Contains mild spoilers Jago and Litefoot Starring Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter. 13 x 4-part full-cast series released as ‘box sets’ from 2010 – 2017 by various writers. Henry Gordon Jago (Benjamin) is a theatre impresario, master of ceremonies, a booker of talents, and king of the art of alliteration. His best friend is Professor … Continue reading Review: My Favourite Doctor Who Audio Spin-offs
Week 2: Build a Better TV Guide – Ditching the algorithms to curate my own lineup
Contains mild spoilers The schedule is a bit different this week, knocked off course by seemingly-endless work promoting my new self-published book, (Phil's Marvellous Machine and Other Stories, available here). How did I manage the diversions, deviations and distractions? Scroll past the preamble to find out. The Story So Far... When linear television was … Continue reading Week 2: Build a Better TV Guide – Ditching the algorithms to curate my own lineup
The Daleks’ Master Plan – The Surreal Dream Begins
Where does a lifelong fan of Doctor Who even begin to describe the thrill of anticipation before watching two old but new episodes of my favourite programme on a bank holiday afternoon? Turning up sixty years after their original broadcast, two episodes of the twelve-part Doctor Who story, The Daleks' Master Plan are available to … Continue reading The Daleks’ Master Plan – The Surreal Dream Begins
The Slide by Victor Pemberton – A Slow-Build Sci-Fi Thriller
Full review of the original BBC Radio horror serial of creeping, sentient mud.
SpaceForce I – classic sci-fi review (with music by Jerry Goldsmith)
If you should listen Space Force, written by Charles Chiltern for BBC Radio and broadcast in 1984 (a second series followed in 1985) you might be forgiven for thinking it has a slight 1950's vintage about it. At least, that's what I thought when I listened to this series last week. But then I remembered … Continue reading SpaceForce I – classic sci-fi review (with music by Jerry Goldsmith)
DailyAudio: The Death of Grass narrated by David Mitchell
THE DEATH OF GRASS narrated by David Mitchell Written by John Christopher | Full cast drama | First broadcast 2009 | 5x15 minute segments | 70 mins approx. A A grass virus from China spreads all over the world, sparking a food shortage crises that’s so dire governments resort to atom bombs to prevent their nations … Continue reading DailyAudio: The Death of Grass narrated by David Mitchell
BLAKE’S 7 WATCHTHROUGH: Episode 5 – The Web
Liberator is trapped in a web by an alien entity that turns out to be a shrunken head in a jar. Catch up with our continuing watch-through of this 70's sci-fi series.
