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First, a little history. Apart from time-travelling to UK Gold, video and DVD, Doctor Who has departed from our TV screens.
Gone, but not forgotten.
Should you seek out the Doctor, youll find him in the Big Finish audio adventures, and in the comic strip thats been running in the official Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) since 1979.
You will also find him in the the masses of short stories and fan fiction that have been written over the decades.
And in a range of full-length novels which have been running since 1991.
Today, the Doctor has had more adventures in print than he ever had on screen.
Hes alive and well though if you want to follow his latest adventures you have to be more proactive than just turning on your TV. Who is the Doctor?
The current Doctor, in the books, audios and comic strip, is the eighth, as played by Bristol-based actor Paul McGann.
You may remember the tele-movie that was broadcast in 1996. Since then, the BBC has published more than 60 original novels starring the Eighth Doctor (Reckless Engineering is the 63rd) plus a similar number starring his previous incarnations.
Paul McGanns likeness graces the DWM comic strip, and he has so far recorded two seasons of audio adventures for Big Finish.
The eighth Doctor is a passionate adventurer, in appearance somewhat like a romantic poet, a dashing, Byronic figure with a touch of the Hellfire Club about him.
Hes a moral crusader like his past selves, though when the stakes are high he sometimes has to make hard decisions which his companions dont agree with.
Thats the idea at the core of Reckless Engineering - that sometimes difficult choices have to be made to save the Earth, or the universe, or, in this case, reality itself. Yes, the stakes really are that high...
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