Freelance writer and film and television researcher (for hire).
Recent work: The Black Archive 31: 'Warriors' Gate', a 2019 monograph on the classic 1980 Doctor Who story for Obverse Books, booklet essays for Powerhouse's Blu-ray of 'Birdy' and Arrow's 'Count Yorga Collection' and 'Woody Allen: Seven Films 1986-1991' Blu-ray releases.
Other books include I.B Tauris's 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era' (2013) and 'Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens' (2010).
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Remember how last week I referred to Marsali’s enforced shipboard conference with Claire in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novel Voyager? It had seemed like a...
An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers, only for her spirit to return in the form of a young girl...
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When libertine Paul Carlson disappears one night, his sober brother Simon and girlfriend trace him to Transylvania, discovering a village terrified by the resurrected vampire Count Dracula...
After a short break, Outlander returns and finally relieves the pressure from the teasing climax of “Freedom and Whisky”, in which Jamie Fraser (Sam...