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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Happy Times and Places - An Unearthly Child

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To mark 60 years of  Doctor Who , Toby Hadoke has devoted a special five-part instalment of his Happy Times and Places podcast to the very f...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Power of 3 podcast #172

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I chatted to Kenny Smith for the latest episode of the Power of 3 podcast. As well as asking me about my new book  David Whitaker in an Exci...
Monday, November 27, 2023

The Sky at Night: The Art of Stargazing by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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I've just received my copies of The Sky at Night: The Art of Stargazing , a new guide by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to the 88 constellatio...
Friday, November 24, 2023

The Daleks in Colour and Kennedy's "Survivors"

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Watching the glorious  The Daleks in Colour  last night, I was especially struck by the bleakness of the story and world, a tale of nuclear ...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Three Counties Radio and Doctor Who @60

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The first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast 60 years ago today and there's a whole load of stuff on TV, radio and online to mark the o...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Zero Room Audio - recording of David Whitaker book launch

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John Ryan has posted an edited recording of our launch event for David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television , hosted at the Por...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Something Who #83: Dido Know, Don't Dido?

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I joined Richard, Giles and Paul on the latest episode of the Something Who podcast  for a deep-dive look at the 1965 Doctor Who story The R...
Friday, November 17, 2023

The Philip Hinchcliffe Years - The DNA of Doctor Who

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A Kickstarter has been launched for the first in a new series new series of large-format books on the creative team behind Doctor Who . This...
Sunday, November 12, 2023

The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov

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Agoraphobic detective Elijah Baley is sent to the wide open spaces of the planet Solaria to investigate a murder. This is a planet where peo...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Doctor Who Magazine #597

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is packed with stuff about the forthcoming TV specials that begin two weeks today, and all the other g...
Thursday, November 09, 2023

David Whitaker seen on television

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In August 1964, Doctor Who 's first   story editor, David Whitaker, wrote up a CV for his new agent, Beryl Vertue, ahead of leaving his ...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Who's Views interview about David Whitaker

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Here's a deep dive interview on YouTube with me about how David Whitaker's years of experience working on variety shows and sitcoms ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2023

James Beck (Walker in Dad's Army) and David Whitaker

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Here are two stills from the earliest known TV appearance by actor James Beck, later famous as spiv 'Joe Walker' in Dad's Army ....
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Monday, November 06, 2023

David Whitaker in Sheffield, 1954

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My book David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television , is published this week, a biography of the first story editor of Doctor Wh...
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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...
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