Doctor Who: Arrangements for War (2004) Paul Sutton Big Finish #57 Starring: Colin Baker, Maggie Stables When we last met the Sixth Doctor and Dr Evelyn Smythe, they were attempting to rescue Cassie from The Forge, and her death, we all knew, would have consequences. Added to this, Dr Smythe had learnt she had a [...]
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Doctor Who #57: Arrangements for War (2004)
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Doctor Who #56: The Axis of Insanity (2004)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Caroline Morris, Doctor Who, Nicola Bryant, Peter Davison, Simon Furman, The Axis of Insanity on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Axis of Insanity (2004) Simon Furman Big Finish #56 Starring: Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Caroline Morris The Axis of Insanity, the first story featuring Peri and Erimem in fifteen months (in Big Finish’s monthly release series), takes The Doctor and his companions to The Axis, a region of time and space where broken timelines [...]
Robb, Graham (2007) The Discovery of France
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Duff Cooper Prize, Graham Robb, Royal Society of Literature Ondaajte Prize, The Discovery of France on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Discovery of France (2007) Graham Robb Picador, 455pp Graham Robb is an expert on nineteenth century French literature, noted for his biographies of Victor Hugo, Balzac and Rimbaud. In this, his history of that country in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as France was beginning to discover her nationality, Robb comes to realise he [...]
Dickens, Charles (1836 – 1844) Sketches of Young Gentlemen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Charles Dickens, Nonsuch Classics, Sketches of Young Gentlemen on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sketches of Young Gentlemen (1836 – 1844) Charles Dickens Nonsuch, 317pp Nonsuch Classics have been releasing a number of lesser known works from famous authors – its catalogue includes such names as Elizabeth Gaskell, John Galsworthy, Anthony Trollope, and a number of volumes from Charles Dickens: Sketches of Young Gentlemen and The Uncommerical Traveller being [...]
Doctor Who #55: The Twilight Kingdom (2004)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Conrad Westmaas, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Paul McGann, Rassilon, The Twilight Kingdom, Will Shindler on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: The Twilight Kingdom (2004) Will Shindler Big Finish #55 Starring: Paul McGann, India Fisher, Conrad Westmaas The Divergent Universe saga continues. The Doctor, Charley and C’rizz have been led by the Kro’ka to a rainforest. Charley, tired and thirsty, stops at a nearby waterfall and goes for a swim. The Doctor and C’rizz [...]
Jones, Jack (1935) Black Parade
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Black Parade, How Green Was My Valley, Jack Jones, Library of Wales, Mario Basini, Richard Llewellyn on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Black Parade (1935) Jack Jones Library of Wales, 414pp Jack Jones was a political man. In his day he joined the Miners’ Federation, he joined the Communist Party, then Labour and then the Liberals, standing as Liberal Candidate for Neath in 1929. He served as a regular soldier in the First World War. He was [...]
Pratchett, Terry (1983) The Colour of Magic
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nigel Planer, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Colour of Magic (1983) Terry Pratchett Corgi, 283pp Unabridged reading by Nigel Planer When I was eleven years old, I reviewed Truckers for my school, submitted to a local paper and won book tokens when it was selected as the best review – my first professional writing experience. I remember enjoying Truckers, though I [...]
Doctor Who #54: The Natural History of Fear (2004)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Conrad Westmaas, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Jim Mortimore, Paul McGann on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: The Natural History of Fear (2004) Jim Mortimore Big Finish #54 Starring: Paul McGann, India Fisher, Conrad Westmaas In Light City, a couple are watching the end of an infotainment, when they begin to disagree. When the husband asks a question, his wife becomes agitated, ashamed, activates the emergency alarm and calls in [...]
Doctor Who #53: The Creed of the Kromon (2004)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, C'rizz, Charley Pollard, Conrad Westmaas, divergent universe, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Paul McGann, Philip Martin on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: The Creed of the Kromon (2004) Philip Martin Big Finish #53 Starring: Paul McGann, India Fisher, Conrad Westmaas Still in the Divergent Universe, and picking up from the end of Scherzo, The Eighth Doctor and Charley are still walking through this non-space, when they are tied down by a disembodied voice that communicates [...]
Doctor Who #52: Scherzo (2003)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Finish, Doctor Who, India Fisher, Paul McGann, Robert Shearman, Scherzo on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who: Scherzo (2003) Robert Shearman Big Finish #52 Starring: Paul McGann, India Fisher At the end of Zagreus, Charley Pollard has concealed herself aboard the TARDIS as The Doctor piloted into the alternate universe. Scherzo opens with Charley having revealed herself, and the TARDIS is trying to land for the first time in this [...]
