The new issue of Doctor
Who Magazine, issue 526, out today, contains a couple of things by me in
it. Firstly, there’s a 5-page article on how script editor Robert Holmes put
together the stories of the 1975 series, and how it influenced the show today.
It’s called The Holmes Master Plan.
Researching it required checking every relevant interview/piece of
correspondence I could find with Holmes, Terrance Dicks, Philip Hinchcliffe and
Barry Letts, and working out a timeline of when things were commissioned and by
whom. Important to get this stuff right, even when there are conflicting
accounts, although it’s more of a thesis than a run-through of facts.
There’s also another Blog
of Doom on the last page. I think it’s my funniest one yet, it has jokes
and everything. Whether you think that is damning with faint praise is up to
you. Anyway, this time it’s about everyone’s favourite Muto, Sevrin.
And in other news, here’s the cover for the River Song box set which contains my story, The Bekdel Test. I can’t wait to hear the finished thing; every now and then I re-read the script to make myself laugh.
And in other news, here’s the cover for the River Song box set which contains my story, The Bekdel Test. I can’t wait to hear the finished thing; every now and then I re-read the script to make myself laugh.
And my Doctor Who novel Touched by an Angel has just been released in German. It's already been released in Italian and something approximating English. I'm hoping for French next.
