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In 1967, BBC Two broadcast a 13-episode anthology of adaptations of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle. The series was variously known ...

This is an odd, beguiling time-travel romance first staged in 1926, then later adapted for radio, TV and two films. John L Balderston chief...

In August 1964, Doctor Who 's first   story editor, David Whitaker, wrote up a CV for his new agent, Beryl Vertue, ahead of leaving his ...

Another new book by me, and the perfect accompaniment to my biography of David Whitaker , this is a deep dive into 1964  Doctor Who story Th...

David Whitaker in Australia, early 1970s On 18 April 1928, 95 years ago today, David Arthur Whitaker was born in Knebworth. In 1963, David b...

The lovely lot at Ten Acre Films have officially announced my forthcoming biography of David Whitaker, the original story editor of Doctor ...

I've a couple of features in the new Doctor Who Chronicles bookazine from the splendid lot that make Doctor Who Magazine . This one is d...

Wartime Britain , which I read last month, referred to these diaries by Winifred Vere Hodgson (1901-79), who lived at 56 Ladbroke Road when ...

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has lots on the imminent new TV series with lots of exclusive access to cast and crew. There's als...

Out on Blu-ray and DVD this week is the new animation recreating  The Evil of the Daleks , a seven-episode  Doctor Who story from 1967 of wh...

Excitingly (and surreally), I was mentioned on today's edition of TV quiz show Countdown . Some 15 minutes in, host Nick Hewer asks Sami...

Waaah! I'm Toby Hadoke's guest on the Happy Times and Places podcast this week. At my bidding, Toby watches / listens to the 1967  ...

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine includes my feature on the role of David Whitaker in developing early Dalek mythology and helping to m...

The latest special edition of Doctor Who Magazine is devoted to production design . Among the delights are some things by me: Dr Who and the...

I've long coveted this huge, exhaustive history of the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), having first heard ab...

Issue 502 of Celestial Toyroom , the journal of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society , features a big interview with the authors of variou...

My friend Jonny's book on 1964 Doctor Who  story The Dalek Invasion of Earth  is excellent - and not only because its reference to my...

Earlier this year, the Dr took me to stay at Grim's Dyke house – now a hotel – in Harrow Weald, which was used as a location in episod...