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.
book review
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.
‘Doctor Who – The Lost Dimension: Book Two’ reviewed
❉ A truly entertaining conclusion to Titan’s multi-Doctor crossover event, with amazing visuals.
‘The Black Archive #16: Carnival of Monsters’
❉ 45 years on, Carnival of Monsters is still top of the pops! Ian Potter tells us why.
‘The Blue Peter Diaries’ reviewed
❉ This is yet another triumph for Miwk and a must read if you have any interest in TV history.
‘Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen’ reviewed
❉ James Goss steps up to the plate once again. Is it an ‘owzat’ or rain stopped play?
Mind The Watford Gap: ‘Leave the Capital’ reviewed
❉ The story of music that couldn’t have been made anywhere else but Manchester.