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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #604

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Out today, the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine includes "Babies on Board", my set report from Space Babies , having spent the da...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

The Doctor Who Production Diary - 1. The Hartnell Years, by David Brunt

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"The number of nude photos needed for the Guardroom set has increased from three to six." (p. 647) This massive, detailed day-by-d...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Holy Disorders, by Edmund Crispin

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First published in 1945, this is the second of the detective novels starring Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen. Following the events...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer

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Gosh, this is good — and thrilling, disturbing and difficult to put down. Annie Bot is all told from the perspective of a robot owned by 34...
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Thursday, May 09, 2024

Doctor Who: Deathworld

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Big Finish have shared details and Sean Longmore's lovely cover artwork for Deathworld , a very special  Doctor Who audio adventure that...
Saturday, May 04, 2024

Doctor Who - The Unfolding Text, by John Tulloch and Manuel Alvarado

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There’s a fun moment in the Doctor Who story Dragonfire when the Seventh Doctor is required to distract a guard. Some other adventuring hero...
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Thursday, May 02, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine - 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor

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Just over 50 years ago, on 2 April 1974, actor Tom Baker was in Studio 1 at BBC Television Centre to record his brief appearance in the fina...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Refracted Lives - Bernice Summerfield fanzine

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I've been sent printed versions of the extraordinary Bernice Summerfield fanzine Refracted Lives  which is otherwise available for free ...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #603

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The new issue of the official  Doctor Who Magazine is out today and is full of thrilling stuff about the imminent new series, starting 11 M...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Blood Legacy, by Alex Renton

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This is an exemplary bit of history, the author using his family’s extensive archive as the starting point for a no-holds-barred investigati...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Haunted Tea Set and Other Stories, by Sarah Jackson

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I've dashed through this short, 112-page book of 20 strange, unsettling and enthralling tales published two months ago. The collection t...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Death of Consensus, by Phil Tinline

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A lot of this excellent history of British politics over the past century was already familiar to me. In some cases, that's because I...
Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Berkeley Square, a Play in Three Acts, by John L Balderston

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This is an odd, beguiling time-travel romance first staged in 1926, then later adapted for radio, TV and two films. John L Balderston chief...
Monday, April 08, 2024

The Power of 3 podcast #212 - The Pirate Loop

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The Pirate Loop The Power of 3 podcast is currently scrutinising the adventures of the Tenth Doctor in print, and I spoke to Kenny for the l...
Sunday, April 07, 2024

Garry Halliday and the Kidnapped Five, by Justin Blake

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This is the third of five novelisations of the adventures of airline pilot Garry Halliday, following Garry Halliday and the Disappearing Dia...
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