LifeDeath

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For over a thousand years, he's fought to hold back death.

But some problems can't be fought on the scale he's used to. Doctor Who: LifeDeath is a collection of short stories that presents new problems for the Doctor - the murkiness of cultural relativism, the ethics of voluntary oppression and the fundamental essence of his own inhumanity.

Inside these pages, the Doctor encounters the man who killed him, discovers the positive side of terrorism and learns the difference between fighting a tyrant and fighting a culture, while elsewhere, one of his incarnations is confronted with an unexpected question: Is the suicide of a Time Lord also a murder? Meanwhile, the avatar of the Time Lords gazes into the abyss and finds a mirror entity, a former companion faces cosmic ennui and two schoolteachers from Coal Hill suffer the terrifying ordeal of abduction by a psychopath.

My Brother and the Doctor by Ben Brown.
In which a schoolboy in the 1970s wrestles with his brother's love of a tired old television programme.

At the Beach by Simon Bucher-Jones.
In which the third Doctor confronts an unusual dilemma inherited from his former self.

Something Terribly Important by Evan Waters.
In which Zoe Herriot receives an offer she dare not refuse.

An Act of Terrorism by William Billingsley.
In which the seventh Doctor fights fire with fire.

Hayat by Doris Speed-Keller.
In which the fifth Doctor discovers the limits of interference.

Raisin Jack and the Dead Gang by Chris Heffernan.
In which the seventh Doctor takes on the living to save the dead.

The Unpublished Diaries of Ian Chesterton by Patrick Neighly.
In which two teachers from Coal Hill school are kidnapped by a madman.

Acts of Kindness by Alex Steer.
In which the fifth Doctor buys a slave.

Interlude by Peter Anghelides & Stephen Cole.
In which Fitz Kreiner strikes out.
A cut segment from The Ancestor Cell.

Who Tortures the Torturers? by Jamas Enright.
In which the second Doctor doesn't know which way to turn the tables.

A Meeting of Minds by Craig Hinton.
In which the TARDIS meets its match.

Liberation by Kereth Cowe-Spigai.
In which the eighth Doctor finds his usual methods useless.

Key to the Future by Mark Phippen.
In which the seventh Doctor wagers life.

Seasons of Fear by Paul Cornell.
In which the eighth Doctor meets the man who killed him.
Exclusive prose novelization of the upcoming Big Finish full-cast CD adventure.

Grandmother Clause by Phil Pascoe.
In which Faction Paradox take a holiday. Literally.

Going Nowhere by David Agnew.
In which Harry Sullivan does just that.

Skulduggery? by Keith Topping & Suzanne M Campagna.
In which Liz Shaw receives an ill-timed visit.

Includes exclusive introduction by Kate Orman and three additional essays.