30 Jan 2014
Review Books
There’s a fun game to participate in if you read ‘The Television Companion: The Unofficial And Unauthorised Guide To Doctor Who Volume 2’…
John Rivers / 30 Jan 2014
4 Jan 2014
Review Books
‘Doctor Who: A History Of The Universe In 100 Objects’ is a curious book that tells the history of the ‘Doctor Who’ universe,…
John Rivers / 4 Jan 2014
2 Jan 2014
Review Books
If I was nine years old and I received ‘The Doctor: His Lives And Times’ by James Goss and Steve Tribe for Christmas,…
John Rivers / 2 Jan 2014
2 Jan 2014
Review Books
‘A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord even more so.’ *WINCE, CLUTCH HAND TO CHEST* Some actual stage directions…
John Rivers / 2 Jan 2014
26 Dec 2013
Review Scifi
There’s a moment in Sam Humphries’ graphic novel ‘Sacrifice’ where you see Ian Curtis’ ankles. It’s a startling connection with reality, showing a…
John Rivers / 26 Dec 2013
30 Nov 2013
Review Books
Is Robert Holmes your favourite ‘Doctor Who’ writer? For me he’s definitely up there on the High Council, alongside Castellan Davies, Cardinals Baker…
John Rivers / 30 Nov 2013
30 Nov 2013
Review Books
Don’t know what to get the ‘Doctor Who’ fan in your life for Christmas? Replica scarf, as modelled by Ingrid Oliver in ‘The…
John Rivers / 30 Nov 2013
15 Nov 2013
Review Fantasy
‘Slaine: The Book Of Scars’ is a beautiful book. Not only is it packed with some of the most gorgeously bloody fantasy artwork…
John Rivers / 15 Nov 2013
14 Nov 2013
News Comics
‘Crucible’ a new digital comic from the experienced hands of writer John Freeman (‘Doctor Who Magazine’, ‘Deaths Head’) and artist Smuzz (‘ABC Warriors’)…
John Rivers / 14 Nov 2013
1 Nov 2013
Review Fantasy
I’m a big fan of Tom Bombadil. No, no, come back, please… I enjoy his encounter with the Hobbits in ‘The Fellowship Of…
John Rivers / 1 Nov 2013
31 Oct 2013
Review Fantasy
‘…Sometimes the beautiful Peasant’s daughter, an eager-armed, Proud woman grabs my body, Rushes my red skin, holds me hard,…
John Rivers / 31 Oct 2013
28 Oct 2013
Review Comics
There’s every chance, though I haven’t verified it, that the late Malcolm McLaren loved the sample-heavy, scattergun mentality of the band Pop Will…
John Rivers / 28 Oct 2013