Time to Read the Tome

Hamilton Doctor Who fan and author of the ultimate guide to the time traveller’s adventures Jon Preddle began work on his two volume epic Timelink: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Continuity of Doctor Who in 1989. A former business banker, Preddle said he first wrote down the hand written guide in school exercise books. “It was originally going to be published in the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club Fanzine, but with the size of it there’s no way it could have been done,” Preddle said. “I self published it in 2000 and then the new series came along and I had to get it up to date.” Doctor Who Magazine said: “Preddle’s stamina, invention and clever observations have the grey matter firing and somehow, he makes this beast readable. Timelink is the answer to everything you never thought you wanted to know.” Doctor Who first screened on November 23, 1963. It is now in its 32nd full series.