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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Malcolm Hulke in the Telegraph

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I've written a short piece for the online Telegraph about writer Malcolm Hulke, "The communist who turned Doctor Who into an eco-w...
Friday, December 12, 2025

The Making of Doctor Who, by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke — I

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The Making of Doctor Who by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks — their names in that order — was published in paperback by Piccolo on 20 Apri...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks — II

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In Part I  of this two-part epic, we looked at the way that this novelisation does — and doesn’t — follow on smoothly from the preceding adv...
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Saturday, December 06, 2025

Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks — I

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First published in hardback and paperback on 21 October 1976, this novelisation opens with an attention-grabbing first paragraph: “The tall ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

The Disappearing Future, edited by George Hay

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“A thirteen-course brain banquet” boasts the back cover of this 160-page anthology from 1970, comprising six short stories and seven essays ...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Vortex #202 - Bret Vyon Lives!

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The new issue of Big Finish's free magazine Vortex includes a feature on the forthcoming audio boxset Space Security Service - Bret Vyo...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Doctor Who and the Web of Fear, by Terrance Dicks

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Originally published on 19 August 1976, this is the first Doctor Who book issued from the new home of Wyndham Publications Ltd: 123 King St...
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