Lethbridge-Stewart (series)

Lethbridge-Stewart was a series of novels, novellas, anthologies, and short stories published by Candy Jar Books beginning in 2015. It was created by Andy Frankham-Allen, with input from Shaun Russell. They starred recurring Doctor Who character Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart and co-starred Anne Travers.
On 4 January 2022, Candy Jar announced the range would end later in 2022 with six remaining books.LsVerse twitter, 13:20 4th Jan 2022: "2022 is the final year of the Lethbridge-Stewart range. Titles, covers, blurbs for the remaining six titles will all be announced in due course." This turned out not to come true, as the final two books ended up pushed to becoming 2023 releases.
== Background ==
Frankham-Allen served as the head writer and range editor, with Shaun Russell, Hayley Cox, Will Rees, Lauren Thomas and Keren Williams serving as co-editors on various books.
The stories initially bridged the gap between The Web of Fear and The Invasion, but with The Laughing Gnome series (which debuted in August 2018), as well as the rest of Phase Two, the range began to take place throughout Doctor Who's history. They were not licensed by the BBC but by the Haisman Literary Estate, the copyright holders for the character. They included various elements of other Doctor Who stories, by agreement/license of the original authors, such as Terrance Dicks, who wrote Horror of Fang Rock, and Gary Russell, who created the Vault in The Scales of Injustice.
The series built up a new team around Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers, including William Bishop, Samson Ware, and Walter Douglas. It also featured recurring characters, both Harold Chorley and Private Evans come from The Web of Fear, while new characters were added to the roster; of note are Sally Wright, Lethbridge-Stewart's fiancee, Owain Vine, Lethbridge-Stewart's nephew, and Oliver Hamilton.
The series particularly delved deeper into the history and character of Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, creating a whole family for him not previously seen on television. Family members included; Mary Gore, his mother, James Lethbridge-Stewart, his older brother who died in 1938, and Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, his father, a commander in the RAF who was declared Missing In Action at the end of World War II. It also debuted his children and grandchildren with Doris Lethbridge-Stewart, the Wilsons (son, Albert, daughter-in-law Tamara, and grandchildren Conall, Nick and Lucy). Lucy would later head her own series of spin-off novels, with guest appearances from various members of her family.
Along the way the series also delved into the Brigadier's ancestors and extended family, including cousins, uncle, and grandparents. Most notably in the short story anthology, Lineage.
The series also developed an extended family for Anne Travers and her father, Professor Travers. These included; Alun Travers, Anne's brother. Lyndon Travers, Anne's grandfather and Professor Travers' father. Margaret Travers, Anne's mother and Traver's wife, and Travers' twin, Vincent and his children. Ben Travers, from Horror of Fang Rock, was revealed to be the uncle of Professor Travers.
In addition to the novels, which initially followed an ongoing narrative, the short stories occasionally dipped into different periods of Lethbridge-Stewart's past and future. For instance, Ashes of the Inferno was set directly after the TV story, Inferno, and The Lock-In was set around the time of his death, with Of the Future exploring the divide between the Brigadier and his daughter, Kate, and the birth of his grandson, Gordy. The Enfolded Time brought focus on the UNIT dating controversy and could be said to finally solve the longstanding dating issues once and for all, though the regularity with which spin-off media attempts to "fix" the controversy makes it one of many.
From late 2018, with The Laughing Gnome series of books, the range moved from the ongoing narrative that featured in the first sixteen novels, and began to dip into various periods of Lethbridge-Stewart's past, present and future. This would be the beginning of Phase Two, and The Laughing Gnome would later be followed on with Bloodlines, as well as several Special Editions of previous novels and anthologies, including previously unpublished material.
It was announced that a sequel to the 1995 home-video release Downtime was in development, in conjunction with Reeltime Pictures.
== Novels ==
=== Phase One ===
==== Series 1 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
The Forgotten Son 	Andy Frankham-Allen	26 February 2015
The Schizoid Earth 	David A. McIntee 	25 September 2015
Beast of Fang Rock 	Andy Frankham-Allen	29 October 2015
Mutually Assured Domination	Nick Walters 	20 November 2015
==== Series 2 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Moon Blink 	Sadie Miller 	17 May 2016
The Showstoppers 	Jonathan Cooper	25 June 2016
The Grandfather Infestation	John Peel 	29 July 2016
==== Series 3 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Times Squared 	Rick Cross 	30 October 2016
Blood of Atlantis	Simon A. Forward	1 December 2016
Mind of Stone 	Iain McLaughlin 	16 December 2016
==== Series 4 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Night of the Intelligence	Andy Frankham-Allen 	9 June 2017
The Daughters of Earth 	Sarah Groenewegen 	24 July 2017
The Dreamer's Lament 	Benjamin Burford-Jones	10 August 2017
==== Series 5 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
A Very Private Haunting	Sharon Bidwell 	January 2018
The New Unusual 	Adrian Sherlock, Andy Frankham-Allen	May 2018
The Man from Yesterday 	Nick Walters 	March 2018
=== Phase Two ===
==== Series 6: The Laughing Gnome ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Scary Monsters 	Simon A. Forward	September 2018
Fear of the Web 	Alyson Leeds 	October 2018
The Danger Men 	Nick Walters 	December 2018
Rise of the Dominator 	Robert Mammone 	March 2019
Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets	Tim Gambrell 	18 May 2019
On His Majesty's National Service	John Peel 	23 December 2019
==== Series 7: Bloodlines ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Home Fires Burn 	Gareth Madgwick 	11 October 2019
The Shadowman 	Sharon Bidwell 	23 November 2019
An Ordinary Man 	Andy Frankham-Allen, Tim Gambrell	13 March 2020
The George Kostinen Mystery	Chris Lynch 	28 July 2020
Foreword to the Past 	Baz Greenland 	October 2020
I, Alastair 	Robert Mammone 	24 June 2020
==== Series 8 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Domination Game 	Alyson Leeds & Megan Fizell	17 December 2020
Fear Frequency 	George Ivanoff 	February 2021
The Haunting of Gabriel Chase	Andrew Allen 	June 2021
==== Series 9 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
Warriors of Montu	Gareth Madgwick 	3 September 2021
The Overseers 	James Middleditch	12 November 2021
Blue Blood 	Chris Thomas 	27 January 2022
==== Series 10 ====
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
A Most Haunted Man 	Sarah Groenewegen 	7 May 2022
Legacy of the Dominator 	Nick Walters 	8 June 2022
The Hiraeth Embrace 	James Middleditch 	12 August 2022
Spheres of Influence 	Violet Addison & David N. Smith	12 December 2022
It Came from the Isle of Man	John Peel 	29 May 2023
United Nations 	Jonathan Blum 	17 November 2023
=== Other books ===
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
The Forgotten Son: Special Edition 	Andy Frankham-Allen	June 2019
Mutually Assured Domination: Special Edition	Nick Walters 	November 2019
Downtime: Child of the New World 	Andy Frankham-Allen	28 July 2020
Kiss of the Ice Maiden 	Michael Sloan 	10 March 2021
== Novellas ==
Title 	Writer(s) 	Release date
The Life of Evans 	John Peel 	May 2017
The Flaming Soldier	Christopher Bryant 	August 2017
The Lost Skin 	Andy Frankham-Allen	July 2018
== Anthologies ==
Many short stories were released digitally to tie into Lethbridge-Stewart novel releases; these were later collected alongside original stories in a number of Lethbridge-Stewart anthologies.
Title 	Release date
Top Secret Files 	5 April 2015
The HAVOC Files 	12 April 2016
The HAVOC Files 2 	September 2016
The XMAS Files 	15 December 2016
The HAVOC Files 3 	March 2017
The HAVOC Files 4 	March 2018
Lineage 	October 2018
The HAVOC Files: The Laughing Gnome	20 September 2019
The HAVOC Files: Loose Ends 	6 December 2019
"Special Editions" of The HAVOC Files 2 and The HAVOC Files 3 were also released in March 2019 and 2020, respectively.
== Invalid releases ==
Title 	Release date
A Brief History of the Lethbridge-Stewarts 	20 March 2015
The Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection 	August 2018
The Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection 2	2 September 2019
The Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection 3	12 November 2021
== Unreleased books ==
Title 	Reason
Fear of Light 	Author inflexibility
Horror of Det-Sen 	Scheduling conflicts
Feralia 	Author inflexibility
Day of the Intelligence 	Personal reasons
The HAVOC Files: Fivehttps://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/coming-soon.229566/page-26#post-12127728	Scheduling conflicts
== Non-fiction books ==
Title 	Release date
Lethbridge-Stewart Quiz Book 	26 July 2018
The Brigadier: Declassified 	11 December 2019
The Lethbridge-Stewart Colouring Book	16 December 2020
== Spin-offs ==
* The Lucy Wilson Mysteries
* Travers & Wells
* The Analysis Bureau
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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