Time Hunter

The Time Hunter series of books is published by Telos Publishing Ltd. and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light. Each novella is issued in a standard format paperback format, and a deluxe hardback edition signed by the novella's author.

Novellas

The series began with The Winning Side by Lance Parkin, following BBC Worldwide's decision not to renew Telos's licence for publishing novellas based on the Doctor Who television series.

The eleven novellas were published on an irregular schedule. Following the publication of this eleventh novella, Telos have announced that the range will temporarily end due to poor sales. Child of Time reveals much of the backstory of the series.

The covers of the standard edition Time Hunter novellas each feature a circle motif containing the year in which the majority of the action of the story takes place.

TitleAuthorPublished"Year"
The Winning SideLance ParkinNovember 20031984
The Tunnel at the End of the LightStefan PetruchaMarch 20041950
The Clockwork WomanClaire BottJune 20041805
KitsuneJohn Paul CattonOctober 20042020
The Severed ManGeorge MannDecember 20041892
EchoesIain McLaughlin and Claire BartlettApril 20051995
Peculiar LivesPhilip Purser-HallardJuly 20051950
Deus Le VoltJon de Burgh MillerJanuary 20061098
The Albino's DancerDale SmithJune 20061951
The Sideways DoorR.J. Carter and Troy RiserAugust 20061951
Child of TimeGeorge Mann and David J HoweAugust 20072586

Although not an officially licensed spin-off of Doctor Who, familiar characters and concepts from the programme have featured in the novellas. Aside from Honoré and Emily, the Fendahl appears in Deus Le Volt, and a Daemon appears in Child of Time. Concepts from the Time Hunter series also feature in the Doctor Who spin-off DVD drama Daemos Rising written by David J. Howe, although neither of the main characters from the book series appear in the DVD.

A character appearing very briefly in The Albino's Dancer may be an unnamed Ninth Doctor, although whether this is true or not is left open to the reader's interpretation. The character "Dr Smith" who appears in Child of Time appears to be the incarnation of the Doctor first seen in The Cabinet of Light, although his identity with Doctor Who's Doctor is now less clear.

Audiobooks

In September 2008, Telos announced that a fan production company, Fantom Films,[1] had been licensed to produce audiobook readings of the Time Hunter novellas for release on CD and as online downloads. The first two titles, The Cabinet of Light and The Winning Side (read by former Doctor Who actors Terry Molloy and Louise Jameson respectively), were released in November 2008 and releases have continued since.

TitleAuthorReaderFormatRelease DateNotes
The Cabinet of LightDaniel O'MahonyTerry Molloy4-CDNovember 2008Originally a Doctor Who novella, changes have been made to the text of this version to allow it to stand as a Time Hunter novella independent of its Doctor Who connections. Reissued August 2010.
The Winning SideLance ParkinLouise Jameson3-CDNovember 2008Reissued August 2010.
The Tunnel at the End of the LightStefan PetruchaMary Tamm3-CDFebruary 2009Reissued August 2010.
The Clockwork WomanClaire BottTracey Childs3-CDSeptember 2010
KitsuneJohn Paul CattonTerry Molloy3-CDOctober 2010
The Severed ManGeorge MannTerry Molloy4-CDNovember 2010
EchoesIain McLaughlin and Claire BartlettTracey Childs4-CDJuly 2011
Peculiar LivesPhilip Purser-HallardJohn Leeson4-CDAugust 2011
Deus Le VoltJon de Burgh MillerTerry Molloy3-CDSeptember 2011
The Albino's DancerDale SmithTerry Molloy3-CDFebruary 2012
The Sideways DoorR.J. Carter and Troy RiserTracey Childs2-CDFebruary 2012
Child of TimeGeorge Mann and David J HoweTerry Molloy5-CD14 June 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Fantom Films". Fantom Films. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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