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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Thursday, May 28, 2009

What’s brown and sounds like a bell?

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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...
Monday, May 18, 2009

The band that never existed

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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...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

“Have a go to see what happens”

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Blood and Guts – A History of Surgery is a fascinating, gruesome, layman-friendly book, packed with anecdotes and horror stories. Author Ri...
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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Partial eclipse

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I'm off to Hungary next week for a brother's wedding. Spent a weekend in Budapest for my stag do five years ago, have drunk some goo...
Friday, May 15, 2009

"There are more rules with sci-fi"

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Another one: Titan interview me about my Primeval book .
Thursday, May 14, 2009

"Mozart and an army of vampires"

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The Den of Geek site has interviewed me about writing Doctor Who and Primeval tie-in stuff: part one and part two .
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A grey day

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This afternoon I was in drizzly, grey Greenwich to discuss a potential project. I lived in Greenwich 2002-04 and got married in the Queen...
Friday, May 08, 2009

"Some rather difficult words"

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Douglas, Alexander, Scott, Helen, Alexandra, Mabel and Mhairi from Kinross Primary School have reviewed the Slitheen Excursion for the BBC...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Porn for kids

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To the BFI Southbank last night to see Coraline in eye-popping 3D. Eye-popping then replacing with buttons… Coraline Jones moves to an old...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Look now

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To the Dulwich Picture Gallery yesterday to see Sickert in Venice . Walter Sickert (1860-1942) made three long trips to Venice in 1895-96, 1...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

Short Trips recollections

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Boo! the range of Doctor Who short-story anthologies, Short Trips, comes to an end this month. Yay! it ends with a MASSIVE BIG SALE and new...
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Saturday, May 02, 2009

“I'm asleep half the time in history...”

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To the Young Vic last night for You Can See The Hills (running until 9 May). Written and directed by Matthew Dunster, it's just over tw...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Good at finding keys

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The clever Red Scharlach - who made my badger pirate icon - has made a whole bunch more Doctor Who icons to steal . I am especially pleased ...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Witching hours

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I’ve seen a lot of blue sky in the small hours recently. On Thursday, I was on the 05.44 train into town to get to Watford by half seven. Th...
Monday, April 20, 2009

No Gary Mitchell

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Went to see the new Star Trek this morning and golly it is good. Smart and exciting and often very funny, and I’ll avoid spoilers in what f...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Day tripper

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It has been a weekend of day-trips to far-flung places, when I should have been writing a script. After work on Friday we ventured north to ...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Calcium deficiency

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YOU could win a copy of my The Slitheen Excursion in Digital Spy’s competition , which runs til noon on Sunday. They’ve also posted up a bre...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Some links

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Hooray for the Internet and its fascinating contents. The paperback edition of Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science includes an extraordinary new cha...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Primeval competition

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Those nice people at Titan Books are offering YOU a chance to win a copy of my forthcoming Primeval novel Fire and Water plus some Primeval ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Research gig

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Simon's Holub has posted up his lovely, lovely artwork for my July Doctor Who audio, The Drowned World . Out this week is the Doctor Wh...
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