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Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History review: Boldly dishing the dirt Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a borderline alcoholic, a serial adulterer, a passive-aggressive control freak and a credit-hogger who exploited his co-workers. Those are just a few of the assertions casually made in the course of this concise …

The cover of Sleepwalkers may scream Generic Supernatural Thriller, but don’t be put off. This is a book that thrives on confounding expectations. Ben is a family man. He’s got a wife and kids and a job, but he’s also plagued by violent dreams. Every night they seem more real …

You might think that you’d struggle to wring a pamphlet out of the subject of Blake’s 7 merchandise, never mind a whole book. You’d have a point. Unlike its brick-thick, Doctor Who -focused forebear, Howe’s Transcendental Toybox , B7:TMG is a slim 190-page volume (which makes that £20 RRP a …

BOOK REVIEW Swift and sure London’s a city that knows its place in the history books; taking over 2,000 years of civilisation in its stride, it’s hardly surprising it’s become a favourite setting for urban fantasies: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere , Simon Green’s Nightside books, and now Kate Griffin’s Matthew Swift …

“Lost” Douglas Adams adventure finally finished For Doctor Who fans of long standing, Douglas Adams’s “Shada” is something of an itch they can’t scratch. Written during the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy creator’s brief tenure as Who ’s script editor, it commenced filming but then fell foul of a strike …

Giving Pat answers Who fans may adore the Second Doctor, but most know very little about Patrick Troughton. An intensely private man, when he did make public appearances, he generally made them in costume and in character. Now his son, Michael (an actor himself – perhaps best known for his …

The darker side of sword and sorcery…

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