"we'd want to add new categories"

TV Lance Parkin, one of my favourite Doctor Who novelists is interviewed and he talks about the challenges of writing AHistory, his chronology of the Whoniverse. Last time I heard, the project was parked, the last volume covering everything up until 2006. Well ...
"From there, it's a question of value. We added the comic strips last time because we didn't want people to feel ripped off buying it when they probably already have at least one earlier version. I'm sure, somewhere down the line, there will be another edition, and we'd want to add new categories, like the Annuals and Choose Your Own Adventure books."
Short stories? In the introduction to the last edition, Lance suggested that the sheer number and experimental nature of them of them precluded their inclusion, but apart from the tv updates that would be a huge selling point. As would non-tv spin-offs. Though if they're still including all comic strips, Doctor Who Adventures and Battles In Time will keep him busy ...

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