 | Edition: | UK (hardback) | | | Released: | 5 May 2026
| | | Publisher: | Roundel Publishing | | | ISBN: | 978-1-0683573-3-6 | | | Format: | hardback | | | Owned: | | | | Buy: |  |  | (Not currently available) |
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Cover blurb:
The forces of British moral conservatism had frightened the BBC into cutting off what had become Doctor Who’s most potent, recognisable element — the fear factor. Graham Williams had to produce a television programme which was famed for scaring kids into hiding behind the sofa, without any of the key motivators for said hiding. Perhaps scraping around at the bottom of a barrel for anything that might make Doctor Who feel more authentic for those who remembered the scary days, he stumbled upon the Daleks. Nicholas Briggs on Destiny of the Daleks
THE DNA OF DOCTOR WHO: THE GRAHAM WILLIAMS YEARS is the ultimate book on one of the most creative but complicated eras of Doctor Who’s history!
From the Key to Time to the Mona Lisa, from Nimons to Taran Wood Beasts, this volume takes an in-depth look at arguably the most witty and dynamic periods of the show, via a series of brand-new articles. These focus on each and every one of Graham’s stories, bringing fresh perspectives to some of the most well-loved tales! The latest in an on-going series of lavish books examining the key creatives behind Doctor Who across the years — THE DNA OF DOCTOR WHO takes a look at those involved in making the series through the lens of essays examining major themes, critical responses and reflections on the years in question.
One of the strongest dictates I had was that the violence, for which the show had come under fire for during the year before I took it over, had to be got rid of, in no uncertain terms. Every producer is given guidelines of a sort and they vary from moment to moment, depending on the ‘hottest’ views of the time. My major brief was to get the violence out because Mary Whitehouse had been getting rather cross. I protested about that because I thought the fantastical violence we had worked well. It wasn’t really genuine violence and what I inherited was, I believed, a rather good trade-off.
Graham Williams on The Younger Audience | 
