The Doctor
I’ve decided I would like to be showrunner on Doctor Who. The main requirement seems to be having my own masterplan. We’ve had the Cartmel Masterplan to make the Doctor more mythic and the Chibnall Masterplan to reset Doctor Who further. What’s next? How do you walk back from the end of the Time Lords…
The latest TARDIS Magazine includes an article of mine — The Seventh Doctor: A new kind of here? and I was pleased to find it right near the front, just after a fascinating Sylvester McCoy interview. Now I have my copy, I really do recommend it and not just for fans of the Seventh Doctor.…
Terraqueous Distributors has announced another project on Facebook (see here) and it’s The Unofficial Dr Who Annual 1988. It seems they’ve been flooded with material for recent releases (guilty) and didn’t need to ask for submissions. Oh well! More news as it appears. +++ Message Ends +++
The final one-Doctor outing for Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor, The Grey Man of the Mountain was a good listen, if not the strongest story ever. I wrote a review for Cultbox, which you can find here. +++ Message Ends +++
Issue 2 of the recently revived TARDIS magazine is ready and available to order. I understand it might even be more impressively laid out than the first issue. This time it’s a Seventh Doctor special, and there are contributions from Jessica Martin and Stephen Wyatt, as well as (of course) Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford and…
I reviewed Revolution of the Daleks on Cultbox. I broadly enjoyed it even if it felt more like a big end of series wrap-up than a special seasonal tale. Loose ends tidied up (a bit), colour-by-numbers Dalek story and a reduction in numbers on board the TARDIS (immediately changed by John Bishop!) I may have…
One thing I didn’t mention in my Celestial Toyroom Annual 2021 news piece, is I wrote the review for The Ice Warriors. It’s fairly critical, explores the predecessors of some of the ideas and suggests how there’s a much better story inside. You can read it for free if you grab the annual from the…
Big Finish kicks 2021 off with a bumper Dalek story sale, over 100 titles discounted. some by up to 50%! Yes, it’s all about the monsters from Skaro as we await tonight’s Revolution of the Daleks. The sale can be found here. (I really like the picture, btw, which I why I posted!). === Message…
The DWAS kicks off 2021 with the free Celestial Toyroom Annual 2021 and it’s all things Second Doctor with a great cover, piece from Anneke Wills and every Patrick Troughton story covered. You can grab it now from the link, and if you look around you can still get the previous few for free a…
I’ve no real expectations ahead of Revolution of the Daleks, partly as I’m growing tired of the show as a whole and inevitably as a consequence of 2020 as a whole (like everyone). We’ve known for ages Graham and Ryan would leave, and the presence of Daleks (even if rather a decent design) covers familiar…
You may just have received Celestial Toyroom 512/3 (but only if you’re a DWAS member) and it’s a great read. We’ve a seasonal message from Colin Baker then more information on Doctor Who annuals then you ever thought possible to know. Full details on the DWAS website here. +++ Message End +++
Revolution of the Daleks will be the first Doctor Who to be available in 4K HDR. Details here: Doctor Who goes 4K HDR for Revolution of the Daleks. *** Message Ends ***
