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The Galactic Inquirer calls it, “a comprehensive look at the man and the mystery.”
Neptunian News says, “Eclectic Gypsy should be required reading” while the Skaro Telegraph says it’s utter nonsense and author Dave Thompson should be exterminated.
Well, you can’t please all of the creatures all of the time, can you?
Eclectic Gypsy is subtitled “an unauthorized biography of Doctor Who” but it’s so much more than that. This book is probably the only volume ever written that follows the Doctor from birth through his early school years to his travels on Planet Earth. It’s a comprehensive dossier built from scraps of information found in newspapers and pamphlets from across the galaxy, personal interviews with acquaintances and modern news footage. You may think you know the Doctor, but do you really?
Did you know that the Doctor was so fascinated with Planet Earth in his early years that whenever he had to date an incident in history class he gave the Gallifreyan chronology, the local reference and the Planet Earth date? A quirk that did little to endear him to his fellow students.
That’s just one of hundreds of little tidbits of trivia that you’ll find in this book. Dave Thompson has done his homework here, following up on every mention of the Doctor dating back more than 700 years. And even more captivating than the news clips are the personal interviews with the Doctor’s early professors, his young granddaughter who traveled with him for a time and even Za, a caveman has something to say about this amazing traveler.
If you’ve ever sat around a star bar listening to stories about the Doctor, wondering if they were true — then this is the book for you. See how the man became the myth when you read Eclectic Gypsy by Dave Thompson.
Book cover from Amazon and special thanks to Collector’s Guide Publishing for supplying a copy of this fascinating biography.
