Archive for May, 2013
Doctor Who on Newsnight 29 May 2013
04 months ago
Just spotted that on BBC2 today Newsnight will include a short piece on ‘Was Doctor Who rubbish in the 1980s?’ There is a piece here on the BBC website which gives the flavour of the piece for those unable to catch it (it will be on iPlayer afterwards). The write-up suggests it will focus on the role JNT played from the Fifth Doctor to the Seventh including the introduction of Mel.
Hopefully this will tread some new ground - for me a chance to re-explore the opinion I had at the time (see The Doctor and me).
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Urgent Calls free on SoundCloud
04 months ago
The title says it all - Big Finish have made the one-part Eddie Robson Sixth Doctor story Urgent Calls available for free on SoundCloud. All you have to do is visit the Big Finish page here or just go straight for it by visiting: Urgent Calls on SoundCloud.
The outline of the plot is:
Earth, 1974. An innocent phone call. Okay, it was a wrong number, but there can’t be any harm in that. Can there?
Enjoy!
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The one with the Zektronic energy beam
0In 1999, as part of BBC’s Comic Relief charity bonanza, viewers were treated to a mini four-part Doctor Who story, by none other than Steven Moffat, entitled The Curse of Fatal Death. In Starburst issue #389 JR Southall in his Watching Doctor Who column talks favourably about the Curse played in the journey from Classic Who to nu-Who which led me to re-watch it and jot down some thoughts…
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Dalek Masterplan 2013
04 months ago
Sadly not the announcement of one of the most desired sets of missing episodes but a charity comic strip.
Over on Kasterborous is the announcement of a comic strip being released for charity (electronic and print) which will be available each Saturday from June 1st 2013 to August 17th 2013. No details on pricing yet but this looks amazing and Kasterborous (and artist Rick Lundeen) need congratulating for this.
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Blog News: Poll for authors to interview
05 months ago
Astute visitors may have noticed the new poll at the top of the right-hand column; in this poll I ask for votes (up to three each) as to whom I might interview next following the recent spate of interviews.
Voting has been relatively brisk and I am giving it until the last day in May 2013 (midnight UK time). I will aim to interview the most popular over the next month or two. If you have voted ‘Other’ please do let me know (eg comments to this post) whom else you would like me to approach!
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Tip of the Tongue by Patrick Ness reviewed
05 months ago
The May eshort story, 50th anniversary release from Puffin is Tip of the Tongue from Patrick Ness who writes for young adults as well as adults. I had no knowledge of Patrick Ness nor of his writing so had no preconceptions when I downloaded this latest story. All I knew was that it would feature the Fifth Doctor.
I read the story on my regular commute - did the time fly or was it a drag? The answer is on the tip of my…
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Daleks in Cambridge - Late Bank Holiday weekend May 2013
05 months ago
Not a surreal sequel to Shada (though anything is possible) but a call out to any Doctor Who fans in Cambridge (UK) this Late Bank Holiday weekend (May 2013). If you visit the Arts Picturehouse they are showing the Peter Cushing Doctor Who films with an introduction by Philosophy lecturer Robin Bunce, followed by a talk later.
The running order is (from 1 pm):
- Sunday 26th May 2013: Dalek Invasion of Earth (1966)
- Monday 27th May 2013: Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
If you want more details the Cambridge News has a write-up here.
(Link removed from Cambridge News site)
If you go (I can’t make it) I’d love to hear how it was!
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