Two things which I should’ve plugged last week, but didn’t
cos I was busy writing a thing, and the thing had to take priority. It looks bad if people are waiting for me to deliver a thing and I’ve written a
blog instead.
Anyway. Out last week, is the latest edition of the official
Doctor Who Magazine within which, as
well as another edition of the fan favourite* Blogs of Doom I’ve also, for the second year running, compiled the
Christmas Quiz. I can’t really say any more about it, in case I accidentally
say something that could be misconstrued as a clue, but I hope it hits the
sweet spot of being challenging without being impossible. The answers will
follow in the next issue.
Also out last week was my much-anticipated** Doctor Who audio adventure The Crash of the UK-201. It seems to
have gone down very well, there are some very nice reviews out there and people
have generally been delighted. Personally speaking, when I listened to it I was
almost in tears at how fantastically it had turned out, how great
the cast were – particularly, of course, Maureen O’Brien, as the main thing I
wanted to do with the story was showcase her brilliance – and how well-directed
and post-produced it was. It really is one of the Doctor Who things I’ve done which I’m most proud of – and there’s a
lot of competition.
It was also one of those blessed projects where what I think
is a good idea for a story turns out, in the process of writing, to be a
fantastic idea, which just organically generates dramatic scenes and emotional
situations. That doesn’t always happen, sometimes what I think is a good idea for
a story turns out to be hard to make work, so I appreciate those occasions
where it comes easily.
It can be ordered here. And that’s me done for 2018, so
Happy Christmas and may all your 2019s be filled with joy.
* Literally, it is the favourite of only one fan.
** By me.
