Graham Sleight

The Doctor’s Monsters, forthcoming from I. B. Tauris, is a book I’ve written about the long-running BBC TV programme Doctor Who. It should be out, the publishing gods willing, in late 2012.

The book is coming out a little later than I or my wonderful editor, Philippa Brewster, intended. As much as anything, this is because I lost a couple of months last year to illness and then had to catch up – but it also means that I’m taking the opportunity to update the manuscript to cover Matt Smith’s first two seasons in the role.

The central idea behind the book is that monsters (in Doctor Who and elsewhere) often stand for something – some aspect of human nature that gets reflected in their design or behaviour. It contains chapters on the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Autons, Mara, Slitheen, and many others. I’m hoping that it’ll appeal to Who fans of all kinds, as well as to the growing academic community that studies the show.

I’m a little boggled to find that you can already place pre-orders via Amazon, by clicking here. In the meantime, have a snatch (above) of the lovely draft cover art that Tauris have provided. I’ll update this page as I have more information to share.