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The Completely Useless Encyclopedia: (Incorporating the Junior Doctor Who Book of Lists) (Doctor Who (BBC Paperback))

The Completely Useless Encyclopedia: (Incorporating the Junior Doctor Who Book of Lists) (Doctor Who (BBC Paperback))

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Authors: Chris Howarth, Steve Lyons
Publisher: Virgin Publishing
Category: Book

Buy New: $14.73



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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1106731

Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.3 x 0.8

ISBN: 0426204859
EAN: 9780426204855
ASIN: 0426204859

Publication Date: January 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Perfect condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Inventory subject to prior sale.

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud FUNNY   January 10, 2005
Victoria Masters (Gainesville, Florida)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is one of the few books that I have laughed out loud until tears streamed down my face!!! When trying to share the funniest entries, I can't even read them without laughing again. From analyzing the famous "Yeti on the lou" Pertwee phrase to including a table of contents containing only the letters of the alphabet, this is humor and wit at its best. I have never found a funnier Doctor Who book and I am hard pressed to name a funnier novel in general. If you do not have this book you don't know what you're missing!!! A++++


5 out of 5 stars Irreverent worship!   January 13, 2002
Kristen A. Criado (Franklin, PA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book is an incredible collection of phrases and Whoisms that have appeared throughout Doctor Who's many years on the air. The authors have managed to poke fun at the good Doctor while assuring the reader that they're really on our side. It's a lot like making fun of your family - only another family memeber can get away with it. If you're not family, watch out! From "AAH" to "ZORG AND ORG," it's all there - every last tasty fun morsel that makes Doctor Who a worldwide institution.


5 out of 5 stars Hilarious and Perfect   February 22, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This text is the funniest book I have ever read... Poking fun at not only Doctor Who, but the fandom of Doctor Who, this book is a laugh-riot from the introductory debate over stories' names, to the final index page which lists simply the letters of the alphabet and the Dedication to Godzilla. My favorite parts: the description of Season Eighteen as an "amusing omission from The Doctors: Thirty Years of Time Travel" and the description of Lazar's Disease as a syndrome whose main symptom is removing one's clothing... Lyons & Howarth are to be commended for such a devistatingly funny work.


5 out of 5 stars Fanboy delight! If you're a true fan, you WILL laugh.   September 29, 1997
sonspidy@interl.net (Burlington, Iowa, US of A, Earth)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Hilarious & irreverent, the useless encyclopedia looks unflinchingly at the schitzophrenic british fan base, the shoddy "classic" episodes, the ludicrous "new adventures", and just about everything and anything "Who" and useless. Written by fans for fans.