Whither the War Doctor?

[koloth]

Titan comics (12th Doctor year 2) have provided more information of events in the War, including a companion The Squire. Not all the skirmishes and battles are fleshed out but maybe some could be mentioned as titles of seeds.

[koloth]

Seasons of War book arrived today! Can't wait to get my teeth into it.

[misterharry]

I'm hoping my copy has also arrived today too - will have to wait until after work to find out.

Also, a further Seasons of War book has been announced - here's the text from their Facebook page:

From the team that brought you SEASONS OF WAR – Tales From A Time War Unofficial War Doctor Charity Anthology, raising money for CAUDWELL CHILDREN, comes:

Seasons Of War

A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR

- being an unexpurgated account of the War and its participants, the sagas and the poems the tales and the fables, and all surviving archival fragments pertaining to battles Temporal, Spatial and Pandimensional, from the Forbidden Archives of Time Lost, Dead and Unwritten, Collected, edited and transcribed, at great personal peril, over many centuries
by

The Brevet

(Grand Archivist Of Arcadia, scribe of The XVII Kasterborous Fleet, & Part-time Bookseller)

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Conceived, edited and project overseen by DECLAN MAY, (with other authors & collaborators TBA) ‘A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR’ will be fully illustrated, running to an estimated 700- 800 pages and has been created to raise important funds and awareness for the charity CAUDWELL CHILDREN.

It is our intention to release this book – which will be an extremely limited edition – in OCTOBER 2017 (TBC), but please check back soon for more exciting announcements regarding SEASONS OF WAR, A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR, and a very special and thrilling announcement regarding an associated project…

[Marnal]

Where can I find out more about this History of the Time War?

[misterharry]

Sept 13, 2016 1:56:47 GMT Marnal said:

Where can I find out more about this History of the Time War?

There isn't any more info yet - more details will be released shortly, apparently.

The only thing I've found is in the comments under the Facebook announcement, the publisher added the following: "It's not 'stories', but a full history, in prose, epic poetry, artwork, footnotes and 'historic' pieces like epistolary material written by 'historians' and 'participants' and 'witnesses' to the Time War. We're using a small team of writers, illustrators and editors to make it look and feel like an actual, weighty Historical Tome."

No hint as to when it might be available for pre-order. But given the October 2017 release date (and that's still TBC), I'd suggest it won't be until well into next year.

[Nyder]

Sept 12, 2016 14:26:22 GMT misterharry said:

I'm hoping my copy has also arrived today too - will have to wait until after work to find out.

Also, a further Seasons of War book has been announced - here's the text from their Facebook page:

From the team that brought you SEASONS OF WAR – Tales From A Time War Unofficial War Doctor Charity Anthology, raising money for CAUDWELL CHILDREN, comes:

Seasons Of War

A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR

- being an unexpurgated account of the War and its participants, the sagas and the poems the tales and the fables, and all surviving archival fragments pertaining to battles Temporal, Spatial and Pandimensional, from the Forbidden Archives of Time Lost, Dead and Unwritten, Collected, edited and transcribed, at great personal peril, over many centuries
by

The Brevet

(Grand Archivist Of Arcadia, scribe of The XVII Kasterborous Fleet, & Part-time Bookseller)

-----------------------------------------------

Conceived, edited and project overseen by DECLAN MAY, (with other authors & collaborators TBA) ‘A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR’ will be fully illustrated, running to an estimated 700- 800 pages and has been created to raise important funds and awareness for the charity CAUDWELL CHILDREN.

It is our intention to release this book – which will be an extremely limited edition – in OCTOBER 2017 (TBC), but please check back soon for more exciting announcements regarding SEASONS OF WAR, A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR, and a very special and thrilling announcement regarding an associated project…

Sadly, Declan May has announced that this book has been cancelled and that's it for Seasons of War. It's all ended rather abruptly and I'm not sure of the reasons behind the decision.

[koloth]

Where has this been reported?  There's nothing on the Facebook page.

[Nyder]

Oct 21, 2016 20:58:39 GMT koloth said:

Where has this been reported?  There's nothing on the Facebook page.

Declan posted the following on the Gallifrey Base forum in response to a member who said that they had seen the cancellation reported elsewhere (unspecified where though):

There were several reasons for this (some very dull which I won't go into here) but we realised that the time and money spent on making more books, especially the big 'History of the Time War' Tome, would be better spent going directly to the Charity, to Caudwell Children. So any further action from Seasons Of War (special hardback one off edition, artwork auctions etc) will do just that: raise money for the charity. Which is, after all, the whole point in the entire project.

As I say, I can't really understand the reasons - if they want to focus on making money for the charity, I thought that was precisely what Seasons of War and potential future books like A History of the Time War were doing.

[koloth]

It's possible authors realised it was a big product and decided they wanted payment. I don't get why there would be so much paperwork selling an ebook to releasing a paperback. Why there was such delays is anybodies guess. 
Also, there was something mentioned about a book, 'The Agent', that fell off the radar last year. 
I hope Declan May made a lot of money. I for one can't live with the endless delays and waiting for him to fulfil his promises.

BTW,  are there many differences between the ebook and the paperback?

[Nyder]

Oct 22, 2016 18:16:17 GMT koloth said:

It's possible authors realised it was a big product and decided they wanted payment.

It's possible I guess, but I doubt that's what happened - there's just too much history of charity publications among Doctor Who fans for anyone to seriously expect to be paid for their contributions (and enough people willing to write for free for it not to be an issue anyway, even it that were the case).

BTW,  are there many differences between the ebook and the paperback?

I've not noticed any differences, though I've not gone through the print version with a fine-toothed comb - so far as I'm aware, the two are identical.

[misterharry]

Despite the previous announcement cancelling future Seasons of War titles, it seems that there is to be one more book after all - the following is from the Facebook page:

SEASONS OF WAR
THE HORDE OF TRAVESTIES AND A HISTORY OF THE TIME WAR
By Declan May

The anthology, SEASONS OF WAR, ended on something of a cliffhanger. Something we intended to address in the subsequent anthology volumes. However, due to many circumstances, there were no further anthology volumes, and those of you who had been following our progress saw that any plans for sequels were shelved, due mainly to the fact that we believed SEASONS OF WAR to be a true one-off.
However, due to popular demand, and a desire to raise even more much needed funds for Caudwell Children, there will therefore be a novel, bridging the gap between SEASONS OF WAR and the events portrayed in ‘Day Of The Doctor’, as well as (in the same volume) an annotated ‘in universe’ ‘History Of The Time War’.
The Horde Of Travesties: the War Doctor’s final, horrific battle before The Moment features the return of old enemies, a Gallifrey under attack on two fronts, and both the past and future in play. With everything resting on the increasingly desperate and angry man who used to be called The Doctor . . .
A History Of The Time War, written by a mysterious historian, tells us in great detail the events of the War, from its first moments until its final Moment. Annotated, featuring stories, poetry from the front, accounts of Gallifreyans, soldiers, leaders . . . the true fate of President Romana, the search for The Master, all the battles and events, the moments where history itself was rewritten, the alliances forged and the times where the Time Lords themselves committed atrocities of such magnitude, the universe turned against them
This book – available both as an ebook and paperback (with a very limited edition hardback version) – will be released in DECEMBER 2017 but pre-orders are open now, for a limited period. So if you want to secure your copy (or copies) you have the next four weeks to do so.

440pages
Cover illustration by Raine Szramski
*Note artwork below is not the cover
Estimated publication date 10/December/2017

EBOOK - £10 www.paypal.me/seasonsofwar/10
PAPERBACK - £16 www.paypal.me/seasonsofwar/16
PAPERBACK + EBOOK - £20 www.paypal.me/seasonsofwar/20
HARDBACK (*VERY* Limited Edition) - £28 www.paypal.me/seasonsofwar/28

Should you wish to make a higher donation (with or without book) to support our further 3 Seasons Of War novels (TBA shortly) and the Charity Caudwell Children, get in touch with me at [e-mail]
With some of the proceeds going to CAUDWELL CHILDREN (with publishing, printing and distribution taken into consideration)
*Important note: once you have pre-ordered your copy, please email me your ref #, address and telephone # to [e-mail]




Declan has since mentioned that pre-ordering will only be open for a limited time, and that pre-orders for the hardback edition will close at midnight (UK time) tonight - 14/06/17.

[basalan]

There are going to be three more books next year as well!!!

[misterharry]

Jun 16, 2017 17:11:40 GMT basalan said:

There are going to be three more books next year as well!!!

Yep. Declan has just posted the following about them:

The 3 Seasons Of War books being released in 2018:

SEASONS OF WAR: Gallifrey (by Paul Driscoll & Kara Dennison)
SEASONS OF WAR: Corsair (by Simon Brett & Jon Arnold)
SEASONS OF WAR: Regenerations (by James Gent, Warren Frey and Sami Kelsh)

Details of release dates, pre-orders and pricing, will be announced shortly.


Also, the following:

Also available (January 2018) is 'The Curator'. A paperback novella which you can pre-order for £12.99 through bank transfer (Declan May sort code:089249 account: 09272376) and then by sending me an email headed CURATOR to [e-mail] with your name and full address. .Strictly a limited edition of 100 copies, with a portion of the profits going to Caudwell Children.

[basalan]

Gives more impetus to making a proper War Doctor sourcebook.. With perhaps something separate for the Time War Eighth..

[koloth]

Looking forward to both Declans contribution and that of Big Finish just announced: The War Master and Gallifrey:The Time War.

[basalan]

Perhaps a Time War Sourcebook?

[misterharry]

Just posted on the Seasons of War Facebook page:

For the next 24 hours, if you donate *any* amount to Caudwell Children, the SEASONS OF WAR ANTHOLOGY (digital edition) is available for the price of £6.99!

In order to take advantage of this offer,

1. Go to www.caudwellchildren.com/ and donate any amount you think is appropriate.
In the donation "Optional Message" box (and/or, when paying the "Add special instructions for the Recipient" box, write:
"I am donating on behalf of 'Doctor Who Seasons Of War, directed here by Declan May and the Seasons Of War team"

2. Then click www.paypal.me/seasonsofwar/6.99 and, if the option is available, attach a message to your payment with your Caudwell Children donation/confirmation number

3. Email [e-mail] with, as the message header, both your Caudwell donation number and PayPal receipt/confirmation number and you will shortly receive your personalised link to download the SEASONS OF WAR e-book files.

***NOTE: Do NOT use [e-mail] for any queries or correspondence as it cannot be read and will, subsequently, be automatically deleted. For any enquiries, email instead [e-mail]

[basalan]

and another one has been announced today!

'War Crimes'

[koloth]

So, the History of the Time War iliac version is up for £21.60.

Who's got them all on order?

The Horde of Travesties
War Crimes
The Boy in the Barn
The Curator.
The History of the Time War.

[misterharry]

I've pre-ordered each of these other than the new expanded edition of A History of the Time War - paperback editions only though. To be honest, I'm a little nervous about the long lead times for these, bearing in mind that they're unofficial - hopefully there won't be any complications with the BBC in the meantime. There's an interview here with Declan May which mentions the situation with the BBC, which allays my nervousness a little:

An Interview with the Editor of Seasons of War

[koloth]

Great interview. I'm now reading Seasons of War and got to 'The Holdover.'

[misterharry]

The first of the three novels, Seasons of War: Gallifrey, has just gone up for pre-order. Due for release in March 2018.

[koloth]

Can someone help me out here? I've read Seasons of War recently but in my further research I read the phrase 'memento mori' referred to the resurrected time Lords like Andred but can't find the reference. Has any one read this and can confirm the reference? Thanks in advance.

[misterharry]

I don't remember anything about Andred and co being memento mori. But in Scherzo, the Doctor says that the Time Lords think his companions are all memento mori, reminders of his mortality.

[koloth]

Thanks Mister Harry. I'm sure I hadn't missed it and didn't understand how I could have missed it. I must have misread two different periodicals and linked one to the other.

[koloth]

I decided to pick up the short trips 'A Heart on Both Sides' and 'All Hands on Deck' today. Stories of Nyssa and Susan during the Time War. I'm impressed by the ideas in these adventures which I hope are expanded on in the future.

[misterharry]

Oct 4, 2017 20:34:53 GMT koloth said:

I decided to pick up the short trips 'A Heart on Both Sides' and 'All Hands on Deck' today. Stories of Nyssa and Susan during the Time War. I'm impressed by the ideas in these adventures which I hope are expanded on in the future.

I'm hoping that Susan's story in particular is revisited in the 8th Doctor Time War box-sets - the first one's due out this month.

[misterharry]

While publication of the previously announced Seasons of War titles have been delayed by Declan May's hospitalisation in the Autumn, Chinbeard Books have announced another title on their Facebook page:

Coming in 2018...

SEASONS OF WAR - REGENERATIONS

The Time War is affecting The War Doctor's past.

'Regenerations' features Doctors 1 to 8, each appearing in what should be a celebrated and classic tale. But, with each story, there is something wrong. The events within have been immeasurably altered, changed, and perverted by the raging Time War and nothing is as it once was and nothing is as it was once remembered.

From an initial idea by 'Seasons of War' Editor and Writer, Declan May.

Written by Sami Kelsh, Warren Frey and Barnaby Eaton-Jones.

Cover illustration by Steve Horry
(with additional colouring by Chiara Bonacini)

As with 'Seasons of War', this book will benefit the Caudwell Children's charity.

We, at Chinbeard Books, are delighted to be supporting this very worthwhile charity for autistic children once more and we're also grateful to Declan May for allowing is to publish this book.

This one has been confirmed as print only, no e-version.

[imajica]

And it is said that the Eternals themselves watched, and despaired of this reality, and fled their hallowed halls, never to be seen again…

Are they alluding to Death, Dream, Desire, and the rest of the 7? Because that opens up a whole extra can of worms...

[misterharry]

Feb 22, 2018 9:49:41 GMT imajica said:

And it is said that the Eternals themselves watched, and despaired of this reality, and fled their hallowed halls, never to be seen again…

Are they alluding to Death, Dream, Desire, and the rest of the 7? Because that opens up a whole extra can of worms...

No, it would be the Eternals as seen in Enlightenment (and mentioned in passing in a couple of New Series stories).