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After episode 491 ( The Stones of Blood , part 4 ) 22 November 1978 << back to 1977 Frank Bough interviews Tom Baker Nationwid...

I've just finished rereading Dune , having first got through it in my teens. In my head, the book is rather overshadowed by the 1984 fi...

Episode 455: Horror of Fang Rock , part 2 First broadcast: 6.15 pm, Saturday 10 September 1977 << back to 1976 Leela threatens L...

The splendid fellows at Big Finish have announced the cast and crew of Graceless 3 , what I wrote. Their announcement goes like this: ...

After episode 427: ( The Seeds of Doom , part six ) July 1976 << back to 1975 Doctor Who and the Fish Invasion of London You c...

A few weeks ago, Brother Tom and I were asked to speak to some AS and BTEC students about making short films. We basically told them, &qu...

Episode 408: Pyramids of Mars , part 3 First broadcast: 5.45 pm, Saturday 8 November 1975 << back to 1974 Sarah Jane takes aim ...

Episode 370: The Monster of Peladon , part 6 First broadcast: 5.30 pm, Saturday, 27 April 1974 << back to 1973 "Anybody wou...

The Village has not exactly been known for its laugh-a-minute joyousness but there was a good joke in episode 3 . Having learned that the ...

Episode 350: The Green Death , episode 1 First broadcast: 5.50 pm, Saturday, 19 May 1973 << back to 1972 The Doctor reacts to Jo...

Episode 330: The Three Doctors , episode 1 First broadcast: 5.50 pm, Saturday, 30 December 1972 << back to 1971 The Time Lords w...

I've been reading BF Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity  (1971) , which argues for a "technology of behaviour" or "...

Episode 293: Colony in Space , episode 1 First broadcast: 6.10 pm, Saturday, 10 April 1971 << back to 1970 Jo unimpressed by all...

They say you shouldn't meet your heroes but yesterday at the splendid SWALC do run by Si Spencer , I got to meet David Lloyd - artist...

Episode 271: Doctor Who and the Silurians , episode 7 First broadcast: 5.15 pm, Saturday, 14 March 1970 << back to 1969 The most...

Episode 236: The Seeds of Death, episode 5 First broadcast: 5.15 pm, Saturday, 22 February 1969 << back to 1968 "Patrick T...

A few years ago, I worked for William Potter on the esteemed journal SpongeBob SquarePants' Krusty Kards Collection and a Shrek stick...

Episode 191: The Enemy of the World , episode 6 - or rather, just after it First broadcast: 5.46 pm, Saturday, 27 January 1968 << b...

On 10 January, 49 BC, Julius Caesar marched his army south over a small river called the Rubicon - and the world changed. It was not the si...