Doctor Who Magazine readers have voted The Writer’s Tale the Best Non-Fiction Book of 2008, in the publication’s annual Merchandise Awards. It won with a staggering 40.3% of the vote, almost 25% ahead of the closest competition. The full results are:

1 - The Writer’s Tale: 40.3%   
2 - The Time Traveller’s Almanac: 15.8%
3 - Starships and Spacestations: 14.5%
4 - The Official Annual 2009: 12.9%
5 - Monsters Within: 5.3%
6 - Others: 11.2%

Robert Colvile interviews Russell in The Telegraph today (read it here), while the unedited transcript, including a plug for The Writer’s Tale (which Colvile calls “remarkably open”), has been posted online and is well worth a read:

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Scotland on Sunday has published an interview with Russell, in which he discusses his final Doctor Who script, handing over to Steven Moffat… and Stephen Gately’s arse! Of course, The Writer’s Tale gets plenty of mentions, too.

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