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Exterminate/Regenerate

The Story of Doctor Who
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'Captures much of the warmth, wit and worthiness of this thoroughly British institution' THE TIMES 'Crammed with fascinating nuggets' INDEPENDENT, Biography of the Month 'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old' JEREMY DYSON With its unique ability to... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The first biography of the infamous Time Lord, written by one of the most well respected cultural critics at work in the UK today

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'Captures much of the warmth, wit and worthiness of this thoroughly British institution' THE TIMES

'Crammed with fascinating nuggets' INDEPENDENT, Biography of the Month

'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old' JEREMY DYSON

With its unique ability to evolve and adapt more radically than any other fiction, Doctor Who has acted as a mirror to more than six decades of social, technological and cultural change. In the first biography of this central fixture of the British imagination, John Higgs invites us into the Doctor's TARDIS on a journey to discover how ideas emerge and survive despite the odds, how failed monks and war heroes created one of the most successful TV shows in history and why this wonderful wandering time traveller means so much to so many.

'A TARDIS of a book . . . the whole space-time continuum is inside' FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE

'Wonderful! You don't need to be a Whovian to delight at John Higgs's journey through Doctor Who, but you may well be one by the end of the book' ROBIN INCE

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399614788

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 338g

Pages: 464

About the Author

John Higgs is the author I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton.

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