So much stuff!

I was just thinking that a few years ago, getting Doctor Who books were a rare treat. I'm referring to the non-fictional aspects rather than the Virgin fiction range. There were basically only a limited number of books, and it was possible to try to get them all, although several older ones were nearly impossible to get a hold of.

However, now... we have Doctor Who files and books coming out our ears, and we can be picky about what we want to get! (And indeed, most of the hardcore fans either ignore them as too childish or collect them purely because of obsessiveness.) There's tons of stuff coming out, not just books, just anything that they can slap a Doctor Who logo on!

Way back in the beginning the Daleks managed to do this, and over the years the BBC has put out some stuff, but I would not be at all surprised if just the last few years, quantity-wise(*), stack up with the entirely of the previous lot of output. (Aside from the fiction books.) I'm sure David Howe, Paul Scoones or Jon Preddle could say more about that aspect, but it certainly seems to be the case.

Doctor Who has gone commercial in its popularity... and that's great! We've reached hype levels experienced by Star Trek and other shows that know their commercial potential. Woo-hoo! At last! Yay!

(*)Quality-wise... I refuse to comment...

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