Doctor Who_ Time and Relative - Kim Newman [0]
Kim Newman
First published in England in 2001 by
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Time and Relative © Kim Newman 2001.
Time and Relative Foreword/Afterword © Justin Richards 2001.
ISBN: 1-903889-03-0 (deluxe hardback)
Time and Relative © Kim Newman 2001.
Time and Relative Foreword/Afterword © Justin Richards 2001.
Time and Relative Frontispiece © Bryan Talbot 2001.
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For Jerome
FOREWORD
In the Beginning
Justin Richards
Setting a story before the opening of the Doctor Who series opens up endless possibilities.
The fact that Time and Relative is set only just before the opening episode of 100,000 BC, that it utilises the same environment, is a testament to two things. One of them is the strength and persistence of the format established for Doctor Who right from the start. The other is Kim Newman's depth of perception — rather than play against the success of the format he has chosen to use and expand it.
In doing so, Kim gives us a depth of character and background never afforded to Susan within the series. He gives us a new beginning — using the benefit of hindsight to fill in gaps that have opened since the series started as well as a few that were always there. And he does it all within the context of a story rather than as throwaway novelties or gratuitous references.
Of course, we should expect no less. Kim Newman is one of Britain's foremost film and television historians — he knows his Who. And he is also the novelist who brought us Anno Dracula — maintaining the form and the fashion of the original Bram Stoker novel, but updating the theme and the content. If anyone is well-placed to make an informed reassessment of the opening 'history' of Doctor Who, it is Kim Newman.
What better way to celebrate than to settle down on a cold winter's night with a good Doctor Who story. Let the dark shadows in your mind
lengthen, and the snow pile up on the window sill. Are you sitting comfortably? We'll soon put a stop to that...
Justin Richards BBC Books — Doctor Who Range Consultant August 2001
Time and Relative
The Diary of Susan Foreman
Wednesday, March 27th, 1963
Hate, hate, hate! I hate Coal Hill School. I hate Year Four. I hate London. I hate pretending. I hate the cold.
Sometimes, I hate myself. Especially my whiny voice. When I hear it tape-recorded and played back, it doesn't sound like the me I hear in my head. My tiny little face has wrong-sized eyes and a funny chin. How could I have ever thought I'd fit in? It's a wonder that they don't point in the street and shout 'invader from space!' at me.
I don't hate him. I can't.
Without Grandfather, I'd be alone. In the hateful universe.
Alone!