The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing.
Each novella was published in two formats: standard hardback and deluxe hardback. The BBC's license was specifically only to do hardback fiction (since its BBC Books imprint was concurrently publishing its own line of paperback Doctor Who novels), although following further negotiations two of the novellas were subsequently re-printed in paperback. "Deluxe editions" were also published, which were often autographed by the author and/or an actor from the TV series. (For example, the deluxe edition of Nightdreamers was signed by the author, the illustrator, and actress Katy Manning who wrote the foreword and whose character Jo Grant appears in the book.)
Fallen Gods won the Aurealis Award for best Australian science fiction novel of 2004.
Characters from the novella The Cabinet of Light also feature in the Time Hunter series of novellas by Telos.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
And what now shall we play?
Tick tock, goes the clock,
Now Summers gone away.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
And what then shall we see?
Tick tock, until the day,
'Till thou shalt marry me.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
And all the years they fly,
Tick tock, and all too soon,
You and I must die.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
We laughed at fate and mourned her,
Tick tock, goes the clock,
Even for the doctor.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
He cradled her, and rocked her,
Tick tock, goes the clock,
Even for the doctor.
Doctor, brave and good,
He turned away from violence,
When he understood,
The falling of the silence.
Tick tock, goes the clock,
He gave all he could give her,
Tick tock, goes the clock,
Now prison waits for River.