Category Archives: Doctor Who

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Posted on January 1, 2010 by Wesley

Doctor Who: Comedy or Tragedy? John Seavey’s “The Diamond Pillar: A Fable.” An essay on depression that clarified a lot of what goes on in my head, despite making extensive references to books I’ve never been exposed to. Help for … Continue reading →

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The Year of Intelligent Tigers

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Wesley

Kate Orman’s The Year of Intelligent Tigers is the book every Eighth Doctor Adventure wanted to be. Every era of Doctor Who has its own stereotype. The Terrance Dicks/Barry Letts template includes UNIT, the Master, 1970s earth, chases, and Venusian … Continue reading →

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Interesting, if You’re Me

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Wesley

Michael Moorcock is writing a Doctor Who novel. He says it’s “not a tie-in.” I’m not sure whether that means it’s not part of the regular “cheap, crappy little hardback” line (it certainly would be a special event) or just … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Managra

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Wesley

Interviewed for a Doctor Who Magazine article years after Virgin Books published his Doctor Who novel Managra, Stephen Marley recalled being “excited about what the series almost was… I thought the point was to consider what it would be like … Continue reading →

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Vampire Science

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Wesley

All I’ve been posting lately have been Interactive Fiction Competition reviews, which have a limited audience. So I’m posting this book review I had on hand. Which is about a Doctor Who novel, and therefore also has a limited audience, … Continue reading →

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British Summertime (and Paul Cornell’s Books in General)

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Wesley

British Summertime, Paul Cornell’s second entirely original novel, was published in 2002. Since then he’s published short stories but, aside from a novelization of a BBC webcast, no more novels. Lately he’s been writing for television and for Marvel comics. … Continue reading →

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Surprisingly, This Has Nothing to Do with Michael Jackson

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Wesley

This is the list of cast and crew interviewed for a behind the scenes “making of” documentary from an upcoming Doctor Who DVD (emphasis mine): • Who Wants to Live Forever? (dur. 24′ 30″) – cast and crew look back … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Torchwood Books

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Wesley

Recently a couple of Torchwood books were recommended to me on the Jade Pagoda mailing list. I’ve now read Slow Decay, and decided to review it. I’m going to begin by talking about Another Life. I read Another Life, and … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Reviews: Shadowmind

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Wesley

You know what’s interesting about Shadowmind? It turns out I’d never read it before. I skipped it when it came out due to a limited teenage book-buying budget and mediocre reviews. Much later I decided I wanted an obsessive-compulsively complete … Continue reading →

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New Adventures Reviews: White Darkness

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Wesley

Zombies are hip. They’re in our movies and comics and major investment firms. You can’t walk more than a few blocks without stumbling across some shambling horde of loosely anatomical types desperate for brains. Zombies, it seems, are the new … Continue reading →

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