Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s) (81 page)

Acknowledgements

Toby Wishes to Thank:
Firstly, I’d like to thank Rob for asking me to do this with him – it was a flattering proposition from a bona fide
Doctor Who
writer which quite knocked me for six. He’s been instrumental in easing me into a new chapter in my life and introduced me to all sorts of people, and I’m very grateful. A good friend.

2009 was a big year for me, and many friendships were forged and strengthened in the months that this volume was created (if I’ve failed to mention anyone here, fear not – I clearly didn’t meet you till Volume 2 or 3). While undertaking this project, I’d suddenly find myself travelling around the country and headed towards, say, Inverness without a copy of The Krotons to re-watch – a quick text to John Williams, and he’d ensure it was there when I arrived. Steve Hatcher dropped everything on a couple of occasions to instantly furnish me with recons I’d not got or had packed away into storage (and a word here for those hardworking fans behind those brilliantly rendered labours of love – their skill and application are hugely appreciated and admired in Hadoke Towers). Neil Perryman, Martin Oakley and Simon Harries had a butchers at some of my early efforts and said nice and/or useful things. Mark Attwood will have a big grin on his face seeing his name in (another) Doctor Who book – he deserves far more, frankly. Lee Martin and Jason Cook occasionally remind me of a life outside of Doctor Who and have always been there when I’ve needed proper friendship, and Neil Smith, Ros Bell, Mike Thorpe and Leanne Burke are rays of sunshine who make my life easier with regularity, good grace and not enough credit.

I’m also indebted to Derek Fowler, Danny Jones, Paul Cornell, Simon Guerrier, Mark Wright, Steve Roberts, Sue Cowley, John Kelly, Michael McManus, Andy Murray, Jonathan Morris, Karen Baldwin, Ed Stradling, Steve O’Brien, James Seabright, Kat Portman, Steve Broster, Daren Thomas, Damon Querry and Matt Hayden, as well as everyone who made me welcome in the USA, New Zealand and Canada (which will feature in future volumes). From the comedy circuit, I am indebted to John Cooper, Dominic Woodward, Michael Legge, Andrew O’Neill, Mitch Benn, Dan McKee and especially Johnny Candon, who have all enabled me to discuss the Taran Wood Beast and Eric Pringle in green rooms up and down the country to the confusion of everyone else present. And especial thanks to Robin Ince, for suggesting that talking about such things on stage might be a funny thing to do.

Thanks to Lars and Christa for making it easy, and enabling this whole thing to happen with good grace and skill. And really huge and heartfelt thanks to Peter Crocker, a close and valued friend, for going over the thing with a fine-tooth comb, making salient points and being there with good company and words of wisdom and support (not to mention curry and gin).

Louis, Ethan and Oscar represent the next generation, provide necessary perspective, and are duty bound to be the custodians of my Dapol collection when I am dead and gone. They also make me very proud (probably to the same extent that I make them very embarrassed).

Rob Wishes to Thank:
As this is one of those very rare occasions when Toby has been allowed to write something first – ha! – I’d would like to acknowledge all the people that Toby is acknowledging, thank you. (Except for the bit about me, because that would be weird.) I would like to add, though: Owen Bywater – who got me into this Doctor Who thing when I was eleven years old, and is still a friend; my younger sister, Vicky, who was braver than I was, and dared to watch The Creature from the Pit when I was far too scared to do so (oh, that Erato blob was terrifying!); my parents, Joyce and Dennis, who despaired hugely of my Who obsession, but never tried to hide the remote control; my wife, Jane Goddard, for marrying me in spite of my love for Doctor Who; my agent, Suzanne Milligan, for
representing
me in spite of my love for Doctor Who; and Liz Myles, Nicholas Briggs, Ian Mond and Robyn Brough, for looking over the manuscript and egging me on.

Credits

Robert Shearman...
is probably best known as a writer for Doctor Who, where he reintroduced the Daleks in the show’s BAFTA winning first series, in an episode nominated for a Hugo Award. But he has long worked as a writer for radio, television and the stage. He has received several international awards for his theatre work, including the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the World Drama Trust Award and the Guinness Award for Ingenuity in association with the Royal National Theatre. His plays have been regularly produced by Alan Ayckbourn, and on BBC Radio by Martin Jarvis; Big Finish recently published a selection of them under the title
Caustic Comedies
. His first collection of short stories,
Tiny Deaths
, won the World Fantasy Award. The follow-up,
Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical
, won the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Edge Hill Reader’s Prize. A third collection,
Everyone’s Just So So Special
, was published in 2011.

Toby Hadoke...
is an actor, writer and comedian. His one man show
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
enjoyed a West End run, a major UK and international tour, a sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe and a Sony-nominated radio series. A follow up,
Now I Know My BBC
, premiered in 2010. He is resident compere at XS Malarkey Comedy Club, won The Les Dawson Award in 2003, and also a Chortle Award in 2007. His TV acting credits include
Casualty 1907
,
The Forsyte Saga
,
Phoenix Nights
,
The Royal Today
and
Coronation Street
. His writing includes
The Comedy Sketchbook
(BBC 1),
The Comedy Christmas
(BBC 2) and pieces in
The Guardian
,
The Independent
,
Doctor Who Magazine
and
SFX
. An experienced radio and theatre actor, voice-over artist, TV warm-up man and radio pundit, Toby has also moderated commentaries for the Doctor Who DVD range.

Publisher / Editor-in-Chief

Lars Pearson

Senior Editor / Design Manager

Christa Dickson

Associate Editor (
Running Through Corridors
)

Lance Parkin

Associate Editor (Mad Norwegian Press)

Joshua Wilson

The publisher wishes to thank...

Rob and Toby, for so enjoyably making this “great journey” through Doctor Who, and letting us play along; Peter Purves, for both the foreword and for being such a gentleman to work with; Lynne M. Thomas, for coming up with the title to this series; Katy Shuttleworth, for help with the “running men” graphics; Lance Parkin; Michael D. Thomas; Shawne Kleckner; Josh Wilson; and the incomparable Robert Smith?.

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