Monday, January 12, 2009
Doctor Who 45th Anniversary – Why Was 1997 Brilliant?
Endings and beginnings, as the Doctor’s New Adventures go out in a blaze: Lungbarrow provides some of the answers from Sylv’s decade, in new questions; The Dying Days introduces Paul McGann at the series’ end; landmark unfinished story So Vile a Sin appears at last; The Well-Mannered War says “Bye-bye!” for Tom; and Bernice voyages into several spin-off series. Then Lawrence Miles provides the powerhouse of ideas that drive the BBC Books, and beyond…
Another one that’s out of print and that you’ll need to search for, I’m afraid. You can’t read this one online, but you can read three of the Virgin novels I’ve tipped, so try them out, won’t you?
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Doctor Who – Alien Bodies
“It was a dead body! Dead! Its biodata was of no use!”A hearts-rending requiem. A laugh-out-loud comedy. A carnival of invention, from four-dimensional voodoo-cults and reverse-linear structure through reimagined monsters and crosswords to a new form of TARDIS, it’s remembered for its big idea: the future. The Time Lords are heading for a massive Time War…
“A legend never dies, Cousin. You should know that.”
Another one that’s out of print and that you’ll need to search for, I’m afraid. You can’t read this one online, but you can read three of the Virgin novels I’ve tipped, so try them out, won’t you?
Labels: BBC, Books, Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who, Faction Paradox, New Adventures, Paul McGann, Professor Bernice Summerfield, Reviews, Sylvester McCoy, Tom Baker, Why Is Doctor Who Brilliant?
