For the debut of Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor in 1984, Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner made an unusual and, in retrospect, quite unwise decision: instead of introducing the new Doctor in the first episode of a new season, … Continue reading Thou Craggy Knob! The Curious Case of the Twin Dilemma
For the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, we were blessed with the sublime The Five Doctors, a feature-length adventure that would go on to become a subject of warm nostalgia to even the most hard-hearted of fans. It … Continue reading Spinning Around (Or How to Watch ‘Dimensions in Time’ Without Vomiting)
This is a poem that started life as a song in the style of Sparks, but never got completed because… well, I’m just not musical enough. I always thought your blonde hair was actual,But now you take off your clothes, … Continue reading You’re Not a Blonde!
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Since Black Mirror started on Channel 4 in 2011, there has always been a lot of lazy journalism that describes the series as a modern Twilight Zone; because it’s an anthology series with sci-fi leanings and that’s … Continue reading Black Mirror Season 6: Review
I originally wrote this story many years ago for the original version of the Strange Skins fanzine, but it was never published. Then it almost became a talking book with the voice of the Ninth Doctor provided by the wonderfully … Continue reading ‘A Town Like Malus’ by Paul Ferry
There aren’t many bands who shoot back into the public consciousness half-a-century after their first hit and embark upon a sold-our world tour when all their principle members are turned 70. No, scrub that… there aren’t ANY other bands like … Continue reading Sparks – The Girl is Crying in Her Latte: Review
Recently, for my duties as part of the Time Ram Podcast, I looked at The Creature from the Pit, a much-maligned story from the seventeenth series of Doctor Who, Tom Baker’s penultimate year in the role. It was written by … Continue reading The Fisher Queens
Caution: Contains Minor Spoilers Marvel took a big risk with the original Ant-Man movie in 2015, because Ant-Man really isn’t one of their big hitters. I mean, sure, in his comic book Hank Pym form he was a member of … Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp – Quantumania: Review
It might come as a surprise, but the movie that I’ve seen on the big screen more than any other is John Carpenter’s 1986 kung fu fantasy mash-up Big Trouble in Little China. The reasons for this are long and … Continue reading It’s All in the Reflexes: Big Trouble in Little China Revisited (Many Times)
From the late-70s to the mid-80s, the madcap cartoons of Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett were an integral part of almost every title published by Marvel UK. One of their most fondly remembered strips was Doctor Who? which ran in … Continue reading ‘Who’s 60? A Celebration of Whos’ by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett: Review
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