| The HandBook
- The Sixth Doctor |
DOCTOR WHO is the world's longest-running science fiction television
series. Each handbook will provide both a broad overview and a detailed
analysis of one phase of the programme's history.
Colin Baker's tenure as the Doctor was brief, but coincided with one
of DOCTOR WHO's most turbulent times. The programme's audience ratings
were falling, its future was in doubt - particularly during an eighteen-month
absence from the screen - and, in the end, Colin Baker's departure was
abrupt and marked by recriminations. The Sixth Doctor's personality seemed
to reflect this uncertainty: he was moody and unpredictable.
This is the second in the Handbook series by David J Howe, Mark Stammers
and Stephen James Walker, the team that produced THE
SIXTIES, the definitive book about DOCTOR WHO's early years. They
are now also working on a third Handbook, and on THE
SEVENTIES.
THE HANDBOOK: THE SIXTH DOCTOR contains a profile of Colin Baker, and
analysis of the devlopment of the Sixth Doctor, background information
about the threats to the programme, and a critical review of all the TV
stories, including what is known of the 1985 series that was never made.
Doctor Who: The Handbook - The Sixth Doctor
Writers: David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker
Cover Design:
Cover Illustration: (*)
Released: 1993
Reprinted:
ISBN 0 426 20400 X
