Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
Because what better way is there to mark finishing a telly series than by ranking it! And unlike some of its predecessors, I don't know Disco Trek well enough to do a good faith episode ranking, so it's seasons. But, alas, this ranking has no rancour, for I love this series. The characters, the relationships,…
Star Trek Discovery will always have a special place in my heart. I grew up with nineties Trek. After three shows hitting seven seasons a piece (and in the delicious days of 22 plus episodes seasons) this glorious era ended on a low of Enterprise being cancelled in only its fourth season with an finale…
Continue reading ➞ Thoughts Upon Finishing Star Trek Discovery
The first year of the Telefantasy Time Jump podcast was completed yesterday. 12 (and a tiny bit) months, and 25 episodes! Alas, the lateness of our final episode of the year, our Patreon bonus episode for December, was because we reached that special milestone suffered by many podcasts: the lost episode. This happened once before…
Continue reading ➞ One Year of Telefantasy Time Jump and the Pain of Rerecording
I had intended to write some attempt at a deeply meaningful end of year words, making reflective, insightful comments on the past twelve months. Alas, it's not to be. I'm not entirely sure what happened this year. In my head it remains 1998. (And that's being generous, I have a memory of being in school,…
Continue reading ➞ Not A Reflective End Of Year Post. Contains Elephants.
After watching The Avengers' Too Many Christmas Trees for Telefantasy Time Jump's Christmas Special (out...sometime this month!! I should really check these things), I felt compelled to return to a few Christmas telly favs to try and life my mood during this week of Eternal Rain and Wind and Grey Omg When Will It End.…
Continue reading ➞ Christmas Specials I’ve Rewatched Far Too Often
"But Star Trek doesn't have any Christmas episodes," you might say. And you would be correct. Technically. But you don't need actual Christmas when you have the spirit of Christmas, and that's exactly what these Trek episodes have: the hardiest of Christmas spirits. (If you absolutely insist that it must actually be Christmas, I suppose…
Way back in 2019 I did a wee talk on the TARDIS Talks academic track at the Gallifrey One convention. It's a fantastic part of the convention that lets attendees do a deep dive into some aspect of Doctor Who that they're passionate about. And instead of the more traditional panel structure, you present a…
Continue reading ➞ The Laws of Rassilon: Constitutional and Criminal Law on Gallifrey
The beautiful cover has been created by artist Daryl Joyce I've been working on this for rather a while now, and my book, Where We Stand, Where We Fall, is up for pre-order. I mentioned it on BlueSky last week, but here's a whole post about it - and a 30% discount code if you…
Continue reading ➞ Book news! Where We Stand, Where We Fall Available to Pre-Order
Last week I was on a lovely writers' retreat in the Lake District, and found some time to take a couple of trips to investigate the beautiful surrounding area. So obviously I had to go see some medieval ruins. The best sort of ruins. And though it was grey and wet and very, very muddy,…
I thought it'd be nice to do a quick post about what's been going on this year. And since I have this website it seems sensible that I try to remember to update it. But, yes, 2025! A year that is...the not the best year I've ever experienced, but I am determined to keep this…
