Big Finish has just announced the title of the first story in the second volume of the Second Doctor Companion Chronicles boxset. It’s called Tactics of Defeat and I wrote it! All I can say is it’s directed by Helen Goldwyn, and I look forward to sharing more when I can! It’s out in June 2018, details: THE SECOND DOCTOR…
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Almost every week there’s a new Doctor Who charity book announced, and way too many for me to remember/ mention (though happy to publicise anything I’m asked). I do have to give a mention to the new parody Professor Howe and the Toothless Tribe. Christopher Samuel Stone wrote this spoof / homage to the original Hartnell story and…
I enjoyed the four stories in Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume 2, and put my thoughts in a review for CultBox: Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters Volume 2 review. If you don’t already know, the four stories give both the Fourth Doctor and Eighth Doctor against the Vashta Nerada (two separate stories, not one, by John Dorney and Matt…
Over on twitter, archivist, fanzine creator and Vortex editor Kenny Smith has been sharing lots of artwork (much of it Eighth Doctor Divergent Universe arc) from the earlier days of Big Finish. I’ve shamelessly stolen the article from DWM announcing the first Big Finish license. Follow Kenny here: @finishedzine. +++ Message Ends +++
It’s Lucie Miller (and read by Sheridan herself) in an electrifying Eighth Doctor Short Trips story, Flashpoint, written by Andrew Smith. You want more? I put some notes together for Cultbox: Doctor Who: Flashpoint review. Now go off and listen to it! ### Message Ends ###
I reviewed the excellent Andrew Smith story The Movellan Grave over on CultBox (and yes that’s Andrew and the story both being excellent!). It’s a great Fourth Doctor and Romana story featuring, guess who, the Movellans! Read it here: Doctor Who: The Movellan Grave review (Big Finish Audio). /// Message Ends \\\
Available on Amazon for pre-order, you can get The Missy Chronicles, released February 2018. All we know is it will be 224 pages, and authors include Cavan Scott, Jaq Rayner, James Goss, Paul Magrs, Richard Dinnick and Peter Anghelides. The picture left isn’t the cover, just a mock-up I did using a picture I found here: TARDIS…
Another occasional look at a Black Archive release, and this time it’s Paul Driscoll’s take on The God Complex. Paul has plenty to say in this rather thorough analysis, covering 184 pages, and a quick peek at his credentials lets us know this might be an academic tome (Paul is a theology postgraduate from Oxford). If I have…
There’s a new edition of The Temporal Logbook on the way early in 2018. Called Temporal Logbook II: Further Journeys, it has thirteen stories (First – Twelfth Doctors + War, no Thirteenth) plus some bonuses. I’ve even penned one of these, the Fifth Doctor story Flowers in the Rain!
I’m in an artwork mood, so here (courtesy of Vworp, Vworp!) is a chance to grab a download of the Ty-phoo 1976 collectors’ cards, including the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Daleks and Cybermen (of course) and more interestingly Krynoids and Alpha Centauri! There’s a few others as well; if you’re interested, it’s all here: TY PHOO PRESENTS:…
I thought I’d dig back through the Starburst archive and point our an interview JR Southall did with new showrunner Chris Chibnall. It’s part of a set done during the early days of Broadchurch; Chris talks about the show in general, Steven Moffatt and some of his own episodes. No real clues for next season, but…
Thanks to the Radio Times for details of the next wave of Mr Men meets Doctor Who. I’ve resisted getting these (so far!) but they do look great! Details here: The Ninth Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack face the Autons in one of four new Doctor Who-Mr Men mash-up books. ++> Message Ends <++
