Doctor Who has a long and wonderful history of raising bags of money, support and awareness for all manner of charitable causes. A stock part of BBC's Children In Need slot, the producers, cast and crew have often gone the extra mile to help raise the donations. Most notably, of course, Dimensions in Time and Time Crash became event TV within event TV. Comic Relief has also been blessed with contributions from the world of Who, notably The Curse of Fatal Death and a Catherine Tate, David Tennant sketch. It would be impossible to quantify the totals raised for good causes, especially when one brings into the equation the notable fan based efforts, too. This year alone sees the much anticipated charity anthology and film Seasons Of War, featuring the exploits of the War Doctor and, just days after release, the project had already well exceeded its target. The book comes as the latest member of a wonderful tradition of charity anthologies. For something completely different, meanwhile, fans of Doctor Who conventions will have noted in the latest Doctor Who Magazine an advert for the forthcoming Bedford charity event, raising funds for the towns local food bank. With so many heartwarming stories abounding amongst generous fans, one highlight has to be the Target Who project. In 2013 a group of fans came together to purchase a garage full of Target books, around 14,000 in total, with the intention of using them to supply libraries and schools up and down the country. Latest news is that some 15 schools in West Lothian have been supplied with some of these classic tales from Terrance Dicks, Ian Marter, et al. The Gideons of Doctor Who. Marvellous stuff. Some of the biggest individual sales of memorabilia have been for the benefit of charity and occasionally a personal tragedy lies behind the kindness of others. In 2013, following his death from leukaemia, Phillip Jessets family bequeathed his Doctor Who Collection to the DWAS. In turn, the group put them up for auction to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. There are even kindly Daleks journeying across the UK motorway network in order to draw in the crowds to support local causes. Hell, theres been a whole army of them going by the name The Charity Dalek Squad.