Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
Oh, you know the type, probably. Maybe. It seems likely if you're reading this blog, anyway. That type of fan, if you're the sort of friend who's nobly stepped up to try and give them a gift connected with their favourite telly, requires finding a product of such utter tat-ness, such unutterable nonsense, that despite…
Continue reading ➞ A Handy Gift Guide for The Doctor Who Fan Who Has Almost Everything
Not, y'know, universally lovely things, though obviously a post of kittens and spaceships would be keen, but lovely things for me, lovely writing related things, which I fully intended to blog about in a more timely fashion but clearly that didn't happen so everything gets thrown in together, like a cake! A delicious, tasty cake…
This should really be a post about Nine Worlds and/or Worldcon. It's not. It's a post about Posh Mudcrabs. Currently, my game of choice is Star Wars The Old Republic, which I love and adore and is letting me decorate houses at the moment, so I'm spending a lot of time killing Jedi, looting their…
I wouldn't call this a review so much as a ramble. It got quite long: I loved rather a lot about Deep Breath, and what are blog posts for if not to natter on interminably without the cruel shackles of editorial oversight! Anticipation levels of self were Exceptionally High for this episode. Which was quite…
Nine Worlds is coming up this Thursday! I'm obviously calm, collected, and completely organised. If you don't know about Nine Worlds it's a ridiculously fabulous convention held in London and encompasses all manner of geek culture, including literature, gaming, cosplay, fandom, some twenty-six other things (ish – can I count signings as their own track?),…
Worldcon aka Loncon 3 is, terrifyingly, in two weeks time. Obviously, I'm completely organised and totally calm about that. Yes. Good. And I have a schedule! Of stuff! It's really awesome. Here it is: The Girls Who Waited Friday 19:00 - 20:00, Capital Suite 11 (ExCeL) Last year, in an essay for The Guardian, Anna…
This week's Verity! has three whole guests on it! Or two, if you think we cheated by including me. But two guests! All novel and exciting for us. And there's a competition, with prizes from Big Finish, ra! Behold: "We at Verity! often jabber on about Big Finish, but this time we thought we’d let…
I received this very exciting package in the post last week: Rah! A Doctor Who story what I wrote, all real and on a CD with a cover and notes and things! There're also stories on there by the not-at-all intimidating company of Mark Ravenhill, Una McCormack, and Nev Fountain. And you too can have…
Continue reading ➞ Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories is out!
My Doctor Who audio from Big Finish, Breaking Bubbles, is out this month. Precisely when? Not a clue. But there are a couple of THINGS to do with it that of which at least one, I am assured, is yayful and lovely. Naturally, I lack the courage to look and/or listen to them without first…
There are no fripperies in this post, sorry. Everything is a very proper and substantial thing, but I felt particularly keen on the word at time of writing, so a pox on meaning, it shall be in the title. Anyway, this week! Verity! At our forty-fifth ever-so-exciting episode: "It’s another villaintastic episode of Verity! This…
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