ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: Robot Of Sherwood – The Spoiler Review by John Rivers (TV review).
This week saw the Doctor and Clara arrive in Sherwood Forest, ‘1190-ish’ and meet one of England’s greatest legends. If you haven’t seen…
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September 2014
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: Into The Dalek – The Spoiler Review by John Rivers (TV review).
This week ‘Doctor Who’ went ‘Into the Dalek’. If you’d like to read a spoiler-free review of the episode then please follow this…
August 2014
ReviewFantasy
Age Of Iron (Age Of Iron book 1) by Angus Watson (book review).
‘Age Of Iron’ is a brutal and bloody adventure novel set in Iron Age Britain from the pen of journalist Angus Watson. Somehow…
ReviewHorror
Savage Magic (book 3) by Lloyd Shepherd (book review).
When a wealthy member of the aristocracy is murdered in his own London home, his body found sliced open and a satyr’s mask…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who – ‘Deep Breath – The Spoiler Review by John Rivers (TV review).
Type ‘Doctor Who Deep Breath review’ into Google and it currently has 138,000 results. By the time you read this the number will…
ReviewBooks
Who Is Michael E Briant? by Michael E Briant (book review).
Who Is Michael E Briant? Well, I’ll tell you. Michael E Briant is a TV director turned sailor who worked largely for the…
ReviewFantasy
The Emperor Of All Things (The Production Of Time book 1) by Paul Witcover (book review).
‘The Emperor Of All Things’ by Paul Witcover is a diverting story of an alternate eighteenth century London and the battle between our…
FeatureCulture
Doctor Who, SF And Football by John Rivers (article).
On my Facebook and Twitter timelines, throughout and after the World Cup Final, an interesting thing happened. During half-time of the BBC’s Final…
June 2014
ReviewBooks
Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who by Andrew Cartmel (book review).
‘Through Time’ is an examination of ‘Doctor Who’, a brief history of the show and a criticism of some, but definitely not all…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber (book review).
For all the scorn heaped on to ‘The Phantom Menace’, some deservedly so, there was a feeling that the most successful character was…
ReviewScifi
Dream London by Tony Ballantyne (book review).
London has changed. Salamanders scavenge in its alleyways and golden snakes live under floorboards. Most of the city has been bought up by…
ReviewFantasy
Beowulf: a translation and commentary together with Sellic Spell by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (book review).
Words he spake, ‘his mail gleamed upon him, woven like stuff in crafty web by the cunning of smiths: ‘Hail to thee, Hrothgar!…