Director Graeme Harper is always interesting to listen to. You’ll know him for his extensive directorial credits, including The Caves of Androzani, Utopia, and Turn Left/ The Stolen Earth/ Journey’s End. I caught up with him at Neil Cole’s Museum celebration, chatting with Pete Jorysz (Baptist Minister and knowledgeable fan) about Warriors’ Gate. I joined in… Graeme: [Warriors’ Gate] had its…

The Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray sets will continue later this year with Season 22, the first full series starring the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and companion Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant). Plus, of course, we get to enjoy the return of the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines) in The Two Doctors! The episodes included are: Attack Of The CybermenVengeance On…

Does something have to be ‘original’ to be good? I have a friend who – every time I pitch an idea to him – instantly tells me which film/ book/ TV series it reminds him of. “Oh, that sounds just like Blake’s 7!” he’ll say. “And?” says I. “So does Firefly. And Star Wars. And Star Trek, if you think about it.” The list goes on. In recent times, I think a wave of paranoia has been sweeping across…

I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who since 1983, and watched every episode the show’s ever put out (862 as of now), even including reconstructions of the lost 1960s episodes. I know probably far too much about this show than one person probably should. In all those episodes, I’ve seen a lot of actors. The show has a habit of recycling actors, but I wanted to write today about some of the best cameos the…

Resurrection of the Daleks is Eric Saward’s belated novelisation of his own 1984 script for Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor. On broadcast, a hair before my eighth birthday, I was gripped: the Daleks and Davros back after five years, the uncased mutant, the Doctor as executioner, the clips from previous stories, Seaton pleading like a frightened child as his face rots and bubbles. Decades later and…

Revelation of the Daleks is one of Eric Saward’s better scripts for Doctor Who. Decent rather than excellent, it did at least try to push the envelope in storytelling terms, and in exploring a new angle for the trundling nasties (even though Terry Nation seemed to have grumbled that they didn’t have enough to do). It also appeared to show the influence of Saward’s friend Robert Holmes – who was…

Want to get a little preview of the upcoming Target novelisations of Doctor Who adventures? Is the Pope Catholic?! Seven books will be released on 11th March, and BBC Audio has unveiled a video with extracts from four of these: The TV Movie by Gary Russell, with the Seventh and Eighth Doctors; Rob Shearman’s Dalek with the Ninth Doctor; Eleventh Doctor story, The Crimson Horror, written by Mark…

Somehow, we’re at the end of January 2021 already. The word “already” used here is, of course, subjective. For many, January will have crawled along at a snail’s pace; a snail, that is, under government-imposed lockdown. Imagine a snail in a glass jar: it’s infuriated, tired of seeing the outside world but not being able to experience it, and running out of toilet paper because idiots have been…

Ooh, now this is a treat: here’s our first look at the new covers for the upcoming Target novelisations for The Pirate Planet, Resurrection of the Daleks, and Revelation of the Daleks. Anthony Dry provides the artwork, in classic Target style, based on the style of Chris Achilleos. Here they are, with synopsis for each: The Pirate Planet The hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six…

Seven new Target novelisations will be released in July 2020, consisting of stories for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Doctors – many of which are adapted by their original screenwriters!

The Witchfinders will be the first Thirteenth Doctor adventure to be turned into a Target book, novelised by Joy Wilkinson; Mark Gatiss has adapted The Crimson Horror; and Rob Shearman‘…

Looking for Christmas presents for the Doctor Who fans in your life? We’ve selected a few novels all Whovians would love, including: a special story written by the Fourth Doctor himself, Tom Baker; a return for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; a collection of comics from Doctor Who Magazine; a funny fiction in the style of Douglas Adams; and new tales for Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor.

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Former Doctor Who Script Editor, Eric Saward is to appear at the Forbidden Planet megastore in London this Thursday (14th November 2019), to sign the Target novelisation of Revelation of the Daleks.

Alongside Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelationwasn’t adapted by Target books during its original run due to rights issues concerning the Daleks. But now, Saward, their original screenwriter, has…

There’s a high definition herpetological treat in store for fans of Doctor Who’s premier businessman, as Sil comes to Blu-ray this November. Nabil Shaban returns to the role he made his own with a new adventure, written by the character’s creator, Philip Martin: Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor.

In this original story, directed by Keith Barnfather, we find Sil imprisoned on the moon, facing…

MCM Comic Con is upon us again, taking place at the Excel Centre in London over this weekend (25- 27th October) and it promises to be something of a treat for Doctor Who fans.

I attended the previous Con in May and I must admit, while I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I was dismayed at the lack of Doctor Whocontent. Of course, this was down to a number of different reasons, not least because the…

Broadcaster, Matthew Sweet has interviewed the writer and script editor, Eric Saward as BBC Books launch Resurrection of the Daleks, the long-awaited novelisation of the Fifth Doctor adventure.

Saward wrote four TV serials – The Visitation, Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks, and Revelation of the Daleks– and adapted the former two for Target books; however, they couldn’t secure the rights…