‘Black Archive #21: Heaven Sent’ reviewed
❉ Obverse Books have done it again with this release: classy, intelligent, easy to read, thought-provoking and a bit of a thrill.
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‘Watching Skies – Star Wars, Spielberg and Us’ reviewed
❉ O’Connell writes with wit and repartee on the influence of “George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbusters and a man of steel”.
‘The Doctor Omega Chronicles: The Strike of Midnite’ reviewed
❉ Kara Dennison visits Galopin galaxies in Peel and Skilleter’s first Doctor Omega novel.
‘The Freewheeling John Dowie’ reviewed
❉ Dowie may have left stand-up behind but his bone-dry sense of humour certainly hasn’t abandoned him, writes Andy Murray.
‘The Black Archive #20: Face The Raven’ reviewed
❉ It feels like only yesterday that Obverse Books launched The Black Archive. How fitting that this particular story is celebrated in volume 20, a milestone for the range.
Ben Baker’s ‘Kill Your Television’ reviewed
❉ Ben Baker returns with another love letter to the programmes, presenters and spin-off shows that he’s fallen for down the years.
The Long Journey Back to Cathay – ‘The Black Archive: Marco Polo’
❉ Marco Polo is the one story from the very first season of Doctor Who for which no footage exists at all, so how can we know what it was really like?
‘Storytelling Engines – How Writers Keep Superhero Sagas Going And Going’
❉ The monthly comic’s ability to carry on with new stories for decade after decade is a fascinating case study in how ongoing narratives work.
‘The Black Archive 19: The Eleventh Hour’
❉ The latest of Obverse Books’ Black Archive series thunders along with the same pace as the episode upon which it is based.
‘Doctor Who – A British Alien?’ reviewed
❉ “This is a book from academia that whilst high on political theory is written in a thoroughly accessible manner”, writes Paul Driscoll.