who -- Snakedance (1984), Doctor Who -- The Caves of Androzani (1984), Doctor Who-- The Faceless Ones (1986), Doctor Who -- The Five Doctors (1983), Doctor Who -- The Krotons (1985; the Doctor battles those things you put on salads and in soup?), Doctor Who -- The Mind of Evil (1985),  Doctor Who -- The Seeds of Death (1986), Doctor Who -- The Time Monster (1985), and Doctor Who -- Warriors of the Deep (1984).
• Terence Dudley, Doctor Who -- Black Orchid (1986) and Doctor Who -- The King's Demons 1986).
• William Emms, Doctor Who -- Galaxy Four (1985).
• Paul Erickson, Doctor Who -- The Ark (1986).
• David Fisher, Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (1981) and Doctor Who and the Leisure Time (1980).
• Peter Grimwade, Doctor Who -- Mawdryn Undead (1983), Doctor Who -- Planet  of Fire (1984), and Doctor Who -- Time-Flight (1983).
• Brian Hayles, Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon (1974) and Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (1976).
• Philip Hinchcliffe, Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (1980), Doctor Who and the Masque of Madragora (1977; Louis Marks is also listed on the copyright), and Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (1977; Robert Banks Stewert is also listed on the copyright).
• Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (1974), Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (1974), Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (1976), Doctor Who and the Green Death (1975; original scriptwriter Robert Sloman is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (1974), Doctor Who and the Space War (1976), and Doctor Who and the War Games (1979; copyrighted by both the original scriptwriters, Hulke and Terrance Dicks).
• Barry Letts, Doctor Who and the Daemons (1974; original scriptwriter Guy Leopold is also listed on the copyright).
• Peter Ling, Doctor Who and the Mindrobber (1986).
• John Lucarotti, Doctor Who -- The Aztecs (1984), Doctor Who -- Marco Polo (1984), and Doctor Who -- The Massacre (1987).
• "John Lydecker" (Stephen Gallagher), Doctor Who and the Warriors' Gate (1982) and Doctor Who -- Terminus (1983).
• Ian Marter, Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (1977; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (1981; original scriptwriter David Whitaker is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (1979; original scriptwriter Robert Holmes is also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment (1978; original scriptwriters Bob Baker and DaveMartin are also listed on the copyright), Doctor Who -- Earthshock (1983), Doctor Who -- The Dominators (1984), Doctor Who -- The Invasion (1985), Doctor Who -- The Reign of Terror 1987), and Doctor Who -- The Rescue (1987).
• Victor Pemberton, Doctor Who -- Fury from the Deep (1986).
• Eric Pringle, Doctor Who -- The Awakening (1985).
• Eric Saward, Doctor Who and the Visitation (1982).
• Andrew Smith, Doctor Who -- Full Circle (1982).
• Bill Strutton, Doctor Who and the Zarbi  (1965).
• David Whitaker, Doctor Who and the Crusaders (1965) and Doctor Who and the Daleks (1964; original scriptwriter Terry Nation is also listed on the copyright.  This novelizes the Doctor's first televised adventure with the Daleks).

     Phew!  Lest you think that I was totally fixated on the Doctor this past week, here's the rest of the Incoming:

• Kate Atkinson, Case Histories.  Mystery.
• Stephen Baxter, Time's Tapestry, Book Two:  Conqueror.  SF.
• Greg Bear, Mariposa.  Thriller.
• Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets.  SF, part the of Ender saga.
• John M. Ellis, One Fairy Story Too Many:  The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales.  Nonfiction, exploring the sources of the tales.
• Diana Graziunas and Jim Starlin, Pedators.  Horror.
• Hans Holzer, Life Beyond: Compelling Evidence for Part Lives and Existence After Death.  From one of my favorite expounders of bushwah.
• Brian Lumley, Blood Brothers, Demogorgan, The House of Doors, Necroscope, Necroscope III:  The Source, Necroscope IV:  Deadspeak, Necroscope V:  Deadspawn, Necrosope, The Lost Years, Volume Two:  Resurgence, Psychomech, and Psychosphere.  Horror all.
• Marie J. MacNee, The Crime Emcyclopedia:  The World's Most Notorious Outlaws, Mobsters and Crooks.  Nonfiction, with a sometimes bending of the word "outlaw" to include Calamity Jane and Wyatt Earp, and maybe others.
• Marcia Muller, Locked In.  A Sharon McCone mystery.
• Tim Tresslar, Don Pendleton's Stony Man #79:  Promise To Defend.  Men's action adventure.
• Richard S. Wheeler, Trouble in Tombstone.  A historical novel set in the West.  Few people do it better than Wheeler.