Timeframe: The Illustrated History

David J. Howe of the famous Howe-Stammers-Walker team painstakingly compiled this work to correspond to Doctor Who's 30th anniversary.Basically, each section is divided by season and consists of a very brief summary of the stories within that season. Also included in each section are newsclippings, photo stills from the Who stories, publicity or photo stills of actors, actors in costume, and full page illustrations for the Who novelizations. Allstair Pearson has the lion's share of illustration, and that's because his gouache-style paintings rule. The ones for Earthshock, Remembrance Of The Daleks, Silver Nemesis, and the two Troughton Dalek stories are my favorites. Compare his drawings to those of Chris Achilleos. Oh, and there are funny cartoons and promotional items such as the Sky-Ray popsicles seen in the More Than 30 Years documentary.But remember, when journeying through the thirty years spanning the show's creation to the first few New Adventures, that we are actually travelling through history, time itself. What is a chronology, if not a time machine in writing? To illustrate, there's a Radio Times programme listing for An Unearthly Child, Who's first story, Jon Pertwee on the cover of the Radio Times, a 1978 news clipping introducing Mary Tamm as Romana, a 1980 press cutting of Tom Baker announcing his resignation as Dr. Who, the March 1987 obituary of Patrick Troughton, and a 6 October 1989 press cutting that hinted (accurately) at the show's departure.Call this a book version of More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS, Timeframe is essential reading for Who fans.