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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The Victorian Chaise-Longue, by Marghanita Laski

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On Sunday, 23 July 1963, BBC staff director Waris Hussein met for the first time with Verity Lambert, the newly appointed producer of a seri...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins

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I couldn't resist this memoir of the first moon landing by the man who stayed in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Venomous Lumpsucker, by Ned Beauman

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Biologist Karin Resaint has just completed a comprehensive study of a strange, rare fish; she thinks the Venomous Lumpsucker might be intell...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #596

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The super new issue of Doctor Who and the Star Beast Magazine is out tomorrow and is largely devoted to the imminent new episodes of TV Doc...
Monday, October 09, 2023

WHO Corner to Corner | Peter Anghelides & Simon Guerrier

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M'colleague Peter Anghelides and I were the guests of the WHO Corner to Corner podcast, hosts Geoff and Paul grilling us on our recent b...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Black Archive #67 The Edge of Destruction

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Another new book by me, and the perfect accompaniment to my biography of David Whitaker , this is a deep dive into 1964  Doctor Who story Th...
Friday, September 29, 2023

David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television - preorder now

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Hooray! You can now pre-order ny new book  David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television  - a 180,000-word biography of the first ...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

The Disinformation War, by SJ Groenewegen

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This gripping, near-future political thriller is published by Gold SF, the newish imprint of Goldsmiths Press that aims to discover and publ...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #595

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine boasts an interview with Bonnie Langford, the actress who played companion Mel in 1986, 1987, 1993 and...
Friday, September 01, 2023

Technology news for Infotec

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  Since April, I've been working as a journalist for technology news site Infotec.news, focused on the public sector and local governmen...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Finish Big interview

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Last week, I was grilled by Mark and Joe from Finish Big about a whole bunch of audio plays I've worked on for production company Big Fi...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

David Whitaker book launch - 9 November

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Hooray! We'll be launching my new book David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television  at the Portico Library in Manchester on ...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #594

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is the last under the editorship of Marcus Hearn, who has been so supportive of my efforts over the ye...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

The Sandbaggers: Think of a Number, by Donald Lancaster

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I've long been on the look-out for this original novel based on the ITV spy series The Sandbaggers (1978-80) . A chum lent it to me last...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #593

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine boasts three new things from me. First, in 'Snakes Alive!' (pp. 22- 25), I spoke to writer-dir...
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Thursday, July 06, 2023

Box Tunnel Survivors' Group #20

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I've been interviewed about my 2010  Being Human novel The Road by Michael from the Box Tunnel Survivors' Group podcast.  Box Tunnel...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Pedro (? - 2023)

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Pedro, by Nimbos This morning, we took turns to say goodbye to Pedro, our grumpy, once-chonky cat, before the Dr escorted him away on one la...
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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #592

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out today. In "Quick Draw", I spoke to storyboard artist John Erasmus about his working r...
Friday, June 16, 2023

Pieces of Eighth - Letting Go

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In February, Kenny Smith interviewed me about my Doctor Who short story 'Letting Go', and you can now listen to that chat on the lat...
Monday, June 12, 2023

The Daily Doctor

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Details have been announced for the book I've written with Peter Anghelides , Doctor Who: The Daily Doctor , to be published in August. ...
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