Doctor Who: Character Encyclopedia

This book is perfect for every Doctor Who fan. It's packed with heaps of information about each monster, villain, companion and people the doctor has come across on his travels. I will be using the Daleks as an example. With brilliant pictures and information about their home world, special abilities and appearances over the years. Although I would like it more if there was some basic information about what episodes the Daleks are infamous for, every bit of important knowledge you need is there. There are 203 well written pages and some great lab led pictures. The quality of the book is not great as I have had it for about a month now and the spine of the book is broken but I think that is due to the amount of times I have read it. As far as I'm concerned there are no great characters missing form the vast selection but the book only goes up to Matt Smith or the 11th doctor so characters featured in the 12th doctors episodes and non-existent. But that is to be expected.I truly recommend this book and maybe even a Tardis backpack to complete the package.

Learned a lot about Doctor Who and the pictures were awesome to see.

I bought this book to bring it to a local Doctor Who convention and use it to get autographs. What I ended up getting was a lot better.This book sums up just about every character on the show - doctors, companions, monsters, and even most day characters - in one page, and gives a lot of detail. What made me especially happy was the inclusion of Classic Who Doctors and companions, unlike some other Doctor Who merchandise I've come across, which was lucky for me, considering how much I've been coveting Daphne Ashbrook and Katy Manning's autographs.All in all, it's a great gift for Whovians, new and old, especially considering the decent price.

I got this as an almost consolation prize to my younger child because the older one got the 10th Doctor's sonic. Well this book was a real hit with both kids. What a great companion to have on the table while watching Doctor Who! The series has so much context in the 50-years of history, you really get value looking things up, learning about the history of characters and how it calls back to seasons past. We just watched the 10th doctor battle the Sontarans and we could see that they have a rich history.An excellent companion - lots of pictures for kids. Everyone's there. Be careful about spoilers, but that hasn't been a problem, other than my 10-year-old *insisting* on telling me how each Doctor regenerated and why...

This book impressed me greatly! I was expecting it to merely have all the new era Doctor Who characters but I was VERY pleased to see this included even the Classic Who characters, companions, Doctors and monsters!The book is simple and informative and covers a vast majority of characters up to early series 7! Every page is bright and full color. There's info on who each character is and how they are related to the Doctor or the Whoniverse.Definitely a great buy for any long time Whovian or even new members into the fandom. Have new friends just discovering Doctor Who and wondering who in the universe everyone is? Hand them this book. It's like a spotter's guide for every series.

This book is a nice size, not too bulky. Great page layouts with clear photos & useful information in similar format on all pages. Characters are helpfully colour coded by type: Time Lord, human, humanoid, robot etc etc. As a fan of the new series I enjoyed reading about the characters and companions from the "old" show, (Doctors 1-8), it's actually why I got the book. There is a good balance of old and new characters.Sometimes the character bios seem a bit off-topic or miss out on important aspects of the characters. Martha's entry, for instance, seemed to focus mostly on her feelings for the Doctor instead of the Osterhagen Key, her walking across the world etc. Some entries could have been more concise. There are definitely many spoilers about important events relating to certain characters, which may bother some people. There are some characters that are not in this book, mostly because their parts were too small to merit a full page entry, but it would have been nice to have at least a short explanation/definition of who they were. That's the only thing keeping this book back from really being an "encyclopedia."Overall, it's a great buy, definitely worth it for new and old fans alike. I learned a lot and am glad to add it to my library.

My 11 year old daughter has read this through again and again and again and... you get the picture.She absolutely loves it, and I can see why. Great pictures, great info, nice layout....The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't quite have enough info about some people (on the Doctor's page, it doesn't even say where he's from) but that's only because they have laid it out in a way that they are limited to how much they can say.Well worth the money for kids though!

This book is an absolute MUST if you are a fan of Dr. WHO! I only recently discovered this delightful show. My grandson and his father watch it all the time. I bought the book for my grandson for Christmas and could hardly get him to look at the rest of his presents afterward! :) He looked through the whole book, chatting with his father on different characters before he put it down to move on. I highly recommend this book. I am a new fan of Dr. Who, and have to admit, I read a lot of the book before I gave it to my grandson. :)