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Mad Norwegian Press has shipped pre-order and Patreon copies of About Time 4 Second Edition Volume 2 by Tat Wood, a massive upgrade of the Tom Baker years of Doctor Who. (Indeed, some customers reported receiving their books over the weekend.) Additionally, stocks are en route to Forbidden Planet and should be on sale there relatively soon.

Mainstream retailers such as Amazon, etc., are officially slated to release the book on August 2nd, although it remains a wild card if that street date will be honored or not (books have shipped early in the past, although that seems to be happening less).

Mad Norwegian thanks its customers for their support of this staggeringly Herculean project of love, sweat and lore.

About Time 4 Second Edition Volume 1 (covering seasons 12-14 of Doctor Who, the whole of Tom Baker’s tenure under producer Philip Hinchcliffe) is now shipping from Mad Norwegian Press! Pre-orders off the Mad Norwegian website have been put in the mail, as have copies to Patreon supporters.

Copies have also been dispatched to Forbidden Planet in the UK and will soon be available by that route.

The book’s official release date remains May, although it’s hoped that our mainstream distributor will send out copies early to outlets such as Amazon, etc.

Volume 2 of this update, covering seasons 15-17, will be available in June.

The Fourth Edition of Ahistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe, the massive Doctor Who timeline by Lance Parkin and Lars Pearson, has won an Independent Publisher Book Award.

The three volumes of Ahistory Fourth Edition, considered as a single entry for judging purposes, received the Silver Medal in the Popular Culture category – behind only James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction.

The Independent Publisher Book Award guidelines regard all medalists — gold, silver and bronze in each category — as “winners” of the award. The 2019 awards were announced on April 10th, in advance of an awards ceremony in late May.

The official release date of Ahistory Fourth Edition Volume 3 has finally arrived! After an early launch at Gallifrey, and early releases via the likes of Forbidden planet, copies of Ahistory 4.3 are now available via Amazon and all US mainstream bookstore companies.

Ahistory is the definitive (or certainly the largest) timeline to Doctor Who ever, placing almost 2500 stories onto a single timeline from the universe’s start to its eventual heat death. Volume 3 covers everything Who related from 2018 on into the future and finally the end of time.

Ahistory authors Lance Parkin and Lars Pearson will be attending Gallifrey, the biggest Doctor Who convention in America, this weekend. As part of their appearance, copies of Ahistory Fourth Edition Volume 3 will be available for sale on the Alien Entertainment table.

Among other events, Parkin and Pearson will be chatting on stage about The Canon of Doctor Who, and also hosting one of Gallifrey’s many cozy kaffeeklatsches.

Ahistory is also available for pre-order on Amazon; Volumes 1 and 2 are discounted down to $19.33 there. The three books are also available as subscriptions through the publisher via Patreon.

Mad Norwegian Press is pleased to formally announce that About Time 9, the latest “through the lens of the real world” analysis of Doctor Who by Tat Wood and Dorothy Ail, is currently at the printer and on target for its release on 23rd April, 2019.

Volume 9 of this series focuses on Series 4 (2008) of the revamped Doctor Who starring David Tennant, as well as the 2009 Specials that finished out his era, with bonus write-ups on Music of the Spheres, the animated adventure Dreamland and The Sarah Jane Adventures story “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.” Essays in this volume include: “Should Doctor Who be Appointment Television?”, “How Can Anyone Know About the Time War?”, and “Why Can’t Anyone Just Die?”

Readers will soon have the option of purchasing the book direct from Mad Norwegian via Patreon.

Ahistory Fourth Edition Volume 2, the definitive Doctor Who timeline by Lance Parkin and Lars Pearson, is now on sale through major booksellers, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble and more.

Volume 2 covers the Modern Day sections of the Doctor Who Universe (from 1963 to 2017), as well as the history of Gallifrey.

Ahistory Fourth Edition Volume 3 is on target for early release at Gallifrey 2019, ahead of a general release in March.

Ahistory Fourth Edition, Volume 2 has now shipped to Mad Norwegian supporters on Patreon.

New subscriptions to Ahistory Fourth Edition are available on Patreon at all times. Anyone signing up for a monthly payment plan gets the three Ahistory Fourth Edition volumes and one bonus book, all-in-one-go payments earn the Fourth Edition volumes and two bonus books.

Fourth Edition Volume 2 is otherwise printed and working its way through the distribution system. Copies should be available with retailers later in December, as well as in advance at Chicago TARDIS.

Volume 2 of this three-part series covers the start of the Doctor Who universe from 1963 to 2017, as well as the history of Gallifrey. In total, the new version of Ahistory is more than a million words.