The Alone to the Alone (1947) Gwyn Thomas Library of Wales, 184pp The Dark Philosophers return. Gwyn Thomas’s previous collection reviewed on this site introduced a group of men that sit on the wall in their village, discussing the day, their lives, their village. They were old men of the South Wales valleys, men whose [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Thomas, Gwyn (1947) The Alone to the Alone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gwyn thomas, The Alone to the Alone, the dark philosophers, The Library of Wales on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maitland, Sara (2008) A Book of Silence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Book of Silence, annie dillard, Granta, Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek, Sara Maitland on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Book of Silence (2008) Sara Maitland Granta, 287pp Sara Maitland’s work has often been infused with a sense of faith, and a fascination with myth and religion. It seems only fitting that with these interests would come a need to explore ways of living – and Maitland has become interested in the eremitical. Silence [...]
Doctor Who #30: Seasons of Fear (2002)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Caroline Symcox, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Paul Cornell, Paul McGann, Seasons of Fear on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: Seasons of Fear (2002) Paul Cornell & Caroline Symcox Starring: Paul McGann & India Fisher Big Finish #30 When Charley Pollard boarded the R101 in Storm Warning, she was travelling to Singapore for a date – she was to meet her man at Raffles Hotel on New Year’s Eve 1930. Since travelling with [...]
Doctor Who #29: The Chimes of Midnight (2002)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Paul McGann, Robert Shearman, The Chimes of Midnight on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight (2002) Robert Shearman Starring: Paul McGann & India Fisher Big Finish #29 Robert Shearman first impressed me with his script for The Holy Terror, previously reviewed on this blog, and he impresses again with this, the second story in the second season of The Eighth Doctor. Charley and The [...]
Dickens, Charles (1838-1839) Nicholas Nickleby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, penguin classics, Sir Mulberry Hawk, Wackford Squeers on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nicholas Nickleby (1838 – 1839) Charles Dickens Penguin, 811pp Charles Dickens’s third novel, Nicholas Nickleby, is a lengthy and picaresque novel detailing the exploits of the Nickleby family – notably Nicholas, his sister Kate, dear Mama, and Uncle Ralph. It is more interesting that the villain of the piece is Ralph Nickleby, and made clear [...]
Doctor Who: The Ratings War (2002)
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Doctor Who: The Ratings War (2002) Steve Lyons Starring: Colin Baker Big Finish Given away with the first part of Invaders from Mars by Doctor Who Monthly, The Ratings War is a standalone Sixth Doctor story that sees him stopping wholesale slaughter being committed by a creature known as Beep The Meep (not heard of [...]
Doctor Who #28: Invaders from Mars (2002)
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Doctor Who: Invaders from Mars (2002) Mark Gatiss Starring: Paul McGann, India Fisher Big Finish #28 So the second season of stories featuring Paul McGann’s Doctor begin, and he and Charley are in Manhattan, 1938, and a certain Orson Welles is about to broadcast his infamous War of the Worlds adaptation on national radio. There [...]
Doctor Who #27: The One Doctor (2001)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonnie Langford, Christopher Biggins, Clayton Hickman, Colin Baker, Doctor Who, Gareth Roberts, Matt Lucas, Nicholas Pegg, The One Doctor on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: The One Doctor (2001) Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman Starring: Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford Big Finish #27 The Doctor takes Mel to the Generios system where the people are celebrating. It seems the Doctor has just vanquished a great foe and is about to address them, and he has no memory of this [...]
Doctor Who #26: Primeval (2001)
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Doctor Who: Primeval (2001) Lance Parkin Starring: Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton Big Finish #26 There is a knocking on the door, and the Doctor’s voice is heard: Nyssa has collapsed, can you help? He has bought her back to Traken, her home, only three thousand years in her past, to see the famed physician Shayla. [...]
Doctor Who #25: Colditz (2001)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Colditz, Doctor Who, Sophie Aldred, Steve Lyons, Sylvester McCoy on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: Colditz (2001) Steve Lyons Starring: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Big Finish #25 The Doctor and Ace land in the courtyard of a castle and Ace suggests looking around, only the Doctor recognises this place, but before he can articulate his thoughts Nazi officers have arrested them both. They are in Colditz, 1944, and [...]
