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I've nicked this from a chap called Roo Reynolds , whose own blog I stalk. Here are the books I've finished this month: "The Sa...

The Doctor Who Restoration Team have announced the contents of the forthcoming DVD of 1965 stories The Space Museum and The Chase , which i...

Alex was off buying toys again when he spotted Play's splendid description of this Martian monstrosity : "Reaching up to 7 feet ta...

Not dead, just busy with all manner of efforts to be gainfully employed. Freelancing involves a lot of pitching and begging and poking of fe...

A practical post today. Yesterday, my Daewoo DH-6100P HDD/DVD recorder would not eject a disc. It would try to play the thing but get caught...

To the NFT last night for the annual Missing Believed Wiped – an evening of odd bits of old telly that have found their way back to the arc...

To see Darker Shores last night, a Victorian ghost story by Michael Punter. After a spooky night in a guesthouse by the sea, Professor Stok...

The first copy of my Being Human book, The Road , arrived yesterday, in all its lovely paperback glory. The book is set for release on 4 Feb...

Had an appointment at that hot-bed of terrorism University College London this afternoon. Got taken for lunch in the Senior Common Room - b...

... I want to be Peter Anghelides .

How splendid that Doctor Who Confidential caught the moment that Matt Smith met Russell T Davies – the latter trying not to be in the way. ...

To Wilton's Music Hall last night to see Fiona Shaw perform TS Eliot's The Wasteland single-handed and without a blindfold. The ve...

Have spent most of the last week sheltering indoors, stuffing myself full of food and booze. J. and J. put on a splendid spread for Christma...

Hello children. Have you been good? Father Christmas – that's me, hello! – will only bring you presents on Christmas Eve if you've b...

On Saturday, I was at the launch for Rob Shearman's "Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical" , with a whole bunch of mates. The ve...

Amazon now have a cover up for my Being Human novel, The Road . The series is back on BBC Three on 10 January 2010 at 9.30 pm. The book shou...

I got interviewed by Phil Hawkins for his Sunday Soundtracks show on North Cotswold Community Radio , which will be broadcast from 4 p.m. th...

After the adventure of The 39 Steps , dashing South African Rhodesian hero Richard Hannay finds himself caught up in the Great War. Green...

Digital Spy have posted the first video counting down David Tennant's Top 10 moments as Doctor Who , as voted for by readers. Among the ...

The ever-talented m'colleague Mechalex has posted up pictures of his Dr Who / Lego creations. This pleases me.