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Here are two stills from the earliest known TV appearance by actor James Beck, later famous as spiv 'Joe Walker' in Dad's Army ....

There’s a fun moment in the Doctor Who story Dragonfire when the Seventh Doctor is required to distract a guard. Some other adventuring hero...

Tonight and tomorrow, BBC Four is repeating the 1977 Doctor Who story The Face of Evil , in which Tom Baker's Doctor meets a new frie...

Lyrics to a song about the building of Clifton Suspension Bridge , from Great! , Bob Godfrey's Oscar-winning, animated musical biography...

I sometimes get asked to help my friends and family when they have to write things. In the last few months, I've offered more or less th...

Vincent Van Gogh was born on this day in 1853, and this evening my clever friend Emily Cook at Doctor Who Magazine has organised a special...

"The number of nude photos needed for the Guardroom set has increased from three to six." (p. 647) This massive, detailed day-by-d...

Something different for my 900th post. I don't normally blog personal stuff, but the Dr and I want it out in the open that we're doi...

In 2012, I wrote this trailer for Matt Smith, advertising Doctor Who on Turkish televisions CNBC-e: At the time, I was freelancing a...

This gripping, near-future political thriller is published by Gold SF, the newish imprint of Goldsmiths Press that aims to discover and publ...