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As barmy as it sounds, I was much more excited about The Death of the Doctor than I was about many of this year’s Doctor Who episodes. The promise of an appearance by incumbent Time Lord Matt Smith would have been enough to pique my – and, I dare say, most fans’ – interest, but when he’s thrown into a melting pot along with the...

                                     

 

 

I tried to think of a better way to start this review than just raving about how great it was to see Jo Grant again. Something eye-catching, witty or incisive. I failed. All I can say is - wasn’t it great to see Jo Grant again?

                                     

 

 

 

 

Since its initial release on DVD in 2001, The Caves of Androzani has been voted the greatest Doctor Who story of all time by the readers of Doctor Who Magazine on more than one occasion, trouncing competition from even the revived series’ glossiest episodes. Accordingly, its status warranted a...

                                                           

 

 

 

There’s an old adage that Im tempted to debunk; some-thing about books and covers and not judging one by the other. Because with its bubble-gum pink façade depicting a surprisin-gly dextrous and implicitly murderous poodle, would-be readers can effectively extrapolate everything that they need to know about...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

You can usually split Doctor Who stories up into those that you like and those that you don’t. The thing about the really good stories and the really bad ones is that they are both equally memorable for very different reasons. However, it is the stories that are simply forgotten that I feel most sorry for… lost into obscurity. For a lost story such as Galaxy 4 this is...

                                                           

 

 

 

Grimm Reality (or ‘The Marvellous Adventures of Doctor Know-All’) was one of 2001’s most popular Doctor Who novels. Penned by old hand Simon Bucher-Jones and newcomer Kelly Hale – author of the prized Faction Paradox novel, Erasing Sh-erlock – this fascinating offering fuses science fiction and fairy...

                                                           

 

 

 

This is true: When they decided to excise Gallifrey from the universe, they didn’t do so simply to inject the Doctor with a little bit of audience-building angst or even to set him up as a lonely old rover. They did it to be rid of it, and rid of it in every sense. When the Doctor pulled that lever at the end...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Now in its fourth run, The Sarah Jane Adventures has reached a point where its writers can call upon the series’ growing continuity, bringing back creatures and characters from seasons past as well as from the parent series. The Vault of Secrets is an adventure that merrily does both...

                                     

 

 

 

Following Hammer Horror’s lucrative foray into family movies, Amicus director Milton Subotsky decided that it was about time he jumped on board the family bandwagon. With the popularity of the Doctor Who television series and particularly its Daleks increasing...

                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

The second of Milton Subotsky’s mid-1960s Dalek movies is a bigger, louder and much shinier offering than its predecessor. With the benefit of an increased budget and a superior script to plunder, as you might expect Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD...

                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

Ive a confession to make. Ive never read any Michael Moorcock before. I know; its terrible. Its a fact that has led me to be held in derision by other readers of fantasy fiction, who couldnt believe that one who describes himself as such could possibly have missed out on the works of this legendary author. Im sorry, but its the truth. Hes been on my list...

                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

One good thing about my current work schedule is that, most days, I’m able to take my rather belated lunch break at just the right time to dash home to watch The Sarah Jane Adve-ntures on CBBC. It provides a pleasant just-home-from-school feeling during the broadcast. Of course, I then have to go back to work, which rather spoils it, but never mind. 

                                     

 

 

 

 

A decade or so ago, when the BBC started to release Doctor Who on DVD, I was far more concerned with owning all my favourite serials on shiny discs than I was bemoaning their lack of substantive bonus material. Since then, however, the release of a classic serial on DVD has become...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

A Death in the Family stands as a testament to two th-ings: first and foremost, it ably demonstrates that even after pro-ducing well over two hundred Doctor Who audios, Big Finish can still tell stories that feel fresh and exhilarating and that push our heroes in exciting new directions. Secondly, it shows that Big Finish are now (at least) on a level pegging with King of Sensation Russell T Davies in how they market...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

When it was first aired I raved about the TV Movie, be-fore doing it to death with countless VHS viewings. Six years later, it became one of the first DVDs that I owned. With little to no restoration work needed and a whole host of special features ready made, it was an obvious choice for an early...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

In 1980 Andrew Smith became the youngest person ever to write for Doctor Who. At just 17 years of age, he got to live the dream of so many and watch Tom Baker and Lalla Ward bring his ambitious script to life right before his eyes. It did not matter that they were doing so in a boggy part of Slough, or that they were in the middle of a dramatic lovers’ tiff; it was magic, and nobody’s done the same since...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

With its unproven author and her apparent penchant for prosaic titles, The City of the Dead was a book that I couldn’t have been less interested in back in 2001. Published the very month that I went to university, Lloyd Rose’s debut novel is the first of several titles that I didn’t track down until I resolved to plug all the holes in my Doctor Who literary library...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teenage angst has paid off well for The Sarah Jane Adventures. With its up and coming troupe of actors starting to fall into the ‘Harry Potter’ trap of aging faster than would have been ideal for the franchise, the show’s fourth season opens with a two-part tale that tackles their growing up head on. Whilst The Nightmare Man...

                                     

 

 

 

I’ve been meaning to get down to Cardiff for several years now; ever since they started filming there, in fact. Not only does the bay area sport such exquisite landmarks as the archit-ecturally-delightful Millennium Centre and its....

                                                

 

 

 

 

First a small disclaimer: this is not a review of the long-awaited graphic novel The Crimson Hand. That particular vol-ume has been postponed indefinitely, while Panini and the BBC attempt to sort out certain rights issues. Which is a shame...

                                                

 

 

 

 

 

The Only Good Dalek is the first original graphic novel, as opposed to a trade collected edition, to be published bear-ing the Doctor Who logo since Colin Baker’s The Age of Chaos back in 1994. As such, it marks a new step for BBC Books...

                                                       

 

 

 

 

You have to love the diversity of Doctor Who’s second season. The juxtaposition of the high comedy of The Romans to the Shakespearean drama of The Crusade amply demonstr-ates the variety of riches that the Hartnell historicals can provide. The latter is one of my all time favourite stories simply because it presents its story in such a dramatic and evocative manner...

                                                           

 

 

 

Of all Dave Stone’s Doctor Who works, my favourite is Death and Diplomacy, which on balance is probably his most conventional offering. The Slow Empire, conversely, sits at the opposing end of the scale; the apotheosis of its author’s ini-mitable imagination and indelible style...

                                                           

 

 

 

Dark Progeny - the embodiment of the difficult second album. Few writers have impressed me more with a debut novel than Steve Emmerson did with Casualties of War, but such ac-complishment gives rise to great expectations, and even fewer writers are able to live up to them...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

The Book of Kells is a rampant pseudo-historical caper that harks right back to the William Hartnell era, and in more ways than one. Borne of a real life historical mystery, Barnaby Edwards’ story educates as much as it entertains. The theft of the Liber Columbae in 1006...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

For the last year or so, I’ve been hording my monthly Big Finish releases; saving them up a ‘season’ at a time, and then immersing myself fully in a complete trilogy of tales. Of course, the obvious drawback with this method is that I have to wait until the final story in any given trilogy has been released before I can listen to the first one. Normally this is fine - the market is flooded with so many new Doctor Who releases that...

                                                           

 

 

 

Vanishing Point has one of the most ambitious premises of any Doctor Who novel published to date. Rather than telling of an alien offensive on Earth, be it outright or insidious, or of adv-enturous antics on some far-flung alien world, Stephen Cole’s third contribution to the range is about God. About death...

                                                           

 

 

 

Trevor Baxendale may not be one of my favourite Doctor Who writers, generally speaking, but when he’s on form he is capable of rivalling the best of them. Prior to relatively recent triumphs Something Inside and Prisoner of the Daleks, Eater of Wasps was Baxendale’s finest effort...

                                                           

 

 

 

Often the best ideas are the maddest ones. Those that, by all rights, should never see the light of day, and would most likely never make it beyond the slush pile were they not bearing the name of a respected writer. Often the most memorable books are borne of such ideas, and The Year of Intelligent Tigers...

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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