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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #601

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The new issue of  Doctor Who Magazine has arrived, with a handful of things by me in it. pp. 14-20 Script to Screen: The Goblin Crew In a d...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Doctor Who Literature #105: Timelash

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I'm a guest on the latest edition of the Doctor Who Literature Podcast , this time discussing the novelisation Timelash by Glen McCoy, f...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Radio Free Skaro #948

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I had an amazing time at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles this weekend. What a buzz! But also I didn't sleep at all on the jo...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Novel Experiences

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Out now, two new documentaries tell the story of the original  Doctor Who novels published 1991-2005. A load of editors and authors (includi...
Thursday, February 08, 2024

Cinema Limbo: The Last Wave

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I'm on the latest episode of the Cinema Limbo podcast all about neglected movies. This time, host Jeremy Philips and I analyse the 1977 ...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #600

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The 600th issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out now! Last night I was in London to celebrate this audacious landmark at a swanky knees-up. Re...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Garry Halliday and the Ray of Death, by Justin Blake

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This is a novelisation of the second Garry Halliday serial, about the adventures of an airline pilot (see my post about the first one, Garry...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine Yearbook 2024

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I'm featured briefly in the new 2024 Yearbook from that lot at Doctor Who Magazine. For his piece on last year's Doctor Who books, ...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Gallifrey One schedule 2024

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Next month, I'll be at the enormous Doctor Who convention Gallifrey One in Los Angeles, where the headline guests include Sir Derek Jac...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

BSFA Award longlist

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My book  David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television is one of 24 titles longlisted for best non-fiction (long) in this year...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Love and Let Die, by John Higgs

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I really enjoyed this wide-ranging ramble through Bond, the Beatles and the British psyche. It charts the interweaving histories of the Fabs...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

The Third Policeman, by Flann O'Brien

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Atomic Theory is at work in a rural parish of Ireland. This, says Sergeant Pluck of the local police station, explains a spate of missing bi...
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

The Man Who Didn't Fly, by Margot Bennett

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This is a beguiling mystery by Margot Bennett, first published in 1955 and recently republished in a nice new edition by the British Library...
Thursday, January 04, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #599

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out today, with a deep dive by Benjamin Cook into the shooting of the regenerations sequence seen i...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

Adventures Across Space and Time - A Doctor Who Reader

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I've just received a copy of this collection of essays and insights on the cultural history and impact of Doctor Who , edited by Paul Bo...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Garry Halliday and the Disappearing Diamonds, by Justin Blake

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This is a concise, 125-page novelisation of the first Garry Halliday serial. The children's TV series about the adventures of an airline...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Titanium Noir, by Nick Harkaway

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The idea of mashing up detective fiction and sci-fi isn't new. Isaac Asimov did it in The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun in the 1950s ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Vworp Vworp! #6

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The latest issue of ginormous Doctor Who fanzine Vworp Vworp! is now available, with 180 glossy pages devoted to the very first episode, An...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Connections with James Burke

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I've really enjoyed this new six-part series on Curiosity Steam , with my hero James Burke returning to the subject of the unexpected hi...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens

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Over a series of long drives and shorter washings-up, I've worked my way through this 35+ hour reading of Our Mutual Friend , the novel ...
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