The latest Pop Classics storybook from Quirk Books is my favorite. Doctor Who: The Runaway TARDIS is, as with the others, illustrated by Kim Smith, who has a gorgeous, approachable, colorful style.

Lizzie runs away after a bad first day at a new school. She accidentally stows away in a big blue box, where she meets the Doctor and has a variety of trips, all of which (coincidentally) make for beautiful vistas.

As expected from a children’s picture book, Lizzie helps and makes some friends and learns an important lesson. But even as an adult, I was pleasantly surprised by how well the conflict and the Doctor tied everything together. This isn’t a story you could have told with any other property, which makes it special, because it ties into something very deep in the Doctor.