I am belligerently positive about a lot of things and TV drama is one of them. We’re in the opening years of what’s either the second golden age of TV drama or a Silver Age which will be even better. And thematically appropiate given just how much fun The Flash has been in its first …
I do a lot of work for Dave Robison’s excellent Vex Mosaic. It’s a site dedicated to positive, in depth looks at modern culture and it’s been turning out great material since launch. I’ve been privileged to have the following pieces up there and have another couple due in the next few weeks: Like The …
Nine Worlds 2015 is almost upon us! Last year was huge fun and I’m on some stuff this year that I’m really look forward to. What stuff you ask? Well… Friday, August 7 How To Break Into Comics – But seriously, how? Room 11, 1:30pm – 2:45pm (Comics) Tracks: Comics Hazel Southwell, Sally Jane Thompson, Alasdair …
I do a lot of work for the Doctor Who RPG. In fact I’ve just finished a chunk of stuff for the upcoming Dinosaurs & Spaceships book which allowed me to put something very odd under the Natural History Museum and give the Silurians their Richard III. I love this job. Not just because …
We’re a few weeks out from the end of Peter Capaldi’s first year as Doctor Who, as well as the show’s most ambitious and almost successful Christmas special to date. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m more invested in the show than I have been for years and that’s entirely down to the change in perspective …
The 12th Doctor is in: Silhouette, The Blood Cell and The Crawling Terror
I used to play rugby. I’m 6’2 and built large with it so it was one of those things I never really had a choice about. Most of the time I accepted it with the sort of resignation that you learn fast in the UK School Physical Education system. Big kid? Shot put, maybe discus …
See that? That’s a book. About Doctor Who. That I WROTE. Have you ever been fistbumped by your inner 12 year old? Because if not you should it feels GREAT. I keep looking at the thing and touching it, and opening its pages and reading the words I put there. …
The Books What I Write: The 6th Doctor Sourcebook for the Doctor Who RPG
So I’m now two episodes into the era of Unbelivably Grumpy Scottish Doctor and I’m having an awful lot of fun. Capaldi’s an effortlessly great actor and he’s already starting to find lots of nuances and interesting corners to his version of the Doctor. Even better, at this point in the season, there’s a real …
Eighteen months ago I wrote the 6th Doctor sourcebook for the official Doctor Who RPG. It was GREAT. I full-on Stockholm Syndrom’ed on 6th’s time in the TARDIS. So much so I now legitimately think he’s great and wrote a book to prove that. One I got paid for! Plus, there’s an Appendix in there …
The Books What I Write: The Doctor Who RPG 6th Doctor Sourcebook
The first thing I did in February 2013? Draft this post so I don’t spend three hours at the end of the month building the thing. Usual rules apply, names and titles are usually clickable and the magic word ‘here’ will transport you to my wordspace. Or something. Anyway, first off, this happened! So, a …