Doctor Who: Tales of Terror

Description

Twelve terrifying tales from the TARDIS written by six different authors! A new spine-chilling collection of twelve short illustrated adventures packed with terrifying Doctor Who monsters and villains, just in time for Halloween 2017! The six authors featured are Jacqueline Rayner, Mike Tucker, Paul Magrs, Richard Dungworth, Scott Handcock and Craig Donaghy. The illustrator is Rohan Eason. Each short story will feature a frightening nemesis for the Doctor to outwit, and each will star one incarnation of the Doctor with additional appearances from favourite friends and companions such as Sarah Jane, Jo and Ace.

Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show in the world, and a flagship BBC property. First appearing on air in 1963, it follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space, fighting alien monsters and saving the universe. Series eleven of Doctor Who hit the screens in October 2018 with Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor - the first female actor to take on the role - and has already seen record viewing figures.

COMICS WORTH READING -- What an odd but effective mash-up. Doctor Who: Tales of Terror is a collection of twelve scary stories, each featuring one of the twelve Doctors. This would make an excellent Halloween gift for your favorite Whovian. I wouldn't have thought to put the two together, but then I remembered that Doctor Who has lots of monsters in it, and particularly the fourth Doctor specialized in horror tales. This was put out by BBC Children's Books, so nothing in it is *too* scary. (It's aimed for ages 9-12.) The stories, two each by Jacqueline Rayner, Mike Tucker, Paul Magrs, Richard Dungworth, Scott Handcock, and Craig Donaghy, each have an illustration by Rohan Eason. There are monsters we know, including a Dalek, and those we don't, such as a walking squid with illusion powers. Overall, it's a substantial, nicely solid collection.