Author Archive: SueDavies
Doctor Who: Missy: Series One by Roy Gill, John Dorney, Nev Fountain and Jonathan Morris (CD review).
Missy as played by Michelle Gomez refuses to be contained as a mere guest artiste in the slightly well-known series called ‘Doctor Who’. She is ready to branch out. We all know that in her incarnation as the Master she had a full and quite destructive relationship with the universe. This is the contribution of […]
Doctor Who – The TV Movie by Gary Russell (book review).
How thrilling that ‘Doctor Who’ gets a TV movie. The excitement this generated in 1996 when we didn’t have Twitter to moan/speculate on it was incredible. This was the big chance to bring the Doctor back from his long holiday and then there was that wig. It would have its own Twitter account these days. […]
What Abigail Did That Summer (A Rivers Of London novella) by Ben Aaronovitch (book review).
‘What Abigail Did That Summer is set’ in 2013.The Sorcerer’s potential apprentice has been left in the city whilst Peter Grant is off in the countryside somewhere or away with the fairies as we used to say (see ‘Foxglove Summer’ for that full story). Abigail is an intelligent girl and she’s not going to sit […]
Doctor Who The Crimson Horror by Mark Gattis (book review).
‘The Crimson Horror’ by Mark Gatiss sees the Eleventh Doctor in a gloriously gothic horror story. The Paternoster Gang of three are instrumental here and the Doctor is absent a lot of the time. In fact it seems he manages to foolishly almost get himself and companion Clara killed, nothing new there then. The Paternoster […]
Doctor Who: Stranded 2 by Lisa McMullin Roy Gill Matt Fitton and John Dorney (audio review).
This second instalment of the ‘Stranded’ is four more stories about the Eighth Doctor, Liv and Helen as they live their lives in the Baker Street house in 2020. The stories incorporate a range of additional companions all of whom are the Doctor’s lodgers. 2.1: Dead Time by Matt Fitton ‘I didn’t want a scout […]
Time Lord Victorious: Short Trips by Simon Guerrier and Sophie Iles (download review).
As a part of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ multimedia arc, this is a ‘Short Trips’ which has two stories about The Master. Performed by John Culshaw, we are treated to the Master as he once was played by Roger Delgado and Anthony Ainley. These are standalone stories that only reference the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ in […]
Doctor Who: Stranded: Volume 1 by Matt Fitton, John Dorney, Lisa McMullin and David K Barnes (CD/download review).
‘Stranded’ couldn’t be more lockdown if it tried. Released in June 2020, just as the general public of the UK was coming out its enforced isolation and trying out its rather shaky wings it is curiously apposite for our times. Anyone who was feeling trapped and could only access travel virtually might feel a great […]
Doctor Who: The Minds Of Magnox: Time Lord Victorious by Darren Jones (CD/download review).
The Tenth Doctor and Brian the Ood assassin have come to Magnox. The Doctor has some questions and Brian wants to be less bored. On Magnox, the people like to decorate their body externalities and information is a currency. When the two travellers split up, each one will find much more than he expected to. […]
A Ghost Waits (2020) (film review).
Billed as a modern love story, ‘A Ghost Waits’ takes the undateables to the extreme. Tastefully filmed in arthouse black and white, this film is aimed at people who like their rom-com horror based. The following contains certain spoilers so feel free not to read on. Jack (actor MacLeod Andrews) is employed to clean up […]
Doctor Who: The Wintertime Paradox by Dave Rudden (book review)
Slightly late for Christmas but who’s counting? You’re not going anywhere soon, are you? ‘The Wintertime Paradox’ is an attractive hardback volume of 12 stories by Dave Rudden, author of ‘The Knights Of The Borrowed Dark Trilogy’ and previous ‘Doctor Who’ anthology, ‘Twelve Angels Weeping’. This new book is aimed at children with a rough […]
