A special vinyl record of the complete narrated TV soundtrack of Doctor Who: The Crusade, with linking narration by William Russell, is due for release in October from Demon Records, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with … >
If, like myself, your earliest television memories include Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, Bruce Banner’s transformation into the Incredible Hulk and the terrifying combination of Rod Hull and Emu, then it’s likely that lodged somewhere in the back of your mind will be images from the mid-‘70s sci-fi adventure series Space: 1999. Executively produced by Thunderbirds … >
The influence of the Quatermass series is manifest throughout the annals of classic British sci-fi. Writer Nigel Kneale is perhaps the most significant constant in the Quatermass legacy and it was when he was a staff writer at the BBC in the early 1950’s that the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass was created. A heroic … >
Sixty years ago, according to Maurice, he met a beautiful young woman on the eve of her becoming a Queen. Apparently she promised to look him up if she was still on the throne in 2012.
Following a sell-out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, Maurice’s Jubilee visits Brighton next month, starring Star Wars actor Julian Glover.