Doctor Who Club of Australia

Greg · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject: Where can I get...?

Doctor Who merchandise available

Doctor Who DVDs

Idea

Beneath the Surface - box set including Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea-Devils and Warriors of the Deep. Local copies available from 13/3

The Davros Collection - featuring all the Dalek stories from 1975-1988, including the 4th-7th Doctors, as well as the Big Finish audios featuring Davros, and a new audio story especially created for this box set - is available locally from 8/2

The Time Meddler (1st Doctor, Vicki and Steven) - overseas copies arriving 7/2

Destiny of the Daleks (4th Doctor and Romana) - local copies available 6/2

Torchwood complete series 1 - local copies available 6/2

Doctor Who books

Peacemaker (10th Doctor and Martha - local copies available 17/2

The Pirate Loop (10th Doctor and Martha - local copies available 17/2

Wishing Well (10th Doctor and Martha - local copies available 17/2

Newtons Sleep (Faction Paradox) - new publisher, subscription copies arriving from 21/1

Doctor Who audios

Idea

Brave New Town (8th Doctor and Lucie) - subscription copies arriving from 18/3

Doctor Who soundtrack - local copies available from 14/3

The Condemned (6th Doctor and Charley) - subscriber copies arriving 25/2

Doctor Who at the BBC: the Tenth Doctor - local copies available from 17/2

Dead London (8th Doctor and Lucie) - subscription copies arriving from 22/1

The Catalyst (4th Doctor and Leela) - subscription copies arriving from 22/1

Other items of interest

Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman - a collection of short stories by the author of Dalek (and various Big Finish audios)

Available from:

The Doctor Who Club of Australia - Online Shop. Also various events in Sydney.
For BBC DVDs and videos, Big Finish products, Telos novellas, and others items...

Adelaide - Known Space Books - website, 1st floor 108 Gawler Place Adelaide, phone (08 ) 8223 4304. Slim pickings - some old BBC novels, Doctor Who Magazines and fanzines.

Adelaide - Pulp Fiction Comics - website, 34a King William St Adelaide, phone (08 ) 8231 3433. Couldn't see much who, but spotted a BF Dalek Empire script book. I think this shop is probably worth keeping an eye on. They have the 2005 Doctor Who Annual (or Yearbook) as one of their picks for next month, there's a link from their website to the BBC Doctor Who news page...

Brisbane - Pulp Fiction - no website, Shop 28 Anzac Square Arcade 267 Edward St Brisbane, phone (07) 3236 2750. You can find BBC books and Big Finish audios here.

Canberra - Impact Comics - website, Level 1 45 East Row Canberra, phone (02) 6248 7335. Not much Who, but they do get small numbers of DWM and even the graphic novels (although you're better off ordering things from them than looking in the shop).

Hobart - Book City - website, 73 Bathurst St Hobart, phone (03) 6234 4225. A range of official BBC-licenced Who books can be found here.

Melbourne - Minotaur - website, 121 Elizabeth Street Melbourne, phone (03) 9670 5414. The site has a Doctor Who section, and the shop sells books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and other stuff.

Newcastle - Graphic Action - website, 572 Hunter Street
Newcastle, phone (02) 4929 5717. A good range of Doctor Who material, including novels and graphic novels but not DVDs.

Newcastle - Frontline Hobbies - webiste, 255 Hunter Street Newcastle, phone (02) 4929 1140. You can get Corgi and Product Enterprise figures from here.

Sydney - Galaxy Bookshop - website, 143 York St Sydney, phone (02) 9267 7222. The site has a Doctor Who section, and the shop sells books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and other stuff.

Sydney - Infinitas Bookshop - website, Shop 22 Civic Arcade 48 - 50 George Street Parramatta, phone (02) 9633 5682. The shop has books from BBC and Big Finish, audios from BBC and Big Finish, and some miscellaneous merchandise.

Online/mail order only - Slow Glass Books - website, no shop, phone (03) 9489 0893. Appears to stock BBC books and CDs only.

Online second hand - Australian Music Books have second items from a variety of TV shows, including Doctor Who. Their prices might be a bit higher than some would be prepared to pay. Website.

(Thanks to Chris J Thompson, Dougy, dave, drouyn, eastsydneyboy, jaimesellwood, Kerr Avon, meglos, rundoctoritsthegatherer, Sean, SharazJek and Tom N for some of the information in this message)

Greg · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

I've had a request to recreate this thread, the purpose of which is to keep people appraised of when Doctor Who and related merchandise is available and from where. I was planning to do it in any case, but the nudge was helpful.

This is very much an audience participation thread. I live in Canberra, and hence have no real way of knowing what's available in other parts of the country, so if you see a new item of merchandise please contact me - there are buttons to email or send a private message at the bottom of each post, so use them, or just reply to this thread.

The overall intention is to keep our fellow Doctor Who fans appraised of things they might want to obtain.

I will delete superfluous posts in this thread (where the information is recorded in the first post), and the initial post itself will be pruned back from time to time so it isn't too big.

Thanks, in advance, for helping to make this thread work!

Greg · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject:

I got a nice package from Big Finish yesterday - the first two releases in the new series of Dalek Empire and The Companion Chronicles. It's old companion heaven as Peter Purves, Fraser Hines, Maureen O'Brien and (not so old) Noel Clarke all get lead roles. For the three men, all making their first BF appearances.

Greg · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject:

And a few days later... The Girl Who Never Was and the 2007 subscriber bonus Return to the Web Planet arrive!

Greg · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

Santa has made a special trip to my local post office, to ensure that I have Dalek Empire 4: The Fearless parts 3 and 4 and well as Old Soldiers, a 3rd Doctor story read by Nicholas Courtney with additional voices by Toby Longworth, were with me for Christmas day.

Greg · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

Today I received two items from Big Finish - the final in the current Companion Chronicles series, The Catalyst read by Louise Jameson with Timothy Watson; and Dead London, the first in a new series featuring the 8th Doctor and Lucie.

And yesterday I got Newtons Sleep, the first Faction Paradox volume published by New Zealand company Random Static.

Sulp Niar · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Greg · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:

Not sure when I'll get to Newtons Sleep - I tell people I'm buying books for my retirement!

However, it does weigh in at about 100 more pages than the previous FP volumes, but is otherwise of a like format in terms of height and width, etc.

Greg · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:

Both Destiny of the Daleks and the Torchwood series 1 box set have been released locally.

I also got both Beneath the Surface (which contains The Silurians, The Sea-Devils and Warriors of the Deep) and The Time Meddler have arrived from amazon.co.uk.

Greg · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

While I was looking around today, I saw the Davros Collection is now available in local release.

Greg · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

Dropped by my local ABC Shop and saw the next three Who novels , as well as the next Doctor Who at the BBC CD, focussing on the 10th Doctor.

Greg · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

My copy of The Condemned, a 6th Doctor audio, arrived today. This story features the Doctor's new companion - Charley Pollard. Sounds familiar, doesn't she?

Somehow I managed to forget to say that I also received Max Warp, the 2nd in the new series if 8th Doctor and Lucie adventure, a few weeks ago... Thi story also feature Graeme Garden, formerly of the Goodies, back for another guest role.

Sulp Niar · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

What's with the new (or rather "mix of old") theme for the 2nd series of the 8th Doctor/Lucie audios? Is it also on 'Max Warp' (I only have 'Dead London')? Any idea why it was picked up?

GOD, I HATE IT.

Sorry, but I do.

Greg · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:14 am Post subject:

I'm sure the new theme is a special tribute to JNT - the master of change for change's sake, and who cares if it is better?

I don't care for it. I don't really care about it, either!

And yes, it is on both Dead London and Max Warp - so suck it up, buckaroo!

Sulp Niar · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject:

Whoa, hang on a sec - I wasn't aiming anything at you with my post before. I said "sorry, but I do" to anyone who likes the theme, just generally. It was just a comment that I chose for the hell of it, not thinking it through. So - er, to use it again - sorry.

Actually, my problem with it is the lack of change. I'm all for having a new theme. But it's not; it's a mix of old themes. And that's why I don't like it.

Greg · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Nah, I didn't think you were aiming anything at me.

I blame my exciting flu filled head for any communication misfires that might be happening.

Sulp Niar · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject:

Ah. I figured you were because of the exclamation marks, actually.

Man, the internet is so hard to work out when someone's kidding, serious, furious or light-hearted sometimes. Maybe I should use emoticons more often.

eastsydneyboy · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 12

I just thought I'd mention that at the new Strand JB Hi Fi shop in Sydney they have had copies of "Beneath the Surface" for $26.98 on sale for the last week.

I was in there at lunch time today and there are still a few left (but they are not in the DW section, but on a new releases shelf at the end of one of the shelves).

Brian

Tom N. · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 144 Location: Sydney, NSW

Had a peek in the ABC Shop yesterday and saw the Series 3 Original Soundtrack on sale for $32.95.

Greg · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

My copy of Brave New Town arrived yesterday, which features the Doctor and Lucie encountering... well, I'm not going to spoil it for you!