Doctor Who News (3)
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So it seems that K9 is getting his own movie, and he’ll be battling Omega! This is one that could be amazing, terrible, bonkers or all three at once.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/k9-to-battle-omega-in-movie-timequake-77281.htm
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Holy crab-cakes – Christmas has come early 🙂
http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-tenth-doctor-adventures
I know it’s a bit early to mention Christmas, but I thought I’d highlight something that’s definitely gone on my personal list and it originated from dialogue in a Mark Gatiss episode.
Remember his Night Terrors, in which the Eleventh Doctor tried to reassure young George?
When I was your age—about, oo, a thousand years ago—I loved a good bedtime story. The Three Little Sontarans. The Emperor Dalek’s New Clothes. Snow White and Seven Keys to Doomsday, eh? All the classics.
Well, Penguin are publishing a collection of those ‘Classics’ as Time Lord Fairy Tales, by Justin Richards who knocked out quite a few good books in the Eighth Doctor range. It seems to be getting good reviews with some praise for the sinister edge and giving some of the Tales less than happy endings. Looks lovely as well.
I genuinely have enjoyed some previous works which have touched on extrapolating the Doctor into old storytelling styles. Things like the Arabian Nights-esque story of how The Doctor trapped Fenric in the flask in the novelization of Curse of Fenric. In a similar style, Paul Magrs novel The Scarlet Empress sees the Eighth Doctor become fascinated by a book called the Aja’ib (wondrous or miraculous one). It leads to some great in jokes as the Doctor recounts the latest exploit he’s read about, declaring it preposterous and not getting it’s about him. It’s actually a great book about the necessity of storytelling in relation to fleeting memory. It also has Iris Wildthyme, which is a bonus. I think storytelling avenues like this are ripe for exploitation by authors who can get the right style.
Back to fairy tales and just as enticing is the audio book, released next week which features a host of Who actors tackling a story each. I can’t think of anything better than lying in bed on a winter’s night having Dan Starkey narrate The Three Little Sontarans (preferably as Strax), or Tom Baker waxing lyrical. Like a Doctor Who Jackanory (and there lies a big omission – a project like this would have surely benefited from the mighty Bernard Cribbins).
Here are teasers of the fifteen Tales, and the narrators for the audiobook.
Little Rose Riding Hood (Rachael Stirling, Ada in Crimson Horror)
Deep in the woods, Rose is travelling to her grandmother’s cottage. She’s careful to watch out for the Bad Wolf, but what about the strange woodcutter she meets, wearing a black leather jacket? And why does Grandmother suddenly have such sharp teeth?
The Gingerbread Trap (Samuel Anderson, Danny Pink)
Lost in a forest, Everlyne and her brother, Malkus, find a house made out of gingerbread and sweets. But the kindly old woman who lives there is not all she first seems – in fact, with her strange metal craft and mysterious barrels of oil, she might not even be human . . .
The Scruffy Piper (Nicholas Briggs, voice of just about everything)
Space Station Hamlyn is under siege. Thousands of small metal creatures are flying through space, sent by silver warriors to burrow inside the station. The crew’s only hope is a slightly scruffy-looking stranger, with a recorder and a mysterious blue box . . .
Helana and the Beast (Pippa Bennett-Warner, Saibra in Time Heist)
Kept captive in a castle by a terrible beast, Helana befriends the castle’s only other resident – it’s grumpy, grey-haired librarian. Will the Beast and the librarian turn out to be more than meets the eye?
Andiba and the Four Slitheen (Yasmin Paige, Maria in The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Out walking in the hills one day, a young woman called Andiba hides when she sees several strange creatures beside an odd metal craft. Can she stop their dastardly plans for the local distillery, before it’s too late?…
The Grief Collector (Michelle Gomez, Missy!)
Melina and Varan are childhood sweethearts. Their wedding day should be the happiest of their lives – but when it all begins to go horribly wrong, can they trust a mysterious stranger in a pin-striped suit to set things right?
The Three Brothers Gruff (Paul McGann, yer actual Eighth Doctor)
Three brothers are walking home to their village. One brother is very strong, one is very brave, and the third – although weak and small compared to his brothers – is very clever. What will happen when they encounter a short (but fierce) member of a military clone race?
Sir Gwain and the Green Knight (Andrew Brooke, The Gunslinger, Town Called Mercy)
The Court of King Halfur is in session, attended by the greatest and bravest knights of the realm, when they have an unexpected visitor. A huge, green warrior clad in reptilian-like armour smashes his way into the chamber – but why does he need their help?
Garden of Statues (Joanna Page, Elizabeth I)
Children have always played in the garden of the Big House – though sometimes, the stone statues there seem to move about of their own accord.
Frozen Beauty (Adjoa Andoh, Martha’s Mum, Francine)
A spaceship crash-lands on a mysterious planet, the crew frozen in cryogenic suspension, unable to save themselves from the slithering dangers that lurk outside. Can a handsome Space Captain find the sleeping travellers before it’s too late?
Cinderella and the Magic Box (Ingrid Oliver, Osgood)
Cinderella has lost all hope of attending the royal ball with her stepmother and sisters, when a strange man in a blue box arrives and begins to grant her every wish. But at the palace, Cinderella soon discovers not all the guests are as noble as they seem . . .
The Twins in the Wood (Anne Reid, Plasmavore)
The Emperor of Levithia has been murdered, leaving his two children as heirs to the throne. With treason and traitors around every corner, the children are soon forced to flee into space. What will become of them when they crash-land on a strange planet, full of it’s own surprises?
The Three Little Sontarans (Dan Starkey, Strax)
In an epic battle against a lone Rutan, three Sontarans take up very different strategies to defeat their interminable nemesis, once and for all.
Jak and the Wormhole (Tom Baker, who needs no introduction)
After burying a strange device on his farm, Jak finds himself whisked away on an incredible adventure. Faced with a mysterious, horned enemy, it’s up to Jak to save the world from total destruction.
Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday (Sophie Aldred, Ace)
The planet Winter was once ruled by an evil tyrant who built a Doomsday Machine. When he was defeated, the machine’s seven vital operating keys were hidden across the planet. Now, a villainous queen is plotting to locate the keys, but Snow White is determined to stop her . . .
All in all, it sounds a treat.
Wow! Humble Bundle are doing up to $278 worth of Big Finish audio books for “Pay what you want”. Although you only get all of them if you pay more than $15. Still a result! And it’s all for charity.
https://www.humblebundle.com/morebooks
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