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One of the advantages, as a child, of a birthday in late November was that one tended to get hot-of-the-presses anniversary stuff for Doctor Who as gifts. I recall the excitement of receiving this book. It wasn't the first book about the history of Doctor Who, but it certainly one of the earlier examples of a genre of books that there are now a lot of. Its high production values, with a hard cover, plenty of photos (some of which were in colour!) made it really special.

Of course, today, it seems fairly simplistic, but its probably hard to over-estimate how influential it was to how a lot of people my age understand the history of the show.

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Date: 2022-08-29 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] magister
Rather than Survival, surely it should be either Seeds of Doom (end of series 13) or Logopolis (17 years later)?

Anyway, definitely yes. The main changes from Rose to Flux are improved effects and the story being slightly more serialised. With the classic series, as well as changes in production, the character of the Doctor and the ethos of the show had changed. What was the story of two teachers trying to return home had become the adventures of a heroic alien and his friends.

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