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We need to know our birthdays. The hospital, the Passport Office, all sorts of official forms and documents, identify us by our date of birt...

Via Jonny , I’ve been enthralled by the first, 50 year-old season of The Twilight Zone on DVD . It’s a much copied and parodied series, yet ...

"People are too often terrible advertisements for their own beliefs." Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind , p. 357. The Dr took me to...

More details on the day I’m doing in Manchester on 11 October about Doctor Who novels, for which tickets are now available : “The event will...

The new - free! - Big Finish podcast is a Bernice Summerfield special . David Richardson and Lisa Bowerman discuss all things Benny and, bri...

Busy, busy, busy. Lots of different bits of work on and about to go on tour… Tomorrow morning I’m a guest at Faringdon Arts Festival , readi...

In Reading, yesterday, there was the impressive sight of two geeks attempting a barbecue. I can do typing. I can do reaching things from she...

Free stuff! Issue 5 of Big Finish's Vortex magazine is now available for free. Pages 14-15 feature my diary of writing Dr Who & the...

Big Finish have announced that my book, Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story , will be out in August. Pre-order it NOW and get your copy s...

So. Turned 33 on Wednesday: the same age as Jesus when the Romans killed him, and (if my sums are right) the age of David Tennant when he wa...

Amazon now list my two forthcoming Blake's 7 audio plays: The Dust Run and The Trial . The two half-hour episodes will be on one CD out ...

It’s all been a bit hectic here, but the two mountains of work are in (I just need to finish an index – something I’ve not written before). ...

"The Parthenon took a bit of getting used to. June and the Doctor boggled in front of the enormous temple, in the spot where future tou...

Dashed away from working full pelt on two as-yet-unannounced mountains of work to attend the BBC Writersroom's Q&A with new head of ...

Finished Naked, the second half of the autobiography by former Doctor Who girl Anneke Wills (I blogged part one in October 2007 ). It picks...

For research purposes, obviously, the Dr and I went on a date to see Night at the Museum 2 . Spent most of the weekend proofing 310 pages of...

Just a week after their superb Big Ben celebration , the BBC Archive has published a whole load of documents about George Orwell's emplo...

Spent the weekend typing things as-yet unannounced (two of which I’ve now delivered), then yesterday afternoon saw some sunshine and the Sha...

The splendid fellows at the BBC Archive have posted lots of films and photos of the Palace of Westminster’s clock tower, also known as Big B...

To the Roundhouse last night for a gig by the Radiophonic Workshop , formerly of the BBC. The tone of the night was set by the A5 flyer: “To...