Perfect Timing

Perfect Timing was a series of two unofficial Doctor Who charity anthologies released in 1998 and 1999. The anthologies were privately printed and distributed by the editors in return for donations to the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death. As the anthologies featured contributions from many authors of official Doctor Who universe material, they are notable to this wiki.
== Releases ==
=== Perfect Timing ===
Perfect Timing was published in November 1998 to celebrate Doctor Whos 35th anniversary. It was edited by Mark Phippen and Helen Fayle with help from Jay Eales. It was reprinted in 1999 with two additional stories. The Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death, Colin Baker, wrote the introduction to the collection.
==== Publisher's summary ====
For 35 years the Doctor's adventures have been showcased on television, in comics, novels, videos, cereal packets and more recently on the internet.
This project, timed to be released to celebrate this anniversary, has brought together some of the very best "Who" writers. Some names may already be familiar to you, some should hopefully become so in the near future!
For this collection, they have all kindly donated original stories, poems and drabbles featuring the Doctor, his companions, and his world, from all eras of the show, and from the books - stories from the Doctor's past, present (and future!)
35 pieces to celebrates 35 years of time travel -- including:
* A brief encounter for the First Doctor and Susan - but what about those they leave behind?
* The Second Doctor pays a return visit to Venus for some Martial Arts instruction.
* Iris Wildthyme: The U.N.I.T. years...
* H. P. Lovecraft finds out that life can be stranger than fiction...
* Europa, the 32nd century. Miles Dahwood is having a spot of bother with his fiancée and Count Dracula...
* The Fourth Doctor and Romana II find that fiction can be stranger than reality... and the truth behind those missing Professor X episodes is finally revealed...!
* What is that has been hiding in the TARDIS -- and from the minds of the Fifth Doctor and his companions?
* The Sixth Doctor and Grant find themselves dealing with one of the deadliest menaces to Earth -- a psychotic, theme park Santa Claus!
* The Seventh Doctor and Chris find something nasty lurking in the semingly peaceful, cloistered heart of In'sav'aar...
* The Eighth Doctor visits some old friends, and pays a return visit to Tombstone, Arizona...
* A Future Doctor faces an old enemy -- and a personal pain...
==== Stories ====
Title 	Writer 	Notes
Introduction 	Colin Baker 	
The Use of the Myth 	Paul Cornell 	
Bear Paw Adventures 	David J. Howe 	
Always Let the Conscious Be Your Guide 	Mark Clapham and Jim Smith 	
Birth Pains 	Damon Cavalchini 	
Venusian Sunset 	Paul Leonard 	A tie-in to his novel Venusian Lullaby.
From the Cutting Room Floor 	David A. McIntee 	Deleted scenes from his novel The Dark Path.
Thicket of Thieves 	Kathryn Sullivan 	
The UNIT Things 	Peter Anghelides 	
Entertaining Mr. O 	Paul Magrs 	Featured licensed use of Iris Wildthyme and introduces her companion Tom. Reprinted in Bafflement and Devotion. Received a partial continuation in Talented Witches.
Masters of Terror 	James Ambuehi and Laurence J. Cornford	
Baron (Count) Dracula and Count (Baron) Frankenstein	Stephen Marley 	Features licensed use of Miles Dashing and Crocker.
The Aurelius Gambit 	Helen Fayle 	
Not Necessarily in That Order... 	Paul Ebbs 	
Child of Darkness 	Daniel Blythe 	
The Zargathon Menace 	Jonathan Morris 	Introduces the Zargathons, a member of this species would later appear in Death to the Doctor!.
One Perfect Twilight 	Craig Hinton 	
Ghost in the Machine 	Trina L. Short 	
The 6th Doctor Sends A Letter 	Charles Daniels 	
The Great Journey of Life Ends Here 	Gary Russell 	
Wish Upon a Star Beast 	Steve Lyons 	Features licensed use of Grant Markham. Lyons later used the Sixth Doctor and the Meeps again in The Ratings War.
Schrödinger's Botanist 	Ian McIntire 	Introduces Carmen Yeh, who would later appear in The Book of the War. Also features licenced use of Grant Markham.
Second Hand 	Rob Stradling 	
Doing It Right 	Alan Taylor 	
Cheeky Things 	Erin Tumilty 	
Chain Male 	Keith Topping 	Introduces Johnny Chess as an ex-husband of Tegan Jovanka, before his first appearance in Topping's novel Byzantium!.
Ascension 	Stephen Graves 	
Caveat Emptor 	Susannah Tiller 	
Doctor Patient Relationship 	Kate Orman and Jon Blum 	The original first chapter of Vampire Science, which featured Grace rather than Carolyn McConnell.
Worm 	Lance Parkin 	
The Ravages of Time 	Mags L. Halliday 	
Emerald Green 	Mark Phippen 	
Sad Professor 	Nick Walters 	
Transitions 	Daniel Ben-Zvi 	
Nightmare 	Nathan Skreslet 	
Dark Paragon 	Jon Andersen 	
Time RuinsOnly included in the 1999 second edition. 	Sarah Hadley 	
What If We Went to Italy 	Tom Beck 	
=== Perfect Timing 2 ===
Perfect Timing 2 was released in December 1999. It was edited by Helen Fayle and Julian Eales.
==== Publisher's summary ====
Once again bringing you a selection of short stories and artwork by both fans and professional writers and artists, distributed in support of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death, and featuring TV's favourite time traveller.
==== Stories ====
Title 	Writer 	Notes
Introduction 	Colin Baker 	
Foreword 	Dez Skinn 	
Alien Nation 	Peter Anghelides 	
I'll Name That Tune In One 	Peter Anghelides 	
"Past" 	Lawrence Miles 	
Darkness Before Me 	Jim Campbell 	
Identity Crisis 	Nathan Skeslet 	
Genesis of the Dustbins: A Report by Zoe Heriot 	Charles Daniels 	
A Handful of Silver 	Mags L. Halliday 	
Invasion of the Dinosaurs by Sarah Jane Smith 	Mike Sivier 	
Knitworld 	Stephen Marley 	
Goodbye Rembrandt 	David J. Howe 	
The Giving Invasion 	Paul Leonard 	
A Cup of Coffee 	Daniel Ben-Zvi 	
Kyreth 	Kimberly Yale and John Ostrander	
The Effect of Dimensional Transcendence on Mozzarella Cheese	Diane Duane 	
Nameless 	David Bickley 	
Painting History 	Damon Cavalchini 	
"Present" 	Lawrence Miles 	
Black Snow 	David Bishop 	
Safe in the Knowledge 	Mark Phippen 	
Adjudicator's Holiday 	Kathryn Sullivan 	
Past Time Catching 	Dave Stone 	
Pulp Cutaway 	David A. McIntee 	
Isolation 	Gareth Humphreys 	
Quicksilver Bees 	Martin Day 	
First Person 	Philip Purser-Hallard 	
Fishy Business 	Lance Parkin 	Features licensed use of Saldaamir and mentions Last Contact.
Empty Nest 	Jon de Burgh Miller 	
Cause and Effect 	Rebecca Dowgiert 	
The Hand of the Goddess 	Susannah Tiller 	
Unseen Rooms 	Imran Inyat 	
This Hollywood Life 	Jonathan Dennis 	
Fangrrl Life 	Phil Pascoe 	
"Future" 	Lawrence Miles 	
Mysterious Ways 	Julian Eales 	
Memories to Forget 	Barry Williams 	
Touching Indigo 	R.J. Anderson 	
Grey 	Jon Andersen 	
Apocalypse Angel 	Finn Clark 	
"Oblique" 	Lawrence Miles 	
The Next Universe but One 	Dave Owen 	
A Tapestry of Shadows 	Alan Taylor 	
It's Raining Again 	Paul Magrs and Stewart Sheargold	Features licensed use of Iris Wildthyme. Reprinted in Bafflement and Devotion.
Unlimited 	Ian McIntire 	
Aria for the Broken Hearted 	Richard Prekodravac 	
From the Cutting Room Floor, Take 2 	Craig Hinton 	Cut scenes from The Crystal Bucephalus.
Here Be Dragons 	Helen Fayle 	
"Absolute" 	Lawrence Miles 	
Toy Story 	Lawrence Miles 	Set during Interference. Introduces Lolita, who would later appear throughout the Faction Paradox series. Later published by Mad Norwegian Press in their edition of Dead Romance.
Afterward 	Gary Gillatt 	
== Gallery ==
Perfect_Timing.jpg|Perfect Timing cover
Perfect_Timing_2.jpg|Perfect Timing 2 cover
== External links ==
* Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Perfect Timing
* Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Perfect Timing 2
== Footnotes ==
Category:Charity publications