Thursday, July 23, 2026

Doctor Who Magazine #632

Cover of Doctor Who Magazine issue #632, showing the TARDIS in space with glowing energy emerging from the door
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out today, and features another Who Connections piece by me, this time on Star Trek (pp. 44-49), examining how and when it first influenced Doctor Who and when, exactly, Doctor Who then influenced Star Trek. For this, I spoke to Star Trek books writers Diane Duane and Barbara Hambly, and to Jean-Marc Lofficier.

If this is of interest, you might like to read my posts on the anthologies Star Trek by James Blish, Star Trek 2 by Blish, the original novel Spock Must Die! by Blish, and also The Disappearing Future edited by George Hay.

The new issue of DWM also includes a glowing review by Jamie Lenman of Space Security Service - Bret Vyon Lives, the audio set on which I am producer and co-writer, which is released by Big Finish next week.

I took some pictures of the Star Trek and early Doctor Who novelisations to illustrate my article, and here are some of them for those that like that sort of thing.

Pile of Star Trek books by James Blish next to a pile of early Doctor Who novelisations

Star Trek by James Blish, with cover showing Kirk and Spock, next to a first edition paperback of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks, with a cover showing the Doctor, Brigadier and a monster

Covers of Star Trek and Star Trek 2 by James Blish, with cover art showing Kirk and Spock

Star Trek 3 and Spock Must Die! by James Blish, with cover photo showing Kirk, Spock and Uhura

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