Random Doctor Who Pic: Timewyrm:Revelation

[purplecat]

I can't quite put my finger on what it was about Timewyrm:Revelation, Paul Cornell's first novel, that was so exciting, because I can completely understand the criticism that it is basically too wierd. But I think it was the first time official Doctor Who canon (even if this is a branch of canon that has since been side-lined) served up something that was from a fan of the show being explicitly fannish about the show.

I'm inclined to say this was the moment that the inmates began to take over the asylum. Although arguably that happened in 1988 when John Freeman took over DWM.

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[gominokouhai]

> this was the moment that the inmates began to take over the asylum. Although arguably that happened

*cough* *cough* Ian Levine *hrm?*

[daniel-saunders.livejournal.com]

I haven't read Revelation, although I read most of the Virgin novels. I think you're probably right about the inmates taking over the asylum. IIRC, parts of Revelation had been previously published in a fanzine, which probably gives this the edge in fannishness over Full Circle and Ghost Light (written by fans, but not especially fannish). With Doctor Who something of a contaminated brand at this stage, the novels and comic strips (and later audios) of the nineties would be written largely by fans rather than jobbing professionals and it showed, for better and/or for worse.