Doctor Who: 365 Days of Memorable Moments and Impossible Things (Richards)
(Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.)
A lot of Doctor Who trivia, much of it repetitive, organized into little bites by date, to fit the theme of a calendar. Smartly, it's not a calendar, as that would kill the book by the end of the year.
The book iteself says that it isn't something that should be read straight through. After trying that, I have to agree. The selection of dates of things is a little haphazard, and some things are just listed on days for no particular reason at all.
While it isn't a narrative, the book doesn't work as a reference, either. Nothing is crossed-referenced (I guess because of the calendar-ish nature), so when some episodes are topics are mentioned again, a lot of backstory has to be repeated.
Each entry ends with a list of things for that date, usually the year that an episode was first broadcast, when a particular actor or historical figure was born or died, when a character's birthday might've been if it was ever referenced. Some shows set in the past or future took place on specific dates, and those get referenced as well.
There were a bunch of references to the old shows that I didn't know, and some to shows that I either remember from long ago or have seen in recent years.
An interesting book, and also a library loan, which I had to take out twice because I needed to put it down a few times and read something else.
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