‘The Black Archive’ #25: ‘Doctor Who’ (1996)
❉ What new is there to say about the Eighth Doctor’s debut? Nick Mellish parties like it’s 1999… or 1996…
BOOK
‘Performance – 50th Anniversary Book’ reviewed
❉ A behind the scenes look at the making of the controversial cult classic, starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg.
‘The Silver Archive: Sapphire And Steel’
❉ The first 3 volumes of Obverse Books’s new range covers the entire run of one of the oddest, creepiest, most cerebral series of them all…
‘The Black Archive #24: The Time Warrior’ reviewed
❉ The Black Archive’s twenty-fourth release makes for a thorough and far-reaching thesis that cannot fail to impress.
‘Scouse Pop’: Soundtrack of a Generation
❉ ‘Scouse Pop’ is an a rare, documented insight into the economic and political backdrop which forged the music that came out of Liverpool during the ’80s and ’90s.
‘Rollerball (Constellations)’ reviewed
❉ Andrew Nette’s excellent monograph of Norman Jewison’s film is “one of the best examples of critical writing I’ve ever had the privilege of enjoying”.
Watch That Man: ‘Bowie’s Piano Man: The Life Of Mike Garson’
❉ Bowie’s veteran sideman takes centre-stage in this readable, eclectic biography, thoroughly revised and updated for 2018.
‘Yellow Submarine’ Graphic Novel
❉ Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine comes this fully authorised graphic novel adaptation written and illustrated by Bill Morrison.
‘Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966-2016’
❉ Life begins at 40 in the second volume of Kenneth Womack’s biography of the legendary producer.
‘The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Improbable Prisoner’ reviewed
❉ Stuart Douglas presents us with is that rarest of things: a completely original Holmes story, which remains true to the work of the original author.