WERE you confused by any aspect of Matt Smith’s second series as Doctor Who?

Well, wonder no more!

From The Impossible Astronaut, through A Good Man Goes To War, to The Wedding of River Song, this book explains everything in mind-blowing detail.

For good measure, it even covers last Christmas’s epic A Christmas Carol.

Hickman was the longest-serving editor of Doctor Who Magazine, and he brings all his Whovian experience to the dissection of the episodes.

But it doesn’t end there…… There is loads of extra and exclusive material: from a guide to Sardicktown, to The Doctor’s appearance in Hamlet, to the voyages of corsair Henry Avery and a leaflet about Ganger’s rights.

We have information on deleted scenes – including a comic strip version of the opening scene (which was changed) of The Doctor’s Wife.

Add to that, behind the scenes information on how the series was filmed and how the monsters were made; this really is the definitive guide to series six.

Interviews with the show’s stars give the actor’s view of the programme as well as some of their hopes for the future.

Showrunner Steven Moffat drops a few hints about the next series and the show’s 50th anniversary in 2013.

And a guide to The Doctor’s hats, and hats – as we all know – are cool.

184 pages that is un-putdownable, and in a nice touch, it is dedicated to the memories of Nicholas Courtney and Elisabeth Sladen – legends of the show’s history – who sadly passed away this year.

Plus, on the very last page – a code for a free audiobook.

Get it on your Christmas list NOW.

BBC Books.

ISBN. 978-1-849-90230-4.