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I've just received my copy of this handsome new book, to which I contributed an essay on the 1975 Doctor Who story Planet of Evil and wh...

The new issue of the official  Doctor Who Magazine is out in shops now, with lots of information about the TV series starting next month. I...

As with Craig Miller , I chatted to David Gerrold at the GallifreyOne convention last month and bought his book when I got home. The Trouble...

My last night out in London before lockdown in 2020 was to attend a signing for my chum Una's book Picard: The Last Best Hope , which ab...

This is the third of 12 episodes of Star Trek: the Next Generation recommended to me. First there was 1.13 Datalore , then 2.9 The Measure...

This is the second of 12 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation recommended to me. The first one was 1.13 Datalore . We begin 2.9 ...

I enjoyed the recent first series of Star Trek: Picard but was very aware of missing the references as I've not seen all of Star Trek:...

This extraordinary novel by my friend Una McCormack is something really special: the best tie-in novel I've read in an age, a great n...

Another AAAGH! , this from last week's Doctor Who Adventures , issue #233. As always, the strip is illustrated by Brian Williamson and ...

High Rise by JG Ballard is told from the point of view of three men living at different levels of a block going to war with itself. It'...

Another review for Vector , this the full version of one published in #260 in August. Wiffle Lever to Full by Bob Fischer Reviewed by Simon ...

Here's my talk at the Royal Observatory from Tuesday night, which seemed to go down okay. The use and abuse of science in Doctor Who Hel...