The DWAS have announced full details for Polarity Day – 23rd October 2016 when they will help celebrate Jon Pertwee’s time as the Third Doctor as part of their own 40th anniversary celebrations. The event will be held in London – full details on their website: Polarity Day.
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Free with the September 2016 release The Maker of Demons, is the delightful story The Shrine of Sorrows by Julian Richards. It’s a Seventh Doctor and Ace story read by Stephen Critchlow and yet again demonstrates that free doesn’t mean you don’t get a great story.
A quick plug for Doctor Who Magazine #504 – not only does it have lots of 50th anniversary Cybermen goodness, but tucked away on page 80 is an interview with me about next month’s Short Trips: Rulebook. Do let me know what you think of the interview!
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I reviewed the Nick Briggs Fourth Doctor Adventure: Casualties of Time on Cultbox as part of the August round-up with Ian McArdell. Find it here: Big Finish’s ‘Doctor Who’ audio stories: August 2016 reviews round-up.
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Big Finish has recorded more Subscriber Short Trips; I draw attention to December 2018:
Tuesday by Tony Jones (Eighth Doctor, Harry Sullivan, read by Stephen Critchlow)
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I reviewed Bernice Summerfield Volume 3: The Unbound Universe over on CultBox. I loved this set, Lisa Bowerman and David Warner were fantastic and Sam Kisgart did his best. The review is: ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off review: ‘New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 3’.
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Matthew J Elliott brings the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Mel trilogy to an end with Maker of Demons. It offers a less explored angle on the Doctor and a good mix of dark story with lighter, though grim, dialogue. In some ways it’s Doctor Who and The Tempest, but in a good way. Unlike Forbidden Planet there are no robots; apart from that it’s hard to find fault with this story. Continue reading
As you might guess, More Doctor Who and Philosophy is a follow-up to the intriguing Doctor Who and Philosophy and in some ways is a better book. It’s smaller yet I feel more perfectly formed, and definitely something I recommend if you want a new angle on the show. Why do I think that? Read on… Continue reading