Shelf Life

Following Craig Hinton's death by heart attack in December 2006, the Shelf Life series of charity publications was started by Adrian Middleton in Hinton's memory. The books were to be privately printed and distributed in return for donations to the British Heart Foundation. Ultimately, only one release was published, an anthology called Shelf Life, edited by Julian Eales with David A. McIntee and Middleton. Several of the anthology's stories were written by authors of official Doctor Who universe material and featured licensed use of their original concepts.
The name Shelf Life was an homage to Hinton's reviews for Doctor Who Magazines "Shelf Life" column.
== Releases ==
=== Shelf Life ===
The stories in Shelf Life all were somehow connected to Craig Hinton, either because they were inspired by his work or linked to him in a personal way. Middleton originally planned for the anthology to be released in December 2007 for the first anniversary of Hinton's death, but due to the effort involved, he enlisted Jay Eales – who had previously edited the Perfect Timing series and Walking in Eternity – and David A. McIntee to help edit. It ultimately took substantial work to finish the stories and illustrations in time for the second anniversary in 2008.Dale Smith Online: Shelf Life
Each story was accompanied by full-page artwork. In addition to these, Shelf Life included standalone "pulp covers" for Craig Hinton's five DOctor Who novels, illustrated by Marvin Mann, Chris Askham, Jonathon Dalton, Caroline Parkinson, and Terry Wiley, respectively.
==== Publisher's summary ====
An unofficial collection of illustrated fiction inspired by the Doctor Who writings of CRAIG HINTON, and dedicated to his memory. All profits will be donated to the BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.
==== Stories ====
Title 	Writer 	Artist 	Notes
Preface 	Jay Eales, David McIntee, Adrian Middleton 	 	Featured a brief message from Russell T Davies.
Wish You Were Here - A Memorial 	Andy Lane 	 	
Manuscript Found in an Old Bookcase 	Robbie Langton 	Peter Neville 	
Doomsday Minus One 	Christer Van 	Lee O'Connor 	
The Monster Factory 	Alec Daniels 	Terry Wiley 	
Requiescat 	William Andrews 	Peter Neville 	
Relative Dimensions 	Andrew Cheverton 	Tim Keable 	
Third Eye View 	Chris McKeon 	Paul Peart-Smith 	
Manchusis Psychosis 	Roger Clark 	John Aggs 	
Crawlspace 	Simon A. Forward 	Josceline Fenton 	
The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen	Dale Smith 	D'Israeli 	An adaptation of Smith's pitch The League of Extraterrestrial Gentlemen.
Indigenous Species 	Steve Hatcher 	Darren Douglas 	
Façade of Demons 	Andy Lane, Craig Hinton 	Allan Harvey 	
Tempus Fugit 	Jen Leavesley 	Garen Ewing 	
The Darkest Corner 	Adrian Middleton 	Vince Danks 	
Fair Exchange 	Mike Morgan 	Mike Morgan 	
Return on Investment 	Rachel Steffan 	Andy Baker 	
Of Eden Stood Disconsolate 	Rachel Simpson Hutchens 	Oli Smith 	
A Very Valeyard Christmas 	Craig Hinton 	Peter Neville 	
The Jumping of the Shark 	Steve Graeme, Adrian Middleton 	Dave Windet 	
The Finest Restaurant Known to Man 	Jon Arnold 	Ant Mercer 	
Tears in Time 	Damon Cavalchini 	Stephen Prestwood 	
Time's Champion: Prologue 	Craig Hinton, Chris McKeon 	Terry Wiley 	An excerpt from Time's Champion, adapted by McKeon from Hinton's notes.
Perriot le Who? 	Andrew K Lawston 	Bevis Musson 	
Room With No Doors Cutaway 	Kate Orman 	Yishan Li 	A deleted scene from The Room With No Doors.
Behold the Martian 	Matthew Griffiths 	Laura Howell 	
Missing Episode 	Roger Gibson 	Vince Danks, Roger Gibson	
Dial M for Metaphysics 	Simon Bucher-Jones 	Graeme Neil Reid 	
A Meeting of Minds 	Craig Hinton 	Toby Ford 	
One Perfect Twilight 	Craig Hinton 	Emma Vieceli 	
Auld Lang Syne 	Daniel Tessier 	Mike Juniper 	
Fearful Symmetry 	Jim Mortimore 	Jim Mortimore 	
No Place Like Home 	Stuart Douglas 	Peet Clack 	Reprinted in Bafflement & Devotion.
Location 	Paul Ebbs 	Roger Langridge 	
Skulduggery 	Fiona Moore, Alan Stevens 	Brian Gorman 	Later released as a Kaldor City short story.
Tread on a Crack: A Tale of the Malleus 	Jay Eales 	Pete Rajski 	
The Watcher 	Nick Wallace 	Natalie Sandells 	
A Fistful of Drabbles 	James Ambuehl 	 	
Quantum Mnemonics 	Adrian Middleton 	 	Featured quantum mnemonics, which Middleton created for Apocrypha and Hinton used in Millennial Rites.
The Legend of Rassilon's Cat 	Adrian Middleton 	 	
The Quantum Archangel Notes 	Craig Hinton 	 	Notes on The Quantum Archangel.
House of Pain and Pleasure 	Craig Hinton 	 	
The Final Word 	Peter Anghelides, Daniel O'Mahony, Mark Michalowski, Dave Whittam	 	
=== Further releases ===
Adrian Middleton planned to release further volumes of Shelf Life in 2009 and 2010 without the help of Jay Eales and David McIntee. However, these were never released.
== External Links ==
* Official site (accessed via archive.org)
* Shelf Life: An Editor's Perspective
* Review on Doctor Who Reviews
== Footnotes ==
Category:Charity publications