The Ballad of Lucie Miller
I had to the chance to ask Steve Lyons a few questions about his work on Doctor Who (novels and Big Finish), Lucie Miller, Klein, Blake’s 7 and other things besides. The results are over on the StarBurst website: Interview: Steve Lyons | DOCTOR WHO Novels. As every please feel free to leave comments. -=- Message…
As you may know I named this blog in honour of the planet Red Rocket Rising in the Steve Lyons Eighth Doctor story Blood of the Daleks. That’s the story of this blog, but where did Steve Lyons get the name from for the story? Is it a reference to the first single by the band BeForU?
Guess what - a sale for the 50th anniversary! This one is simple - 10% off for the whole weekend on any purchase of a Doctor Who connected range. The exceptions are: Not the Destiny of the Doctor Range No pre-orders subscriptions No subscriptions. This still gives plenty of choices - grab some classics, plug some…
By now I assume you have watched the Night of the Doctor and it is possible that one line may have intrigued you. The line in question is from just before the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) takes the potion to trigger his regeneration. He remembers five past companions for the last time in that incarnation and the…
Another weekend, another sale! This time its the so-called Nick’s Picks in which Nick Briggs (pictured) chooses ten titles some of which have already been on sale this year. This sale is available only on the weekend of 28-29 September; it consists of nine Doctor Who titles and one Sherlock Holmes. I have all the Doctor…
So another sale is the ‘something for the weekend?‘ from Big Finish to coincide with Nightmare in Silver. Plenty of good titles here amongst the 20 releases covering Main Range, Companion Chronicles, Eighth Doctor Adventures and others. The range of titles is such that it gives a chance to dip into something new or, if you are…
Big Finish are teasing a sssspecial offer this weekend on their Facebook page; given it is the same weekend we will be treated to Cold War on the TV I can only assume (like everyone else) that this means we will get a Big Finish Ice Warriors sale! There was nothing mentioned in either Vortex or DWM…
More anniversary news from the BBC here and a surprise! Not only is David Tennant confirmed to return with Billie Piper in the anniversary (see this post) but we now have the news of the return of the Zygons! I was very surprised but I like that fact that Moffat has gone for a classic, under…
As happened in February 2012 we have an Eighth Doctor Adventures sale (aka The Ballad of Lucie Miller). Full details are on the Big Finish News page and the dates this time are 15th February 2013 until the morning of Saturday 2nd March. If you haven’t heard these treat yourself to the first set, if you have…
So the details of the 12 Days of Christmas Sale are being revealed on the forum. The general approach is (from what we can see) that every day a new offer will be available. This is a download only option at £2.99 each and I will track the offers here (as long as I am…
So how many posts do I need on the subject of the tale of our Blackpool born heroine as played so memorably by Sheridan Smith? I realised whilst covering various series and odds and ends that I didn’t treat the whole story from start to finish as one piece. This is my attempt to make…
What have The Nowhere Place, Grand Theft Cosmos, The Emerald Tiger and Project Nirvana got in common? Well, apart from all being great stories featuring different Doctors, they all heavily feature trains! Having noticed that I wondered briefly if that matters - is a train just a spaceship running on metal rails, or is it more than that?…
