Nothing Tra La La?

The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Is that you, Maureen?, by Jeremy Swan

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This is a sharp, funny memoir by someone behind a glut of much loved children's TV, including Jackanory , Rentaghost and  Round the Twis...
Friday, June 21, 2024

The Life and Times of a Doctor Who Dummy, by Robin Squire

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New David Whitaker related information! This short memoir by Robin Squire was recommended to me by Doctor Who assistant location manager Ale...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine #605

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The new issue of the official Doctor Who Magazine is out today. Having hogged loads of the last issue , this time I've contributed one ...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Follow Your Curiosity podcast #241

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I'm interviewed by Nancy Norbeck on the latest episode of the Follow Your Curiosity podcast, which you can find on YouTube and all thes...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

A Bit of Difference, by Sefi Atta

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Deola Bello works for a company in London that audits charities and NGOs around the world. She arranges one assignment so that she'll be...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Yellowface, by RF Kuang

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Bestselling author Athena Liu asks her friend June Hayward to look over a manuscript she has written using an old, manual typewriter - the o...
Sunday, June 09, 2024

The Moving Toyshop, by Edmund Crispin (again)

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"'Let's go left,' Cadogan suggested. 'After all, Gollancz is publishing this book.'" (p. 87) It's more tha...
Friday, June 07, 2024

Doctor Who Magazine: Print the Legend

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I've just received my contributor copy of the new Doctor Who Magazine special, Print the Legend , which tells the complete story of ever...
Thursday, June 06, 2024

Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture, by Rupa Huq

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I read this on holiday as research for something I'm working on at the moment. Dr Rupa Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton, explores d...
Monday, June 03, 2024

A Short History of the World, by HG Wells

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I've somehow got two editions of this little book, originally published as part of the Thinker's Library by CA Watts & Co in 192...
Sunday, June 02, 2024

Athens

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View from our hotel Back from a nice week in hot, sunny Athens. As the Dr said, it's been fascinating to see what the kids made of the p...
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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 ...
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