‘Alien Vault’ by Ian Nathan book review
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.
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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.
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.
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.
We think of ourselves as being fully-qualified film geeks here, so were very excited when a copy of Taschen’s 100 All-Time Favorite Movies arrived in the post this morning…
‘Genesis Of The Daleks’, that perennial Doctor Who fan favourite, is here released yet again, this time with a vintage look to encourage the completists to shell out once more.