Thursday, September 29, 2016

On MR James for the Lancet

›
The new issue of the Lancet Psychiatry - vol. 3, no. 10 (October 2016) - is out today, and includes my article on the mind of ghost story...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Gravity Fields and the Cosmic Shed

›
I had an amazing time last week at the Gravity Fields science festival in Grantham and Stamford, where m'colleague Dr Marek Kukula and...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

We Are Cult

›
Exciting new website We Are Cult interiewed me, Steve O'Brien and Ben Morris about our exciting new book of Doctor Who infographics, Wh...
Sunday, September 04, 2016

Front Row on HG Wells

›
On Monday, I was a guest on Radio 4's Front Row , where learned academic Fern Riddell and I discussed the legacy of HG Wells, who was ...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Doctor Who on Location

›
Out now is a new Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition all about the times the TV show has been out on location . Among the many treats, ...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Sontarans and other covers

›
Here's the cover to Whographica , the book of Doctor Who infographics I've written with Steve O'Brien and Ben Morris . The co...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Economics of the Daleks

›
In the 1964 Doctor Who episode World's End , the TARDIS materialises on the banks of the Thames – but something is very wrong. A sign ...
Friday, July 08, 2016

Doomsday +10

›
It's 10 years today since the Doctor Who episode Doomday , in which Rose and the Doctor were separated by a wall and the unyielding l...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Doctor Who: Adventures in History

›
The Essential Doctor Who: Adventures in History is out now, a "lavish 116-page issue about the Doctor's journeys into Earth...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016

End of the End

›
Out this August in paperback and electric bookery is End of the End , "a post-apocalyptic omnibus" including my novella Fall Ou...
Saturday, June 04, 2016

Liverpool

›
The Lord of Chaos and I had a brilliant short break in Liverpool, visiting relatives and seeing the sights. It helped that the weather was ...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Gordon Tipple interview

›
It's 20 years today since the Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann was broadcast in the UK. Below is my interview with actor Gord...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Paperback of The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who

›
I am utterly in love with clever Martin Geraghty's cover for the paperback edition of The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who , to publ...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Wheel turn

›
Yesterday, the Lord of Chaos and I took a turn on the London Eye to help his cousin celebrate her birthday. I'd not been on the Eye si...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Lady Vader

›
It has been an eventful week, with the Dr giving birth to a beautiful baby girl who, online, we'll call Lady Vader. Given our history...