Script Doctor: The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89 (Andrew Cartmel) Reynolds and Hearn Ltd
10/03/2005 Reynolds and Hearn Ltd UK
Foreword by Sylvester McCoy. Cartmel discusses how Doctor Who was made during the McCoy era.
REF: ISBN 1-903111-89-7OP: £12.99 p/b
11/2013 Miwk Publishing Ltd UK
New updated edition.
Product Information:
Changes in this reprint: Aside from a small number of corrections and tweaks to the text, this edition includes a new introduction by current series showrunner Steven Moffat, a new afterword by Ace actress Sophie Aldred and a new coda from Andrew Cartmel. It also carries many more photographs.
Paperback Edition.
REF: ISBN: 978-1-908630-68-1OP: £19.99 p/b
11/2013 Miwk Publishing Ltd UK
Hardback Edition. Limited to 100 copies.
REF: ISBN: 978-1-908630-68-1OP: £26.99 HB
10/2015 Miwk Publishing UK
"Special Signed Convention Edition"
Only available directly from the author at conventions.
REF: ISBN 978-1-908630-68-1OP: UK ?32.00 / US$50.00 pb
04/2016 Miwk Publishing UK
"Special Signed Convention Edition" - Second Edition.
Only available directly from the author at conventions.
Only 100 copies.
Although published in April 2016, copyright date inside says October 2015, the date of the previous edition.
REF: ISBN 978-1-908630-68-1OP: UK ?35.00 / US$50.00 pb
03/2017 Miwk Publishing UK
"Special Signed Convention Edition" - Third Edition.
Only available directly from the author at conventions.
Only 100 copies.
Although published in March 2017, copyright date inside says November 2013, the date of the original edition.
REF: ISBN 978-1-908630-68-1OP: £40.00 pb
20/04/2018 Miwk Books UK
"Special Signed UK Convention Edition" - Fourth Edition.
Only available directly from the author at conventions.
Only 100 copies.
Although published in April 2018, copyright date inside says October 2015.
Available from the publishers directly at a discount price of £14.99.
REF: ISBN: 978-1-908630-68-1OP: £25.00 pb
08/02/2021 Ten Acre Films UK
Script Editor Andrew Cartmel's inside account of the final years of classic Doctor Who returns for a limited reprint.
‘There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea’s asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there’s danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea’s getting cold. Come on, Ace – we’ve got work to do!’
Andrew Cartmel was the script editor on Doctor Who from 1986 to 1989. During his time on the show, he introduced the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and his companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) and oversaw 42 scripts written by eight writers new to the series.
With a clear mission to bring proper science fiction back into Doctor Who, he formulated what was later termed ‘The Cartmel Masterplan’, reintroducing the mystery to the character of the Doctor as the series celebrated its 25th anniversary and beyond.
Script Doctor is his memoir of this time, based on his diaries written sometimes on set and sometimes not even in the diary itself but on the backs of script pages.
With an introduction by modern-era Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, a foreword by Sylvester McCoy, and an afterword by Sophie Aldred, this book is illustrated with 32 pages of photographs, many never published before. It is a vivid account of life in the Doctor Who production office in the late eighties.
2021 Reprint
222 pages in black and white, plus 32-page colour insert
OP: £14.99 p/b