Picture Post

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Magazines

50 Years of Doctor Who (front cover)

 





50 Years of Doctor Who (back cover)

Perhaps a little pricey at £9.99 but 50 Years of Doctor Who is a beautifully laid out publication packed with informative articles about each actor playing the Doctor in the television series (including Peter Capaldi) along with articles about scripting for each incarnation. The magazine is edited by Marcus Hearn and contributors include Andrew Cartmel, Jonathan Rigby and Chris Bentley. There's also an interview with Mark Gatiss, writer of the excellent An Adventure in Space and Time.





Doctor Who Magazine issue 467 (envelope front cover)

 

 

Doctor Who Magazine issue 467 (front cover)

 

Doctor Who Magazine comes in a neat package for its souvenir issue. Priced at £7.99, its contents are contained in an illustrated sturdy envelope. It almost feels wrong to break the seal, but it has to be done. Inside we have our regular DWM goodness with reviews, letters, comic strip and time team. And then there are the features with quite a bit focusing on the show's early days. There's the first part of an in-depth article about Anthony Coburn, writer of the very first story and a look at that story's early drafts. 

As for the present era, there's a preview of 'The Day of the Doctor' as well as interviews with Matt Smith and David Tennant together and Jenna Coleman. Tons of stuff to read, really. Great stuff!

 

 

 

 

Tucked away inside our envelope is this treat. The first anniversary of 'Doctor Who' was celebrated in this 1964 issue of DWM. Not a spoof. No, sir. And the back cover:

 

 

 

It's all in the cards with this artwork and info with a card for each Doctor also in the DWM envelope.

 

 

 

50 Amazing Years of the Doctor





At £3.99 and not towing the party line is 50 Amazing Years of the Doctor from horror magazine, 'The Dark Side'. This is an unashamedly nostalgic look back at the show and features a great interview with Tom Baker. Also among the goodies here is Marcus Hearn who talks about his new book 'The Vault' and a look at the two films featuring Peter Cushing as Doctor Who.









Some Photos

Just some photos I took with my new camera today.

 

 

 

My Hammer Horror Top Ten

When I saw Alan Toner's blog post listing his top ten Hammer Horror films, it got me thinking about my own favourites and I decided to list my own top ten. So. . .

1. The Vampire Lovers (1970)









2. Vampire Circus (1972)

3. Twins of Evil (1971) 

4. Hands of the Ripper (1971)

5. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

What I Bought at the LFCC

My recent visit to the London Film and Comic Con at Earl’s Court yielded these goodies.

Road Closed, Leigh Russell’s second crime novel featuring DI Geraldine Steel. I’d already read this novel and reviewed it on Amazon about a month ago. Still, it’s always nice to have a signed copy and, as the author was at the LFCC, I was happy to buy another copy. If you’re into crime thrillers, this is highly recommended along with the author’s first novel, Cut Short.

The Skull (DVD) is a 1965 film from Amicus. Peter Cushing stars as a collector of all things occult. He gets more than he bargained for when the skull of the Marquis De Sade comes into his possession. 

Visit to the London Film and Comic Con.

Went to Earl's court at the weekend to visit the London Film and Comic Convention. As always, a large number of celebrity guests were on hand to sign autographs and have their photographs taken with fans.

In attendance were a number of actors associated with Doctor Who - Nicholas Courtney being the most well known from the classic series. The new series was not represented by any regular participants. However, Russell Tovey, who appeared in Voyage of the Damned and part two of The End of Time, was probably the most well-known among those who have appeared in the new series.

The usual array of Star Wars characters roamed around outside the hall keeping those in the queue on their toes. Inside the hall, there were plenty of fans who posed for photographs with these masked men. I'm not much of a Star Wars fan myself, so I studiously ignored these chaps.


I did not ignore Leigh Russell (left), however. She very kindly signed a copy of her latest novel, Road Closed, for me. It's a highly recommended read for those who enjoy crime thrillers, as is her first novel, Cut Short.

The First Post

Great. Just what the world needs: another blog. After all, everyone is just dying to know what I think about things.

Oh, all right, I admit it: not everyone is dying to know what I think about anything. In fact, nobody is in the slightest bit interested in knowing what I think.

But you know what I think? I think that millions of other people have blogs, so why shouldn’t I have one, too?