Obverse Books

20/11/2024

It's that time again - the editors of the Black Archive are happy to accept submissions for new books, covering the entirety of TV Doctor Who.

Click the link to check what we're looking for and when, and a list of all the stories in scope this time round.

https://obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive2025/

(no idea why Facebook has chosen the ICE HOT cover for this link - just to confirm, we've already got a brilliant Paradise Towers Black Archive!)

BLACK ARCHIVE SUBMISSIONS IN 2025 During 2025, The Black Archive will be open to submissions from new writers for 20,000 to 40,000-word studies of individual Doctor Who TV stories. We’ll be accepting proposals on the following basis: * April: Stories from An Unearthly Child (1963) to Colony in Spa...

10/11/2024

A second Classic series Black Archive bundle has just been released!

Ten Black Archives delivered at once, with a discounted price and a big postal saving, all featuring stories from the classic 20th century series!

1. The Ultimate Foe
2. Full Circle
3. Carnival of Monsters
4. The Curse of Fenric
5. The Time Warrior
6. The Daemons
7. Face of Evil
8. Dalek Invasion of Earth
9. Horror of Fang Rock
10. Warriors Gate

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/black-archive-classic-series-bundle-2/

08/11/2024

To celebrate the season 25 bluray just dropping through the letterbox, our two S25 Archives are available at half-price for the next week as ebooks.

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/68-the-happiness-patrol/

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/66-the-greatest-show-in-the-galaxy/

Witness the death defying feats of writer Stephen Wyatt and new Script Editor Andrew Cartmel as they walk the high wire without a safety net, perform spectacular acts of sympathetic magic and – before your very eyes! – lay to rest all the malign spirits of 1980s Doctor Who one by one by one.

30/10/2024

The first Classic Series Black Archive bundle is now available in electronic format too.

Ten Black Archives delivered at once, with a discounted price and a big postal saving, all featuring stories from the classic 20th century series!

25/10/2024

By popular request, we've put together a taster bundle of 10 Archives on 20th century stories, at a discounted price and with a big postal saving.

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/black-archive-classic-series-bundle/

22/10/2024

Another excellent DWAS review of a Black Archive.

THE AZTECS by .com

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/71-the-aztecs/

21/10/2024

Obverse Newsletter - October 2024 -

This two-part story sees Peter Capaldi’s 12th doctor break the fourth wall, speaking directly to the audience. His lecture on what philosophers call “the bootstrap paradox” serves to set up the central puzzle of these episodes while insisting that it remain unsolved.

18/10/2024

More Celestial Toyroom reviews of Obverse titles.

ICE HOT edited by Kara Dennison with stories by Stephen Wyatt, Finn Clark, Paul Driscoll, Grace Haddon and many more...

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/ice-hot/

17/10/2024

Another great review from the splendid chaps at the Celestial Toyroom.

Black Archive #67: Edge of Destruction by Simon Guerrier.

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/67-the-edge-of-destruction/

17/10/2024

Catching up on some Black Archive reviews, courtesy of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society

Greatest Show in the Galaxy by Dale Smith

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/66-the-greatest-show-in-the-galaxy/

18/09/2024

Lovely review I missed earlier this year of BEYOND THE VEIL, the latest Brenada & Effie Mystery from Paul Magrs

'Beyond the Veil, the latest in the Brenda and Effie Mysteries, is a fabulous adventure set on the North Yorkshire coast! Magical, fun and packed with charming characters!

If you’re already acquainted with our dynamic heroines Brenda and Effie then you wont be disappointed in this latest tale - which instantly feels familiar, but is also so fresh and new at the same time!

If you’ve not read the previous books, never fear as Beyond the Veil is the perfect jumping on point - no previous knowledge required! A word of warning though, you’ll fall in love with the characters inhabiting Brenda’s Whitby and you’ll be dying to jump back and explore all the previous adventures.

I truly could not put this down and didn’t want it to finish!'

Cathy is opening up a new bookshop in an old building that was once a very dusty, unsuccessful antiques emporium. After an ill-judged séance she finds that the deceased previous owner has a vital message for her…

09/09/2024

And an equally great review of AGAINST NATURE by Lawrence Burton - again still available direct from the Obverse website

https://tardis.guide/story/against-nature/community/

https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/against-nature/

You will make war with the beast of the city, and the people will be grateful, and in this way will your fame be fortified.

09/09/2024

A lovely, thoughtful and detailed review of THE BRAKESPEARE VOYAGE by Simon Bucher-Jones and Jon Dennis

https://tardis.guide/reviews/story-the-brakespeare-voyage/glass_shard/?

Still available in paperback and ebook from Obverse Books

Review of The Brakespeare Voyage by glass_shard 28 August 2024   This review contains spoilers Faction Paradox initially attracted me as a franchise because of its lore, its big-idea scifi worldbuilding, and the rich cultures it told stories of; as I progressed in my readthrough and discovered the ...

23/08/2024

The rarest of all Classic Comics, the Cushing radio series special. If anyone has a copy, Obverse would be more than happy to offer you a good price for it...