Wallowing In Our Own Weltschmerz

Seventh Doctor silliness

Release Date: 23 August 256 pages | £ 17.99 ( paperback) Authors: The Auton team Publisher: Miwk Publishing

The team behind Doctor Who zine Auton have put together this irreverent guide to the Sylvester McCoy years, with a lovely cover that homages the New Adventures. And if you don’t understand that last bit, this book is not for you.

Each of McCoy’s TV stories is covered, plus the McGann movie. Rather than take the usual approach ( synopsis, best line and so on), the book picks each story apart by listing how often the Doctor sneezes, asking how exactly the Rani planned her evil lair and laughing at Ace’s ongoing crassness.

If all that sounds trivial, well, yes. There is no reason for this book to exist. But it’s often funny, and full of gently pisstaking affection for the McCoy era. Will Salmon The subject matter may be daft, but it’s for a good cause: authors’ proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Society.