The adventures of Anne Droyd the android and her three human guardians, Gezz, Malcolm and Luke. The plucky foursome enjoy a vacation in the historic coastal town of Whitby, where monsters are on the rampage after dark.

Anne Droyd and the House of Shadows

Children's Books

Hadcroft, Will

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Nordic

Find the blueprint and change it... "I suppose this is the bit where the hero regains consciousness, struggles to focus, and mumbles, 'Where am I?' Except I knew exactly where I was... Liam Creedy has not had the best of times at Patrick Freeman High. Now in his final year, he suffers at the hands of bullies and is rendered unconscious. When he wakes, he finds himself in a strange distortion of school life - the building has no main exit, the classrooms have become work places, the prefects are more like police, and no one ever mentions their parents. Now everything and everyone is in black and white; everyone except Liam and Mr Samson, the boy's aloof and mysterious guide in this nightmare world. Has he slipped into a parallel world? Is he really in a coma lying on a hospital bed? Or is he dead and in some place of limbo? As tension builds and the school moves nearer and nearer to all out war, Samson presses Liam to find the blueprint and change it - only then will he find the way out. Will Hadcroft weaves a tale that dares to confront one's right to be an individual in a world that demands conformity and uniformity. He questions the education system, the roles we are pressured to play in society, and the need to challenge accepted norms before it is too late.

The Blueprint

Gezz, Luke and Malcolm are enjoying a trip up Winter Hill on the West Pennine moors when they are joined by a fourth person, a boy wearing old-fashioned clothes and a grey flat cap. But, when Luke introduces himself, the boy fades into nothing Is he a ghost? Soon, the wilderness is full of apparitions, and all the clues point to the television transmitter at the hills summit. Where are the spectres coming from? Why are they appearing? And what are their intentions? As the ghosts start to haunt the childrens housing estate, Gezz, Luke and Malcolm take their robot friend Anne Droyd up Winter Hill, hoping her superhuman powers will help them solve the mystery. For one of them, life will never be quite the same again.

Anne Droyd and the Ghosts of Winter Hill

Action & Adventure

Who is the Doctor, what are the Daleks and why is the TARDIS a police box? Here is a television programme that has been running for over fifty years and has seen twelve different actors play the title role, each a unique incarnation. Why are people so devoted to this phenomenon? What is all the fuss about? Will Hadcroft and Ian Wheeler present the basics, with an overview of each Doctor's era and recommended stories to try, delivering the essential information that you need to know, your introduction to a television legend. It is the perfect beginners' guide for anyone wondering where to start, and equally suited to the die-hard fan who wants be reminded of and relive the very best bits all over again. Will Hadcroft watched Doctor Who avidly from the age of seven and became rather obsessed with it throughout the 1980s. He fantasised about being a writer like series scribe Terrance Dicks. He is the author of the Anne Droyd children's books, the young adult novel The Blueprint, and the Mia series for younger children. His autobiography, The Feeling's Unmutual, was endorsed by Tripods trilogy author John Christopher and the Sixth Doctor himself, Colin Baker. Along with his writing, Will also runs FBS Publishing Ltd with Theresa Cutts. Ian Wheeler has contributed to books about Doctor Who and Blake's 7 and has written widely about cult television. He was Coordinator of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society from 2001 to 2007 and has spoken about the series on television and radio. He has written for publications as diverse as the Financial Times, Best of British, Dreamwatch Bulletin, Comics International, CSO, Celestial Toyroom, TARDIS and Odeon Cinema Magazine. In 2008, he won the Harrogate Advertiser Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival competition.

What's All the Fuss About ? An Introduction to Doctor Who

Literature & Fiction

Wheeler, Ian

Genre Fiction

FBS Publishing

Frazer Hines reads a brand new story featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. The TARDIS brings its occupants to Calico Three, an Earth-like planetoid where industrial foundries are worked alongside sophisticated technology. The Doctor is staggered to learn about the Resurrection Plant, which re-births anyone mortally wounded in the line of work. While Jamie is put to work in the foundry, Zoe and the Doctor investigate the Plant - but when the machine goes terribly wrong, they must work with the locals to combat a horrifying monster. The Doctor also uncovers a shameful secret that, for him at least, hits close to home. Frazer Hines, who played Jamie in the TV series, reads Will Hadcroft's intriguing adventure. ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

The Resurrection Plant: 2nd Doctor Audio Original (Doctor Who)

BBC Physical Audio