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Tales From Development Hell: The Big, Big Giggle
By Ryan Fleming. A sinister TV broadcast will kill your kids... Cropped from the Halloween III, uploaded by Shout Studios, in low quality to illustrate article. There are plenty of ideas for films that never see the light of day due to their subject matter being too provocative. There are even plenty made whose subject matter makes them the source of great controversy. One of the former that it is easy to imagine becoming the latter is The Big, Big Giggle from Manx playwright
1 day ago10 min read


Dreams From The Dark Years: France Fights On
By Paul Hynes. French sailors are inspected on the destroyer Léopard in June 1942; this crew would go on to engage a U-Boat a few weeks later. From the Imperial War Museum's collection via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. The flash of naval gunfire adds to the light of the early morning horizon. On this early day in June, it is the first greeting from the vast liberation armada swarming the Normandy coast. The defenders are both fascinated and horrified by the sight. They re
4 days ago14 min read


Serial Sunday: Running Out Of Time, Part III
Edited by David Flin. Written by: Heath Aberdeen Falisha Adiguna Eesha Haq Teddy Harrison Jaiden-David Hinds Ame Lock Eden Murray Betsy Street Chapter Six. Brian and Mary looked in awe at the huge pile of books that had arrived. It was going to take them all day just to sort through them. With all the books they had on asteroids and all the books they had on magic, surely they could come up with something to save the world? “The only problem is, will anyone know we did it?” B
6 days ago11 min read


Review: Doctor Who: The Ultimate Evil
By Matthew Kresal. CD cover, via Big Finish's website. The decision in February 1985 to put Doctor Who on hiatus had an immeasurable impact upon the series. The series, which had already begun to bleed viewers, would continue to do so until BBC executives felt they could end it in everything but name nearly five years later. The decision also arguably tarnished the image of Colin Baker as the Doctor, which was further harmed when the same executives pushed him out of the role
Jun 127 min read
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