Chicks Unravel Time

[altariel]

I'm delighted to say that I'm a contributor to the forthcoming book from Mad Norwegian Press, Chicks Unravel Time.

From Amazon:

The sister book to the 2011 Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords

Comments

[shezan]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[altariel]

Ta muchly!

[parrot_knight]

Anything which promises to broaden understanding of Doctor Who, its audience and its influences gets my vote, and I look forward to your account of season 26.

[altariel]

Thank you! I think it promises to be a very interesting book.

[huinare]

Cool, congrats =]

[altariel]

Thank you! :-)

[jhall1]

That sounds like a lot of fun.

Una McCormack (The King's Dragon) argues that Sylvester McCoy's final year of Doctor Who is the show's best season ever...

Quite right! :) I still find it hard to forgive Michael Grade for cancelling the show when he did.

[parrot_knight]

Point of information (a pedant writes): Grade was long gone by 1989; Jonathan Powell as controller of BBC1, Mark Shivas as head of drama, and Peter Cregeen as head of series and serials were the decision-makers. Otherwise, IMO the production team were slowly learning how to make Doctor Who again, and were denied the opportunity to continue to improve.

[jhall1]

My apologies to Mr Grade.

To add insult to injury, they also cancelled the show that replaced "Doctor Who" - "The Tripods" - after a couple of seasons, just when, after a slow start, it was becoming interesting.

[parrot_knight]

The Tripods didn't replace Doctor Who - they were in production at the same time in 1984, and when the 1985 series of The Tripods proved to be the last, Doctor Who took over its Saturday timeslot for the 1986 season. The Tripods died so that Doctor Who might live...

[sensiblecat]

Considering the quality of its predecessor, sounds like we're in for a treat. Well done you for getting another DW writing credit!

[altariel]

Thank you! :-)