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Founder | James Wylder |
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Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Elkhart, Indiana |
Distribution | United States, United Kingdom |
Publication types | Books |
Fiction genres | Science fiction |
Official website | www |
Arcbeatle Press is an American publisher initially known for the 10,000 Dawns series created by owner James Wylder. The company later acquired the publishing rights to fiction based on the WARS Trading Card Game, a series featuring companion Chris Cwej from BBC's Doctor Who, and a continuation of the video series P.R.O.B.E..
Arbeatle Press was formed in 2013, after the publication of An Eloquence of Time and Space, a collection of poetry celebrating fifty years of Doctor Who. [1] [2]
In 2019 Arbeatle began to expand, starting with the release of Greater Good by acquired the rights to publish fiction based on the WARS Trading Card Game, [3] starting with the short story, The Lost Legacy of Dogman Gale. [4]
The same year Arbeatle began publishing works based on popular British science fiction series Doctor Who, starting with the release of Sheffield Steel, a non-fiction book containing essays based on the eleventh series of the show. [5] This was later followed by the announcement Arcbeatle had acquired the rights to Doctor Who companion Chris Cwej, who would star in his own series based in the universe of the show. [6]
In April 2020, Arcbeatle announced it had entered a partnership with BBV Productions to produce fiction based on the Doctor Who spin off P.R.O.B.E.. [7] The same day Arcbeatle released Shadows of Doubt, a minisode bridging the original films and the prose series. [8]
10,000 Dawns
Cwej: The Series
P.R.O.B.E.
Other titles
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