Launched: Eighth Doctor Expanded Universe Sourcebook Vol.1

[Siskoid]

Two years in the making! Finally releasing the first volume of the Eighth Doctor Expanded Universe Sourcebooks for Cubicle 7's Doctor Who RPG, in line with their 50th Anniversary line of books (so 1st edition, and hey, in time for the SIXTIETH!) - they covered the Doctor Who canon, we covered the extracanonical adventures from the novels, audios, comics, and more!

You can download (or just read) it HERE in high (printable) or low (computer screen) resolution.

There are actually very few audios in this first Volume, because even cut up into pieces, covering the novels era still makes it the BIGGEST book we've done. Volume 2 will cover the short-hair, audio era, but will still stop short of the Time War stories which will get their own, multi-Doctor sourcebook. The meat of this one is the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures line, which went DEEP into Time Lord mythology and advanced the Doctor's story as much as Virgin's New Adventures did for the 7th Doctor. After all, it was all open-ended back then, with no televised Doctor Who stories in sight. The lion's share of contributions came once again from Peter "misterharry" Gilham, without whom this project would be impossible, but this time around there are a lot of entries pulled from the comics, thanks to new contributor Dylan "Malk" Carroll, a name that will remain associated with this series going forward. They delivered their texts last year and the lateness on this volume is entirely my fault. But we encouraged each other to put the book out on the 60th Anniversary, and perhaps even Volume 2 by the end of the same year!

So enjoy this collection of companions, allies, villains, monsters, places and gadgets from this first, hefty half of the 8th Doctor's stories. As usual, my thanks to everyone who's kept up with the project in spite of the delays. And if you're more of a Big Finish fan when it comes to Paul McGann's Doctor, hold on to you fobwatch, it's coming soon!

Enjoy!

[tenebrous]

Fantastic! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this. 

[drinkplentyofmalk]

It's satisfying beyond words to see my write-ups 'in print', especially after following the project as a fan for so many years! I also have to compliment how much Siskoid's layouts really make the entries pop, I'd say this is the nicest looking Volume so far.

Speaking as a contributor, I have to thank Misterharry for being such an efficient and communicative copy-editor; as a reader, I have to thank him for doing such a great job of writing about all of this crazy high-concept stuff from the EDAs that even the TARDIS wiki often can't explain so concisely! (The Iris sidebars are a stroke of genius, hilariously executed.)

To pick out three of my own entries that I'm particularly proud of (and would like to direct your eyes towards): Sitting Bull (such an interesting/culturally important historical figure that I wanted to do justice), The Elysian Chapter (a complex, 'series-finale' type entry that was tricky to pin down), and Bish's Bar (which I doubt would've worked as an entry at all if I hadn't made one specific creative choice). I also have to shout-out Varney's entry for having such an amazing side statsblock, and The Beige Guardian for having such a wonderful visual touch on behalf of Siskoid.

[lupercal]

YES! YES! YES! THANK YOU! Wonderful news!

Friendly greetings,
Horus Lupercal.

[grinch]

Marvellous!

And very much well worth the wait from what I’ve read so far. My heartiest thank you goes to all the contributors and I’m already looking forward to the second volume.

[misterharry]

Thanks for all the kind words. This one was particularly complex with all the story arcs to follow the threads of through the books. I hope people enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it!