Like many people I found it hard to concentrate during lockdown earlier this year. Doom-scrolling and rolling news distracted me from all the books that I now had time to read. Even reading children’s books, normally my happy place, became hard to access. Salvation came, not for the first time, from Doctor Who. First I … Continue reading
In Stig of the Dump by Clive King, bored Barney meets a Stone Age boy in a rubbish filled chalk pit near his grandmother’s home. Despite being unable to speak to each other the boys strike up a friendship based around the mutual pleasure of making and fixing stuff using bits of rusty cars, broken … Continue reading
Doctor Who is 50 this year. There is a new series with Matt Smith in the role, a Mark Gatiss scripted drama about the early days of the show, and a special episode featuring a coming together of some of the actors who have played the Doctor over the years. Whether that means wheeling Tom … Continue reading
Confession time. I was a pre-teen nerd. A geek before that was even a thing in this country. The main source of my obsession in the early 1980s was Doctor Who. And anyone who’s ever succumbed to this addiction will know that the TV show WAS NEVER ENOUGH. The serials might have rambled on, largely … Continue reading
First a warning: The latest comic book from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill is definitely not for children. Unless you consider a story featuring an antichrist Harry Potter who keeps his wand hidden in his pants to be kiddie fare. And if you do, I’ll see you in family therapy. Welcome back The League of … Continue reading
