From acclaimed writer Paul Cornell, Goth Opera sees The Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa battling bloodsuckers in 1990’s Manchester. After a long gap, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish are back in the novel adaptations business. Between 2012 and 2016, the company dramatized various Doctor Who books, many by authors subsequently wrote for the Doctor … >
A new Doctor Who anthology, Adventures Across Space and Time: A Doctor Who Reader, brings together key academic, critic and fan writings about Doctor Who alongside newly-commissioned work addressing contemporary issues and debates to form a comprehensive guide to the wider Whoniverse. The perennially popular BBC series holds a unique place in the history of … >
Stories for the Fourth, Eighth and War Doctors are all in contention for the 2023 Scribe Awards. The nominations for The Scribe Awards 2023 have been revealed. The awards, from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in novels and audio dramas based on TV shows, movies and games. Audio producers … >
Big Finish announce exciting plans to novelise the earliest episodes in Limited Edition hardback format. Audio producers Big Finish have been keepers of the Blake’s 7 flame for many years. From their full-cast audios starring original cast members, to narrator-led series The Liberator Chronicles, they’ve been busily adding to the universe first envisioned by Terry … >
The classic video game becomes an eight-part audio drama series. The BBC have an intriguing new adaptation beginning this December. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Firewall, the classic Ubisoft video game, is coming to Radio 4 as an eight-part drama. The production uses 3D binaural audio, so listening on headphones promises an immersive experience. Firewall follows … >
A book featuring collection of stories written by Doctor Who writers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be available for purchase in support of BBC Children in Need. Penguin Random House offers Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown, available now now from UK retailers ahead of its release in on 5th November 2020. The official … >
London Falling is the first urban fantasy novel from writer Paul Cornell, who has written for Doctor Who and a number of comics for Marvel and DC.
Cornell has planted his pen in the burgeoning urban fantasy genre with his novel London Falling, a tale best described as mobsters, magic, and miserable cops.
The first show to air as part of BBC Three’s 2010 pilot season (the last of which in 2008 gave us Being Human), Pulse arrives with a style and content that would frankly be better suited to the long dark evenings of winter than the bright and warm evenings of the summer months.