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This full-color book features images from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy depicting pivotal scenes and characters that were previously embargoed and have never appeared in book form. The work of Alan Lee and John Howe, the two artists most closely associated with Tolkien''s world, is featured, along with that of many other talented artists and designers.

There''s a part of the city that no one much goes to, a collection of rundown old houses and gloomy streets. No one stays there long, and no one can explain why - something''s not quite right there. Now the Council is renovating the district, and a new company is overseeing the work. There will be street parties and events to show off the newly gentrified neighbourhood: clowns and face-painters for the kids, magicians for the adults - the street entertainers of Cardiff, out in force. None of this is Torchwood''s problem. Until Toshiko recognises the sponsor of the street parties: Bilis Manger. Now there is something for Torchwood to investigate. But Captain Jack Harkness has never been able to get into the area; it makes him physically ill to go near it. Without Jack''s help, Torchwood must face the darker side of urban Cardiff alone... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

A beautifully illustrated collection of new Doctor Who stories, each featuring one of the twelve Doctors on a festive adventure in theTARDIS. Written by six authors and with a full-page colour illustration for each story, these tales are full of magic, mystery, wonder, excitement - and everything else that fans love about a Doctor Who Christmas special.

‘Who am I…? WHO AM I?’ It''s December 1999, and strange things are happening as the new millennium nears. A British police box appears from nowhere in San Francisco’s Chinatown and the mysterious man inside it is shot down in the street. Despite the best efforts of Dr Grace Holloway, the man dies and another stranger appears, claiming to be the same person in a different body: a wanderer in time and space known only as the Doctor. But the Doctor is not the only alien in San Francisco. His deadly adversary the Master is murdering his way through the city and has taken control of the TARDIS. The Master is desperate to take the Doctor’s newly regenerated body for himself, and if the Doctor does not capitulate, it will literally cost him the Earth… and every last life on it.

A life-changing encounter. A fugitive from the stars. Wrathful warriors in pursuit. Landing on Earth, the Doctor finds a stranded alien in need of protection – and is dragged headlong into the life of his old friend Donna Noble, knowing that if she ever remembers their time together, she will die... Based on a script by Russell T Davies, this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.

Wilfred Mott is very happy: his granddaughter, Donna, is back home, catching up with family and gossiping about her journeys, and he has just discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor with him to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor soon discovers something else new, and worryingly bright, in the heavens – something that is heading for Earth. It’s an ancient force from the Dark Times. And it is very, very angry... An adventure featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant and his companion Donna

The Doctor and Martha discover a new talent in the art world during a visit to 1970s London. But are her sculptures hiding a deadly secret, and what lengths will her pushy agent go to in an effort to stop Martha unburying the truth… courtesy of Doctor Who TV show story editor Gary Russell and artist Nick Roche (The Transformers).

Many centuries ago, before Robin, before King Richard and Prince John, before even Herne the Hunter, there was Sherwood Forest. And at the heart of it, mystical paths were drawn together to protect the future. But something or someone in Robin''s time has chosen now to make a stand and destroy the past, the present and the future; with the help of the dragons, the ancient beasts of legend. And it will take a true hero to stop them. Alone and bewildered, Robin must put right a blood-debt he had no idea had even been raised. And who will fight at his side? Should he fail, Sherwood will merely be the first loss that England will face - and not the last… Here Be Dragons is the fourteenth book in Spiteful Puppet''s Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.

''Why are you here? I mean - who are you, exactly?'' An archaeological dig in 1936 unearths relics of another time... And - as the Doctor, Amy and Rory realise - another place. Another planet. But if Enola Porter, noted adventuress, has really found evidence of an alien civilisation, how come she isn''t famous? Why has Rory never heard of her? Added to that, since Amy''s been travelling with him for a while now, why does she now think the Doctor is from Mars? As the ancient spaceship reactivates, the Doctor discovers that nothing and no one can be trusted. The things that seem most real could actually be literal fabrications - and very deadly indeed. Who can the Doctor believe when no one is what they seem? And how can he defeat an enemy who can bend matter itself to their will? For the Doctor, Amy and Rory - and all of humanity - the buried secrets of the past are very much a threat to the present... A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory, as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television.

Founded by Queen Victoria in 1879, the Torchwood Institute has been defending Great Britain from the alien hordes for 130 years. Though London''s Torchwood One was destroyed during the Battle of Canary Wharf, the small team at Torchwood Three have continued to monitor the space-time Rift that runs through Cardiff, saving the world and battling for the future of the human race. Now you can discover every fact and figure, explore every crack in time and encounter every creature that Torchwood have dealt with. Included here are details of: The secret of the Children of Earth Operatives from Alice Guppy to Gwen Cooper Extraterrestrial visitors from Arcateenians to Weevils The life and deaths of Captain Jack Harkness and much more. Illustrated throughout with photos and artwork from all three series, this A-Z provides everything you need to know about Torchwood.

An original adventure tying in to the ninth season of Doctor Who, the spectacular hit series from BBC Television, featuring the new 12th Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi. “I''m an archaeologist, but probably not the one you were expecting.” Christmas 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Imagine everyone''s surprise when a time portal opens up in Sydney Cove. Imagine their shock as a massive pyramid now sits beside the Harbour Bridge, inconveniently blocking Port Jackson and glowing with energy. Imagine their fear as Cyrrus "the mobster" Globb, Professor Horace Jaanson and an alien assassin called Kik arrive to claim the glowing pyramid. Finally imagine everyone''s dismay when they are followed by a bunch of con artists out to spring their greatest grift yet. This gang consists of Legs (the sexy comedian), Dog Boy (providing protection and firepower), Shortie (handling logistics), Da Trowel (in charge of excavation and history) and their leader, Doc (busy making sure the universe isn''t destroyed in an explosion that makes the Big Bang look like a damp squib). And when someone accidentally reawakens The Ancients of the Universe - which, Doc reckons, wasn''t the wisest or best-judged of actions – things get a whole lot more complicated…

Exciting action-packed new original fiction for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams. Monstrous Missions contains two fast-paced, fun-filled adventures! The Doctor and his friends join a group of explorers on a Victorian tramp steamer in Terrible Lizards. The explorers are searching for the Fountain of Youth, but neither they nor the treasure they seek are quite what they seem! People are mysteriously disappearing on Moonbase Laika. They return with strange bite marks and no idea where they have been. Can the Doctor and his friends get to the bottom of what''s going on in Snakes on a Base!

When a boy goes missing and a policewoman starts drawing cave paintings, the Doctor suspects the Silurians are back. With the Brigadier distracted by questions about UNIT funding and problems at home, the Doctor swears his assistant Liz Shaw to secrecy and investigates alone. But Liz has enquiries of her own, teaming up with a journalist to track down people who don’t exist. What is the mysterious Glasshouse, and why is it so secret? As the Silurians wake from their ancient slumber, the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier are caught up in a conspiracy to exploit UNIT’s achievements – a conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British Government. An adventure featuring the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee, his companion Liz Shaw and UNIT

In Horror of the Space Snakes, people are mysteriously disappearing on Moonbase Laika. They return with strange bite marks and no idea where they have been. Can the Eleventh Doctor get to the bottom of what''s going on?

Friends, enemies and those slightly confused ones who fall between both have unwittingly colluded to bring something ancient, powerful and utterly devastating through from another plane of existence into the universe. And it''s hungry - hungry for life. Literally. It eats life energy and reckons the Doctor and Martha could be its tastiest meal yet.

The Doctor and Martha arrive with a bang on the planet New Savannah, home to the feline humanoids know as the Catkind, on the eve of the year Five Billion. A world plagued by civil unrest, social mistrust and horrors from the past about to be unleashed, the entire planet is about to be held ransom! Who is the shadowy figure behind it all? With art courtesy of Nick Roche (The Transformers), and word by BBC Doctor Who show story editor Gary Russell.

River Song still a riddle? Stumped by the stolen planets in the Medusa Cascade? Forgotten what happened in the Timelines That Never Happened? Look no further... This is the ultimate guide to everything and everyone that''s ever happened, un-happened and happened again in the worlds and times of the Doctor. The Doctor Who Encyclopedia covers the Eleventh Doctor''s first two seasons, plus every Ninth and Tenth Doctor story, and is packed with photographs and artwork from seven stunning years of adventures - including the charity specials, animated adventures, online Adventure Games, TARDISodes and preludes. This is your complete tour of time and space - from Abaddon and Inspector Abberline to Melody Zucker and the Zygons.

Richly illustrated in full color, this volume is the first to present many of the most important Cuban paintings in the collection of The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach--called the "best of its kind" by Miami El Herald editor Roberto Fabricio. It contains the work of 30 Cuban artists and includes an essay on each artist and painting that provides an aesthetic, historical, social, and cultural overview. Of particular interest to Cuban art aficionados are essays by art historians Gary Libby and Juan Martinez, who discuss the rise of a Cuban style, its flowering in the Republican Period from 1902 to 1959, and the convergence of forces that made Havana a center of New World modernism in the early 20th century. Gary Libby also discusses the development of photography as an instrument of commerce and art.

The Doctor is dead!...Or is he? Sarah Jane and the gang head to a UNIT base under Mount Snowdon to investigate. Strange alien undertakers, the Shansheeth, are guarding the body, and the shifty Colonel Karim seems to be up to no good. Find out what''s really going on in this exclusive new adventure, featuring the Eleventh Doctor! The second of two exciting new novelisations based on a story from The Sarah Jane Adventures, starring Elisabeth Sladen and airing on BBC One this Autumn - featuring some very special guest stars! Perfect for reluctant readers.

Completely revised and updated, the Doctor Who Encyclopedia is the ultimate fan''s guide to all things Doctor Who. Packed with photos, concept drawings, illustrations and artwork, and including the Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennant and Matt Smith incarnations of the Doctor, learn every fact and discover every figure from every episode.The Doctor Who Enyclopedia is the perfect companion for all Doctor Who fans.

Someone or something is removing the populations of entire planets. The Doctor and Martha must find out who, what and why, or Earth will be next!

The legendary Doctor Who is back. The Doctor is the last of the Time Lords, survivors of a Great Time War and, along with his loyal friend and companion Martha Jones from London, they stop oppression, darkness and evil spreading throughout the galaxies…

South Wales, 1957. There''s a military base in the Brecon Beacons that has been empty and silent since the end of the war. But something deep beneath the ground has woken up and the military have returned to harness its power. When the Doctor and Martha Jones arrive they discover that not only does this creature not want to work for the British Government, it would really rather go home, thank you very much. Which would be fine - if only it would stop shouting.

Join Sarah Jane on an adventure investigating mysterious happenings with the help of Maria, Luke, Clyde and, of course, ''Mr Smith''.

What if...the Valeyard had won? The thing about meddling with time is that one moment something is real, the next, it''s been erased. Probability become just a possibility. Established truth becomes a theoretical falsehood. Like dominoes, as one timeline falls, the others come cascading down around it. You can engineer new timelines, new possibilities but before long, the distinction between what is, what was, what might be and what never can be becomes blurred.

Reflections includes 69 paintings from the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown of artists who worked in Florida capturing a visual history through art from 1865-1965. It includes chapters on over 40 artists, with several essays from the artists on their work.

A tall, thin Albino man appears in different parts of the world where he holds secret meetings with agents who belong to a sinister crime organization called the Magnate. The Doctor is on Earth and alerted to a cult that attracts young, vulnerable people. When the cult''s leader is held responsible for the abduction of a Magnate agent, the Doctor must find out what the connection is--and what plans the Magnate have for planet Earth.

Join Sarah Jane on an adventure investigating mysterious happenings with the help of Maria, Luke, Clyde and, of course, ''Mr Smith''.

YA. Sci Fi pulp fiction. Seeking the legendary planet Ardethe, Jason instead unearths something lurking beneath the planet''s surface-something that feasts on human brains.

The definitive guide to the design of the movie, with over 600 illustrations, including many new pieces exclusive to this edition. With complete access to artwork created over a five-year period, this authoritative and insightful book illustrates the creative development of The Return of the King. Fully revised and updated, this official book contains over 600 images, from the earliest pencil sketches and conceptual drawings to magnificent paintings, sculptures and digital imagery that shaped the look of the film, with many new pieces appearing for the first time. Contributing artists include John Howe and Alan Lee, artists who have inspired Peter Jackson''s vision of Middle-earth and worked with him to bring the trilogy to the big screen. Peter Jackson himself provides the Afterword in which he discuss the importance of the conceptual art to the film. The book covers most aspects of the eagerly awaited finale to the enormously successful trilogy, from locations and costumes to weaponry and creatures. The artists who created all of these diverse elements explain how they contributed to the development of the film. Printed on high-quality art paper this lavish book is ideal for Tolki