So, sneaking into the World Cup Final coverage on the BBC was the new trailer for Jodie Whittaker’s first series of Doctor Who. One trailer rumour and one footage leak have already happened, so how does this teaser trailer stack up? Let’s chat…
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Just imagine – the Brigadier has now been part of Doctor Who for a massive fifty years! Thanks to Candy Jar Books the Brigadier’s anniversary is covered in depth in THE BRIGADIER: FIFTY YEARS OF LETHBRIDGE-STEWART. Full details on the website, but here’s a taster:
Just what happens in studio when a Big Finish story is recorded? Are the lunches really that good? Which male writer is cast as a female character? Some, all or none of these questions are answered in my piece for Hero Collector: DOCTOR WHO: RECORDING THE TACTICS OF DEFEAT. Enjoy, and let me know what you…
The chaps at Hero Collector kindly allowed me the opportunity to discuss how I wrote Tactics of Defeat for Big Finish as part of the Doctor Who boxset Companion Chronicles The Second Doctor Volume 02. The articles is the inevitably named: Doctor Who: Writing the Tactics of Defeat. If you do read it, please let me know how interesting you found…
Over on the Candy Jar site there’s another freebie (we had several giveaways recently). This time it’s the Lethbridge Stewart story Piece of Mind by James Middleditch, set in Glastonbury where the Brigadier is on a retreat. You can get your copy here.
Big Finish has announced Torchwood 6 — God Among Us the follow on the the rather brilliant Torchwood 5 — Aliens Among Us. The news item is: GOD IS COMING IN TORCHWOOD SERIES 6. I’m guessing series 7 might be called The Devil Among Us, but that’s just a guess! We have quite a lot of detail already…
Set during the show’s second season, Torchwood: Believe gives fans the full-cast adventure they’ve wanted since Big Finish first produced the range. There’s no Rhys, but we do have Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Toshiko. It’s a three-disc story from the mighty pen of Guy Adams, directed by Scott Handcock.
If you’d like to contribute to a Doctor Who charity fanzine, take a look at Mild Curiosities. It’s a project edited by Sophie Iles, and full details are available on her blog, including dates and a submissions guide. Full details are here. Soph is interested in art, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it concerns out favourite…
Back in 2007, Paul Cornell wrote a free short story for the British newspaper The Telegraph. It’s a Tenth Doctor Christmas story called The Hopes and Fears of All the Years. It’s rather sweet if I say so myself. Yes, I know it’s the middle of summer in the UK, but this is rather a sweet story and I’ve…
My Second Doctor / Zoe / Ruth Matheson story Tactics of Defeat has been released today as part of the Companion Chronicles THE SECOND DOCTOR VOLUME 02. Do let me know what you thought of it! *** Message Ends *** .
If you’re following the twitch stream of Doctor Who, you might like to also check out the work of Bristol based artist Soph. She has lots on twitter (see the link) and a blog through which you can buy her prints: S.ILES ART. +++ Message Ends +++
There’s a Kindle giveaway thanks to Candy Jar Books, with five titles now free! The promotion runs for five days from 16th June 2018, and includes several Lethbridge-Stewart titles! It’s done in line with the Doctor Who on twitch event, and is the last giveaway until Autumn.
