Cannibal teddy bears, strangled giant slugs, electrocution, kinky metal bikinis, talking lobsters; it’s fair to say Return of the Jedi certainly has something for everyone!
In this new ‘making of’ book J. W. Rinzler once again goes into microscopic detail about almost every aspect of the making of the 1983 Star Wars classic.
These days Gareth Roberts is an established Doctor Who screenwriter, with five episode credits to his name, as well as having penned a host of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Although he was one of the first to tackle the resurrected show in prose he had form, having contributed to the Virgin books ranges in the 1990s. Last year he novelised the lost Douglas Adams tale ‘Shada’ for BBC Books and is soon to follow up with ‘City of Death’.
‘Tis some weeks until Christmas, but here’s something shocking;
You can buy this odd gift for a keen Trekkie’s stocking.
A book of Kirk’s foes: Klingon seasonal fun,
We’re about to review it, set your phasers to stun.’
River’s Run, the latest in Telos Publishing’s run of series guides, tackles the story of Doctor Who in 2011.
After Doctor Who fell from favour at the BBC in 1985, it returned from hiatus in a truncated season comprising a mere fourteen episodes, back in the native 25 minute format.
Ever had that recurring nightmare where you’re about to sit your finals for Starfleet Academy but – oh no! – you’ve not studied and, even worse, you’re suddenly naked and doing the Kobayashi Maru test? Oh, hey, us neither… But fear not young cadet, Star Trek Federation is here to help. With the knowledge, not the nudity.
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but they never saw Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, which is the best looking thing to happen to Star Trek since Karl Urban’s hair.
Revised and with a new introduction, ‘Blue Box Boy’ is the memoir of Doctor Who actor Matthew Waterhouse who played Adric, the teen companion who joined Tom Baker during his final series and continued into Peter Davison’s first before being memorably killed off.
After opening the Alien vault for his 2011 book of the same name, Empire’s Ian Nathan now lifts the lid on the Terminator film series.
When Doctor Who began its format was very fluid, with stories ranging from comedy to space opera. The TARDIS was more unpredictable and certainly not invulnerable, and most importantly the Doctor was clearly making it all up as he went along.