Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Star Beast.
The first of the new David Tennant and Catherine Tate-fronted episodes is called simply “The Star Beast”, a title it shares with the 1980 Doctor Who Weekly comic strip (published in the US by Marvel Comics as “Stan Lee Presents: Doctor Who”) “Doctor Who and the Star Beast”, featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker.
The TV special stars Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the fluffy alien “Beep the Meep”, who first appeared in that comic. And if we put the poster for the special alongside the cover of that comic (see above) there are… similarities.
It wouldn’t be the first time the Doctor Who TV series has adapted stories from other mediums. The most famous example would be when Paul Cornell was invited to adapt the Seventh Doctor novel he had written for Virgin New Adventures,...
The first of the new David Tennant and Catherine Tate-fronted episodes is called simply “The Star Beast”, a title it shares with the 1980 Doctor Who Weekly comic strip (published in the US by Marvel Comics as “Stan Lee Presents: Doctor Who”) “Doctor Who and the Star Beast”, featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker.
The TV special stars Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the fluffy alien “Beep the Meep”, who first appeared in that comic. And if we put the poster for the special alongside the cover of that comic (see above) there are… similarities.
It wouldn’t be the first time the Doctor Who TV series has adapted stories from other mediums. The most famous example would be when Paul Cornell was invited to adapt the Seventh Doctor novel he had written for Virgin New Adventures,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Dr. Who and the Daleks/Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965, 1966 / 82, 84 min.
Starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbens
Cinematography by John Wilcox
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
The story of Doctor Who turns on a distinctly British conceit; our hero, a grandfatherly type usually found puttering in the garden, is in fact an alien in human form who does his puttering in a time-traveling laboratory disguised as a police box—a notion Roald Dahl might have dreamed up during one of his rare good moods.
It premiered on BBC One, November 23, 1963, the day after the Kennedy assassination (the start of the show was delayed by news updating the tragedy). British character actor William Hartnell portrayed the first Doctor to man the controls of the cosmic phone booth, followed by Patrick Troughton in 1966 and Jon Pertwee in 1970 and on and on—Jodie Whittaker currently carries the mantle and made history...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965, 1966 / 82, 84 min.
Starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbens
Cinematography by John Wilcox
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
The story of Doctor Who turns on a distinctly British conceit; our hero, a grandfatherly type usually found puttering in the garden, is in fact an alien in human form who does his puttering in a time-traveling laboratory disguised as a police box—a notion Roald Dahl might have dreamed up during one of his rare good moods.
It premiered on BBC One, November 23, 1963, the day after the Kennedy assassination (the start of the show was delayed by news updating the tragedy). British character actor William Hartnell portrayed the first Doctor to man the controls of the cosmic phone booth, followed by Patrick Troughton in 1966 and Jon Pertwee in 1970 and on and on—Jodie Whittaker currently carries the mantle and made history...
- 9/15/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Chris Allcock Jan 2, 2019
The Doctor encounters one of humanity’s oldest adversaries in the New Year’s Day special. Here’s our review of Resolution...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This Doctor Who review contains spoilers.
Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 11
There’s an old saying on the internet: trailers always lie. Marvel, in particular, have gotten the practice of portraying how a movie is going to feel, not to mention dangling story threads and possible confrontations, down to a fine art. Sometimes this requires withholding information from the audience; occasionally it means flat-out falsehoods, like a certain large green chap appearing in the Infinity War teaser in scenes where he didn’t, as it were, exist.
"Resolution" probably didn’t have the remit nor the budget to go inventing entirely fictional scenes to get people excited, but there’s a sense that it might have liked to.
The Doctor encounters one of humanity’s oldest adversaries in the New Year’s Day special. Here’s our review of Resolution...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
This Doctor Who review contains spoilers.
Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 11
There’s an old saying on the internet: trailers always lie. Marvel, in particular, have gotten the practice of portraying how a movie is going to feel, not to mention dangling story threads and possible confrontations, down to a fine art. Sometimes this requires withholding information from the audience; occasionally it means flat-out falsehoods, like a certain large green chap appearing in the Infinity War teaser in scenes where he didn’t, as it were, exist.
"Resolution" probably didn’t have the remit nor the budget to go inventing entirely fictional scenes to get people excited, but there’s a sense that it might have liked to.
- 1/1/2019
- Den of Geek
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
This is the news! And today’s news features 10th anniversary screenings, iPlayer ads, convention tales, Mulligan’s meteoric rise, Murray’s Golden days, anniversary memories from the cast and crew, and a little bit of magic from Nicholas Courtney. He Would Make A Good Dalek Robert Shearman will appear at a special Doctor Who 10th anniversary screening...
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This is the news! And today’s news features 10th anniversary screenings, iPlayer ads, convention tales, Mulligan’s meteoric rise, Murray’s Golden days, anniversary memories from the cast and crew, and a little bit of magic from Nicholas Courtney. He Would Make A Good Dalek Robert Shearman will appear at a special Doctor Who 10th anniversary screening...
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- 4/9/2015
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
The world of Doctor Who has changed greatly in the space of just 10 years. The cast and crew have almost completely been replaced since 2005, including a number of new actors to play the errant Time Lord and his companions.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
- 3/24/2015
- Digital Spy
From Autons to tribophysics via Kronkburgers, here's a pick of the best nerdy in-jokes and references from the 2005 series of Doctor Who...
Ten years ago, the world was about to be re-introduced to one of the most enduring and exciting television characters of all time, Doctor Who. The programme's new 2005 sheen brought with it a cheeky self-referential side (though it did do a bit of that in the 80s) and a knowingly raised pop culture eyebrow. From films such as E.T. to Barbarella to Star Trek to modern literature (The Lovely Bones) and icons (Michael Jackson) - everything was in the Time Lord’s gaze.
So let’s take our very own trip back in time and have a look at the more notable and interesting references and in-jokes from Doctor Who Series One, starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
Rose
Most obviously, this opener saw the return of the...
Ten years ago, the world was about to be re-introduced to one of the most enduring and exciting television characters of all time, Doctor Who. The programme's new 2005 sheen brought with it a cheeky self-referential side (though it did do a bit of that in the 80s) and a knowingly raised pop culture eyebrow. From films such as E.T. to Barbarella to Star Trek to modern literature (The Lovely Bones) and icons (Michael Jackson) - everything was in the Time Lord’s gaze.
So let’s take our very own trip back in time and have a look at the more notable and interesting references and in-jokes from Doctor Who Series One, starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
Rose
Most obviously, this opener saw the return of the...
- 3/23/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Big Finish’s first Main Range story, The Sirens of Time, was released in 1999, and some incredible tales have been told since – two of which even having directly influenced the TV series (Jubilee into 2005’s Dalek - both written by Robert Shearman – and Spare Parts into Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel). And in June, the...
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Big Finish’s first Main Range story, The Sirens of Time, was released in 1999, and some incredible tales have been told since – two of which even having directly influenced the TV series (Jubilee into 2005’s Dalek - both written by Robert Shearman – and Spare Parts into Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel). And in June, the...
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- 3/19/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Big Finish is finally entering current Doctor Who continuity with the Unit Extinction adventures, but what does that mean?
During Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary celebrations, everybody had their own favourite moments. Maybe yours was seeing Matt Smith and David Tennant sparring with each other. Maybe it was the “all thirteen!” moment on Gallifrey, seeing Tom Baker turn up at the end to say “Hi! I’m Tom Baker! How cool is that?”, or watching Peter Davison and Colin Baker try and break into the BBC. There was no shortage of punch-the-air moments for fans. But as someone who spent nearly every moment of the anniversary bouncing up and down and literally clapping my hands with glee, the highpoint came towards the end of Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor short, The Night of the Doctor. Just before he regenerates, he utters the words “Charlie, C'rizz, Lucy, Tamsin, Molly, friends, companions I've known,...
During Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary celebrations, everybody had their own favourite moments. Maybe yours was seeing Matt Smith and David Tennant sparring with each other. Maybe it was the “all thirteen!” moment on Gallifrey, seeing Tom Baker turn up at the end to say “Hi! I’m Tom Baker! How cool is that?”, or watching Peter Davison and Colin Baker try and break into the BBC. There was no shortage of punch-the-air moments for fans. But as someone who spent nearly every moment of the anniversary bouncing up and down and literally clapping my hands with glee, the highpoint came towards the end of Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor short, The Night of the Doctor. Just before he regenerates, he utters the words “Charlie, C'rizz, Lucy, Tamsin, Molly, friends, companions I've known,...
- 2/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Clara, morality, guns, addiction, and unacknowledged nods to previous episodes... Nathan looks over the themes of Doctor Who series 8...
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who up to and including series 8.
I don’t know about you, but I love big ideas. After all, whatever we consume – whether it’s a movie or a TV show or a video game – has a message that it wants to communicate to you, the consumer. These messages – these big ideas, themes and theories – they're not a bad thing. I’d suggest they make entertainment so… entertaining. The hallmark of a good TV show is that it makes you think. It inspires you to keep track of overarching traits in the hope that you might spot a pattern or a hint of what’s to come.
Doctor Who is one of those shows. We’ve only just said ‘goodbye’ to Series 8 (and what a great...
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who up to and including series 8.
I don’t know about you, but I love big ideas. After all, whatever we consume – whether it’s a movie or a TV show or a video game – has a message that it wants to communicate to you, the consumer. These messages – these big ideas, themes and theories – they're not a bad thing. I’d suggest they make entertainment so… entertaining. The hallmark of a good TV show is that it makes you think. It inspires you to keep track of overarching traits in the hope that you might spot a pattern or a hint of what’s to come.
Doctor Who is one of those shows. We’ve only just said ‘goodbye’ to Series 8 (and what a great...
- 11/16/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who, Season 8, Episode 2, “Into the Dalek”
Written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Airs Saturdays at 9pm Et on BBC America
This week, on Doctor Who: The Doctor doesn’t like soldiers, Clara is a master of the quick change, and Mr. Pink is a reader
Dalek stories are tricky. As monsters, they’re one trick ponies, but they’re also iconic and massively popular, so they’re trotted out every season or so for the Doctor to face*. They’re the Doctor’s oldest enemy (the First Doctor faced off with them in his second story), and frankly, the series ran out of new ways to use them a very long time ago. In season one of NuWho, Robert Shearman revitalized the creatures with his fantastic script for “Dalek”, but since season two, their appearances have mostly been a series of diminishing returns,...
Written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Airs Saturdays at 9pm Et on BBC America
This week, on Doctor Who: The Doctor doesn’t like soldiers, Clara is a master of the quick change, and Mr. Pink is a reader
Dalek stories are tricky. As monsters, they’re one trick ponies, but they’re also iconic and massively popular, so they’re trotted out every season or so for the Doctor to face*. They’re the Doctor’s oldest enemy (the First Doctor faced off with them in his second story), and frankly, the series ran out of new ways to use them a very long time ago. In season one of NuWho, Robert Shearman revitalized the creatures with his fantastic script for “Dalek”, but since season two, their appearances have mostly been a series of diminishing returns,...
- 9/1/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
The Daleks return and do battle with Peter Capaldi in Into The Dalek. Here's our spoiler-filled review...
This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
8.2 Into The Dalek
"Am I a good man?"
No episode of Doctor Who is easy. Dalek stories? They carry a heavier burden of responsibility than most. As iconic a part of the show as the Tardis, these are the creatures that are supposed to be - but rarely are - the Doctor's deadliest foe. They can blitz away Cybermen without a second thought. They have weapons that can kill in the time it takes to admire a fiftysomething man's eyebrows. They make the BBC lots of cash through toy sales. And yet it's rarely a Dalek episode that's called out as a series highlight (Remembrance Of The Daleks the most recent towering exception, Dalek running it close).
Into The Dalek stakes one hell of a claim,...
This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
8.2 Into The Dalek
"Am I a good man?"
No episode of Doctor Who is easy. Dalek stories? They carry a heavier burden of responsibility than most. As iconic a part of the show as the Tardis, these are the creatures that are supposed to be - but rarely are - the Doctor's deadliest foe. They can blitz away Cybermen without a second thought. They have weapons that can kill in the time it takes to admire a fiftysomething man's eyebrows. They make the BBC lots of cash through toy sales. And yet it's rarely a Dalek episode that's called out as a series highlight (Remembrance Of The Daleks the most recent towering exception, Dalek running it close).
Into The Dalek stakes one hell of a claim,...
- 8/30/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Alex Skerratt is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Doctor Who script writer Robert Shearman is to give a talk in Chichester. For free! The author of Series 1′sDalek, along with a range of Big Finish audio productions, will be speaking about his career at the University of Chichester on April 2nd at 5.30pm. Tickets are free, and those wishing to go should email l.j.brown@chi.ac.uk
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Doctor Who script writer Robert Shearman is to give a talk in Chichester. For free! The author of Series 1′sDalek, along with a range of Big Finish audio productions, will be speaking about his career at the University of Chichester on April 2nd at 5.30pm. Tickets are free, and those wishing to go should email l.j.brown@chi.ac.uk
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- 3/22/2014
- by Alex Skerratt
- Kasterborous.com
Well that was a relief. The return of Doctor Who so far, wasn’t exactly the eagerly anticipated trip of a lifetime. The Bells Of St John and The Rings Of Akhaten may have looked good, but when it comes to Doctor Who, good looks just ain’t enough – especially when you’re wrestling with flimsy plots, twee denouements and too much singing. My ears are still bleeding from the aural horrors of last week’s instalment.
Cold War, on the other hand, is a different proposition. It may have had its fair share of singing, but then David Warner mumbling along to Ultravox is far preferable to Murray’s Pompous Choir any day of the week. Cold War was very much a Make Or Break episode in that it had a lot to prove. Not only did it have to right some of the wrongs made by the first two clunkers,...
Cold War, on the other hand, is a different proposition. It may have had its fair share of singing, but then David Warner mumbling along to Ultravox is far preferable to Murray’s Pompous Choir any day of the week. Cold War was very much a Make Or Break episode in that it had a lot to prove. Not only did it have to right some of the wrongs made by the first two clunkers,...
- 4/19/2013
- Shadowlocked
Using the new Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set, your noble author will make his way through as much of the modern series as he can before the Christmas episode, The Snowmen.
Mr. Henry Van Staaten owns the Internet. He also has a museum of alien artifacts under Utah, including a Slitheen claw, a Cyberman head, and a…
Dalek
by Robert Shearman
Directed by Joe Ahearne
“Broken…broken…hair dryer…”
The Tardis lands in 2012 (!) in Utah, or more precisely, under it. They’re in the personal horde of Henry Van Statten, an impossibly rich American who obtains alien artifacts, reverse engineers their technology, and sells it for profit. The Doctor picked up a distress call from his one living exhibit, a mysterious creature that Van Statten calls a Metaltron. Only when The Doctor sees it does he realize what it truly is – a Dalek, which somehow survived the Time War...
Mr. Henry Van Staaten owns the Internet. He also has a museum of alien artifacts under Utah, including a Slitheen claw, a Cyberman head, and a…
Dalek
by Robert Shearman
Directed by Joe Ahearne
“Broken…broken…hair dryer…”
The Tardis lands in 2012 (!) in Utah, or more precisely, under it. They’re in the personal horde of Henry Van Statten, an impossibly rich American who obtains alien artifacts, reverse engineers their technology, and sells it for profit. The Doctor picked up a distress call from his one living exhibit, a mysterious creature that Van Statten calls a Metaltron. Only when The Doctor sees it does he realize what it truly is – a Dalek, which somehow survived the Time War...
- 12/9/2012
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Halloween is coming up - and what better time for a collection of spellbinding and spooky stories.
Solaris has announced that Audrey Niffenegger, author of international bestseller The Time Traveller's Wife - adapted into a 2009 movie starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams - is to head the all-star line-up of a new anthology.
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane brings together some of Britain and America's leading authors and is published on October 25 in the UK and October 30 in the USA.
From the otherworldly visions of Conan Doyle's father in Niffenegger's The Wrong Fairy to the diabolical political machinations of Dan Abnett's Party Tricks, this collection of magical short stories has been edited by Jonathan Oliver, acclaimed editor of The End of The Line and House of Fear and the author of Twilight of Kerberos: The Call of Kerberos.
Other names in the anthology include Sarah Lotz,...
Solaris has announced that Audrey Niffenegger, author of international bestseller The Time Traveller's Wife - adapted into a 2009 movie starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams - is to head the all-star line-up of a new anthology.
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane brings together some of Britain and America's leading authors and is published on October 25 in the UK and October 30 in the USA.
From the otherworldly visions of Conan Doyle's father in Niffenegger's The Wrong Fairy to the diabolical political machinations of Dan Abnett's Party Tricks, this collection of magical short stories has been edited by Jonathan Oliver, acclaimed editor of The End of The Line and House of Fear and the author of Twilight of Kerberos: The Call of Kerberos.
Other names in the anthology include Sarah Lotz,...
- 10/15/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
I am a bad SFnal blogger, since these nominees were announced a good two weeks ago. (Perhaps I delayed because I believe, based on my own Wfa judge experience, that the winners in all categories have already been determined, and so most of the nominees are doomed to forlorn hopes.)
Anyway, congratulations to all of the nominees, and good luck to them. I leave the annual exercise of determining which two entries in each category were voted on by the convention membership and which were picked by the judges to fandom assembled.
Novel
Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace) 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63) A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK) Osama, Lavie Tidhar (Ps Publishing) Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
“Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors) “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011) “Alice Through...
Anyway, congratulations to all of the nominees, and good luck to them. I leave the annual exercise of determining which two entries in each category were voted on by the convention membership and which were picked by the judges to fandom assembled.
Novel
Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace) 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63) A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK) Osama, Lavie Tidhar (Ps Publishing) Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
“Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors) “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011) “Alice Through...
- 8/28/2012
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
Simon dons his flame-repelling suit to offer a few thoughts about the news that David Yates is developing a Doctor Who movie...
In one of those lovely quirks of irony, I was showing my seven year old son the Doctor Who episode Dalek on Sunday. You might remember it. Written by Robert Shearman, it’s arguably the finest Dalek story since the show returned in 2005, and the bit that stuck in my head tonight was the moment when the solitary Dalek managed to absorb the entire Internet.
It struck me that if he’d tried to do that, around twenty minutes after Variety uploaded its story regarding a film being made of Doctor Who, it might just have imploded there and then.
Having had time to digest the news overnight, I thought I might share a few thoughts I’ve had regarding the announcement. And then, feel free to add yours at the bottom.
In one of those lovely quirks of irony, I was showing my seven year old son the Doctor Who episode Dalek on Sunday. You might remember it. Written by Robert Shearman, it’s arguably the finest Dalek story since the show returned in 2005, and the bit that stuck in my head tonight was the moment when the solitary Dalek managed to absorb the entire Internet.
It struck me that if he’d tried to do that, around twenty minutes after Variety uploaded its story regarding a film being made of Doctor Who, it might just have imploded there and then.
Having had time to digest the news overnight, I thought I might share a few thoughts I’ve had regarding the announcement. And then, feel free to add yours at the bottom.
- 11/15/2011
- Den of Geek
Stephen King fans sure have a lot to look forward to. Along with his new novel 11/22/63, the eBook Mile 81, Carrie: The Musical's rebirth, and A&E's upcoming Bag of Bones adaptation, two new short stories are being published this fall! Read on for the details of each.
Per Lilja's Library, Granta Magazine's fall/winter issue will include King's story "The Dune." The issue, which is devoted to horror, no doubt in honor of Halloween, will be available for sale on October 27th and will also feature stories by Roberto Bolaño, Joy Williams, and Don DeLillo among others.
Second is "The Little Green God of Agony", which will appear in the A Book of Horrors anthology containing all-original stories by some of the most successful and exciting names in modern horror fiction. Cemetery Dance reports that "the story is good old fashioned Gothic horror at its best!" Along with King, the authors include by Ramsey Campbell,...
Per Lilja's Library, Granta Magazine's fall/winter issue will include King's story "The Dune." The issue, which is devoted to horror, no doubt in honor of Halloween, will be available for sale on October 27th and will also feature stories by Roberto Bolaño, Joy Williams, and Don DeLillo among others.
Second is "The Little Green God of Agony", which will appear in the A Book of Horrors anthology containing all-original stories by some of the most successful and exciting names in modern horror fiction. Cemetery Dance reports that "the story is good old fashioned Gothic horror at its best!" Along with King, the authors include by Ramsey Campbell,...
- 8/2/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
When it was announced that Doctor Who was returning after a lengthy hiatus, the fans were wondering whether they would be getting the real deal. Would The Doctor still be a Time Lord with two hearts? Would he still be travelling in his Tardis? Would it still have the Ooo-wee-ooo theme tune? And just as crucially, would any old monsters be returning?
As it happened, there was no cause for alarm. The season opener Rose brought back the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness for a rematch, and to cement the fact that this was still the same show from the good old days, along came a Dalek in a story called, well, what do you know – Dalek.
Dalek wheels out the tinpot meanies for the first in a long line of rematches against The Doctor. In a way it had a lot to prove for both old and new audiences alike.
As it happened, there was no cause for alarm. The season opener Rose brought back the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness for a rematch, and to cement the fact that this was still the same show from the good old days, along came a Dalek in a story called, well, what do you know – Dalek.
Dalek wheels out the tinpot meanies for the first in a long line of rematches against The Doctor. In a way it had a lot to prove for both old and new audiences alike.
- 5/2/2011
- Shadowlocked
The British Fantasy Society have announced the nominees for the 2010 British Fantasy Awards. Highlight include a nomination for actress Axelle Carolyn (Centurion) for her book It Lives Again!, nominations for both Fables and Locke & Key in the comics category, and a Best Magazine nomination for Cemetery Dance and Murky Depths.
Best Novel
Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz) Futile Flame, Sam Stone (House of Murky Depths) One, Conrad Williams (Virgin) The Naming Of The Beasts, Mike Carey (Orbit) Under The Dome, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
Best Novella
Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers (Ps) Roadkill, Rob Shearman, from Roadkill/Siren Beat (Twelfth Planet) and Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Big Finish) The Language Of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (Ps) The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane (Ps) Vardoger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)
Best Short Story
Careful What You Wish For, Justin Carroll, in Dragontales: Short Stories of Flame, Tooth and Scale,...
Best Novel
Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz) Futile Flame, Sam Stone (House of Murky Depths) One, Conrad Williams (Virgin) The Naming Of The Beasts, Mike Carey (Orbit) Under The Dome, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
Best Novella
Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers (Ps) Roadkill, Rob Shearman, from Roadkill/Siren Beat (Twelfth Planet) and Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Big Finish) The Language Of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (Ps) The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane (Ps) Vardoger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)
Best Short Story
Careful What You Wish For, Justin Carroll, in Dragontales: Short Stories of Flame, Tooth and Scale,...
- 6/12/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Sharp demand for tickets for a Doctor Who themed author discussion at Morley Literature Festival next week has resulted in a change of venue. Writers Robert Shearman, Mark Morris, Simon Guerrier and Mark Michalowsk were originally meant to be taking part in a question and answer session at Morley Library in Leeds, but due to a surge in ticket sales from Doctor Who fans they will now be appearing in Alexandra Hall at Morley Town Hall. It's a good guest list too, with Rob Shearman and Simon...
- 10/7/2009
- by Mick Karma info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
I’m gonna quote myself here a bit, from that first writeup of this episode I did back in 2006, because I can’t see any point in paraphrasing myself: Back in like 1993 I took a trip to London, and among the many things I saw at the time was an exhibit at a museum of TV and radio about Doctor Who. And there was a life-size Dalek and a life-size Cyberman and they were really creepy. And I bet Robert Shearman, who wrote this episode, saw that exhibit too and that’s where this line of the Doctor’s comes from: “The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. I’m gettin’ old.” That’s for us fans, us grownup fans, who have lived with the show in our imaginations for so long that we’ve seen it go full circle: from cult hit to the stuff of museum exhibits...
- 5/31/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The International Horror Guild Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in the field of horror and dark fantasy, were announced on Halloween (naturally). The Awards, first presented in 1994, will cease to be after this year.
Novel: The Terror by Dan Simmons
Long Fiction: Softspoken by Lucius Shepard
Mid-Length Fiction: "Closet Dreams" by Lisa Tuttle
Short Fiction: "Honey in the Wound" by Nancy Etchemendy
Fiction Collection: Dagger Key and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard
Anthology: Inferno, Ellen Datlow, ed.
Periodical: Postscripts
Illustrated Narrative: The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti (creator/writer), Joe Harris and Stuart Moore (writers), Ben Templesmith, Michael Gaydos, Colleen Doran and Ted McKeever (illustrators)
Nonfiction: Mario Bava: All the Colors of Dark by Tim Lucas
Art: Elizabeth McGrath for "The Incurable Disorder"
Ihg Living Legend: Peter Straub
Fantasy Award Winners Named
Sunday night at the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, the winners for this year's World Fantasy Awards were announced.
Novel: The Terror by Dan Simmons
Long Fiction: Softspoken by Lucius Shepard
Mid-Length Fiction: "Closet Dreams" by Lisa Tuttle
Short Fiction: "Honey in the Wound" by Nancy Etchemendy
Fiction Collection: Dagger Key and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard
Anthology: Inferno, Ellen Datlow, ed.
Periodical: Postscripts
Illustrated Narrative: The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti (creator/writer), Joe Harris and Stuart Moore (writers), Ben Templesmith, Michael Gaydos, Colleen Doran and Ted McKeever (illustrators)
Nonfiction: Mario Bava: All the Colors of Dark by Tim Lucas
Art: Elizabeth McGrath for "The Incurable Disorder"
Ihg Living Legend: Peter Straub
Fantasy Award Winners Named
Sunday night at the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, the winners for this year's World Fantasy Awards were announced.
- 11/3/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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