Halowe’en may have come and gone, but if you’re still looking for scares, you could do a lot worse than Irish horror The Hallow. Coming out at the same time as one of the most successful Irish films ever (Brooklyn), The Hallow offers a very different look at the Emerald Isle, taking the beautiful countryside, … >
To accompany the current season, BBC Books have provided another trio of adventures for the Twelfth Doctor. Loosely themed ‘The Glamour Chronicles’, each of the adventures deals involves an encounter with the Glamour, a mysterious and bewitching element which can take many forms. > Buy ‘Royal Blood’ on Amazon. > Buy ‘Deep Time’ on Amazon. … >
Much like when Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary a couple of years ago, there’s been a cascade of new merchandise to celebrate Gerry Anderson’s classic creation reaching its half centenary. However, if you should choose to only invest in one such product, then Marcus Hearn’s Thunderbirds: The Vault is the one to go for. … >
With Big Finish’s Doctor Who remit recently expanded to cover new series material there are plenty of treats instore, including ‘The Diary of River Song’ and the War Doctor, and fresh adventures for the Tenth Doctor and Donna. In fact, the fun kicks off with this month’s UNIT: Extinction, starring Kate Stewart and Osgood. The … >
The title’s an unforgivable car-crash of a pun, which is a shame, because in Trigger Mortis Anthony Horowitz has managed to write the best Bond novel in years. Taking place two weeks after the events of Goldfinger (the novel), Trigger Mortis begins with Bond in a strange and strained domestication with Pussy Galore, the lesbian … >
With only two episodes left, River moves all of its plot lines along speedily this week, overlapping the personal and professional relationships of everyone concerned, building anticipation for next week’s finale. Stellan Skarsgard continues to be excellent, and – despite the emotional beats of the script – the scenes where he is at his best … >
Following in the footsteps of volumes such as 2013’s ‘The Doctor – His Lives and Times’, BBC Books have concocted another interesting take on Doctor Who history. ‘The Time Lord Letters’ sheds light on previous adventures through over one hundred pieces of correspondence from the pen of the Doctor. Remaining firmly within the fiction of … >
Mark Gatiss, inside Doctor Who fan circles, has tended to become known as a master of historical pastiche… A Renaissance man who has achieved greatness in other spheres – in the company of other extraordinary gentlemen, in his work on Sherlock, and in his marvellous Lucifer Box books – but has, in his writing for … >
This month has seen the first stories featuring post-2005 elements released by Big Finish, with UNIT: Extinction providing a spin-off for Kate Stewart and Osgood, while Strax the Sontaran makes a guest appearance in special Jago and Litefoot release. Meanwhile the core Doctor Who ranges continue apace, with the Sixth Doctor and new companion Mrs … >
One of the neat things about the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and its award-winning stage adaptation is its ability to subvert expectations, a trick neatly pulled off in BBC One’s latest Imagine… documentary, My Curious Documentary. Although it does what it says on the tin, charting the production’s rise from the … >