Terraqueous Distributors has released the Unofficial 1987 Dr Who Annual and it’s available to buy on Lulu here. If you don’t know it’s a fan recreation of a Sixth Doctor annual that never was, and includes Peri, Mel, The Rani and The Master.
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Starburst review of We Are the Daleks
I reviewed We Are the Daleks for Starburst: WE ARE THE DALEKS. As I said here, this is a great Seventh Doctor and Mel story, written by Jonathan Morris. -=- Message Ends -=-
Farewell Sixie – The Last Adventure
As announced on the Big Finish website this week, and in the latest DWM, Big Finish is killing of the Sixth Doctor! Fortunately, being Big Finish, this doesn’t mean the last of Colin Baker! September 2015 will see a lavish boxset (and Colin’s first) as the Doctor and several companions tackle the Valeyard in a set of…
Sylvester McCoy notes from Big Finish Day 6
Sylvester McCoy kicked off the programme at Big Finish Day 6 and answered questions from the hip (hence Nick Briggs’s expression of pain in the photo!). This post is my rough notes types up in order, I haven’t taken time to re-arrange (much). I hope you find them interesting.
Miwk Publishing announces Wallowing in Our Own Weltschmerz
Miwk Publishing deserves an award for the most outrageous title for a Doctor Who book this year with Wallowing in Our Own Weltschmerz. This book is billed as the Auton Guide to the Stories Behind the Stories of the Seventh Doctor. I don’t know who Auton actually is but whoever they are is donating proceeds from…
The one with the milkshakes (Dragonfire reviewed)
So my meanderings through the show’s history bring me to the curate’s egg that is Dragonfire. Like many shows from the 1980s I am not sure if I ever watched this at the time – I know I tried to like the Seventh Doctor despite my misgivings and did see several stories, I genuinely don’t know if I…
Prince Orpheus’ Castle (Now Prince Acheron’s Shadow)
It’s Friday (originally published on Jan 24th 2012) so it must be time for some idle speculation totally un-informed by any inside knowledge! Today I have been intrigued by the new Big Finish title announcements that run up until near the end of the year but lack some curious details – to whit who is…
Timelines: The Seventh Doctor
In a lot of ways the Seventh Doctor‘s timeline appears simple (this is until you think about the various twists that tangle it up), though I will no doubt get castigated for ignoring loads of spin-off characters. To set out the sequence I will use the rule of ‘follow the companion’. For the odd story when the Doctor appears without…
Red Rocket Rising 