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Illustration by EH Shepherd I've written a very short, unsettling story, "Crossing the Line" which you can read free onl...

Earlier this week, the Dr pointed me in the direction of Professor Joe Cain's splendid talk on the dinosaur sculptures at Crystal Palac...

Out in shops now is Doctor Who Magazine 's 50th anniversary special - "The Companions". There's plenty of excitemen...

For my birthday, Nimbos kindly presented me with the House of Cards trilogy . I felt some trepidation putting it on; having watched the ...

I am on Tumblr now - 0tralala.tumblr.com  - posting odd bits of nonsense that will dovetail with this 'ere blog. Just posted this love...

On 2 November, I'll be at Doctor Who Day at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea , talking about the beginning of Doctor Who in 1963 and...

Doctor Who Adventures  #326 is in all good shops now. Among its many delights there's "Strictly Fight Monsters", a daft fo...

"By classical times the Theseus legend ... had so fabulous a garnish that it has sometimes been dismissed as pure fairy-tale, or, aft...

Buy Cleaning Up , the award-guzzling short film I wrote and starring Mark Gatiss and Louise Jameson, is now available to buy for £1.99. ...

After episode 653 ( The Trial of a Time Lord , part fourteen ) 18 December 1986 << back to 1985 The Doctor on trial again Tomor...

Episode 630: Vengeance on Varos , part two First broadcast: 5.20 pm, Saturday 26 January 1985 << back to 1984 The Doctor rescue...

I've written a new short film, Modern Man . Watch it, like it, share it with everyone you ever met - and use the hashtag #VMShortsvote....

Episode 614: Resurrection of the Daleks , part two First broadcast: 6.50 pm, Wednesday 15 February 1984 << back to 1983 The Doc...

A page from Don Quixote vol 2 Cervantes/Davis (2013) As a belated birthday present, I bought myself Don Quixote volume 2, adapted by ...

By popular demand (well, Dawn Christoffersen on Twitter asked), here's the shooting script for our short film The Plotters  - which go...

Episode 602: The Five Doctors First broadcast: 10.30 pm on Wednesday 23 November 1983 ( US ); 7.20 pm on Friday 25 November 1983 (UK) ...