NO wonder Peter Anghelides is feeling out of this world - for the former Sale resident (right) has just had his first book published and his inspiration is one of the giants of science fiction.
Doctor Who:Kursaal follows our time travelling hero as he battles it out with packs of warewolves in outer space. If you want to know more, you'll have to spend £4.99, says the Winchester-based writer.
Kursaal is written for actor Paul McGann and his new companion, Sam Jones.
'All the other characters are my own. I always enjoyed the TV stories where the Doctor fought familiar Hammer Horror monsters. And I thought that after more than three decades he ought to come up against a race of warewolves', says the St Ambrose College old boy.
The book took Peter six months to write and is aimed at the older end of the children's market. The BBC were commissioning new merchandise aimed at fans of the roving Timelord and Peter was surprised when his was chosen from hundreds of other hopefuls.
Like many other youngsters of his generation Peter, 35, grew up with Doctor Who, scampering behind the sofa when the action on screen got a little too scary. Of all the actors who played Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee is king.
By day Peter works as a technical writer for the computer giant IBM in Southampton, but describes writing is his first love. He wrote for the first time when he was a youngster and started a science fiction fanzine at school.
'I couldn't know then that I'd be able to walk into WH Smith and see a book of mine on the shelves', he says.
Peter lives in quite a creative household for his wife Anne won the Asham Award for her short fiction last year. It was published by Serpent's Tail in The Catch and broadcast on Radio 4. RB
Doctor Who:Kursaal by Peter Anghelidies is published by BBC Books, priced £4.99.
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