‘Star Trek Vault’ book review
A book that claims to cover 40 years of the most popular science-fiction TV show that America has ever created needs to justify such a statement with an exhaustive volume.
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A book that claims to cover 40 years of the most popular science-fiction TV show that America has ever created needs to justify such a statement with an exhaustive volume.
Ian Nathan, a long-time executive editor for Empire magazine, has excelled in penning an exhaustive tome fit for any film lover’s coffee table with the opening of the Alien Vault.
Those of you who have been following this summer’s crop of Doctor Who books may have noticed something of a theme running through them.
New Doctor Who novel ‘Paradox Lost’ is a fine representation of the series’ recent fascination with the more puzzling consequences of time travel.
BBC Books have announced that this year’s The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who, once again edited by Clayton Hickman, will be published on 13th October.
Let’s get this out of the way first: the Weeping Angels, though arguably Steven Moffat’s greatest creation, are perhaps the least suitable new Doctor Who monster for use in a novel.
‘The Man Who Invented the Daleks: The Strange Worlds Of Terry Nation’ is the first biography of the writer behind Doctor Who’s most popular villains: the Daleks. Written by Alwyn W. Turner, the book is out now. > Read our review of the book. > Buy the book on Amazon. To celebrate, we’ve got copies … >
Have a trawl on YouTube and you’ll find an old clip of Jon Pertwee taking umbrage with the answer of a competition question, namely ‘Who invented the Daleks?’ While the usual names fly around, it comes as something of a surprise to learn that if anyone has a claim, it may as well be Tony Hancock.
BBC Books have announced details of a novelisation of Douglas Adams’s ‘lost’ Doctor Who serial ‘Shada’ by script writer Gareth Roberts, featuring Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor.
BBC Books have announced the republication of six classic Doctor Who novels, featuring a series of new introductions by Neil Gaiman, Charlie Higson, Gareth Roberts, Stephen Baxter, Russell T Davies and Terrance Dicks.