Announcing Auton

So, the cat is out of the bag. The Top Secret thing that I have been writing is a novelisation of Auton.

Auton is a direct-to-video Doctor Who spinoff produced by BBV in 1997. It's a sequel to Spearhead From Space, the first story to feature Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. With the help of UNIT he foils an attempted invasion of Earth by killer plastic shop window dummies. Auton picks up the story decades later as the invasion resumes.

Now the company is novelising much of their back catalogue. Novelisations are a part of the lifeblood of Doctor Who. The Target novelisations are an institution in themselves.

Auton is now available for pre-order as part of a bundle of three books. The other two appear to be the Krynoid tale The Root of All Evil by Paul Mount and The Choice from BBV's brace of Adventures in a Pocket Universe, featuring K9 and the Mistress.  

They are available for pre-order in the UK here or not the UK here. More news as and when I have it.

Carruthers Ten Years On: January 2012

January 2012 on the Carruthers blog relied heavily on Sherlock Holmes again and a trio of posts listing the references to Quantum Leap, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Spaced.

Pointy was really the only one that was worth posting.

Sci-Fi's View Of 2022

As has become an annual tradition I have written an article about science fiction predictions of the year we have 360 days to get used to calling 2022.

My Predictions for 2022

For over five years now (six), I have made unerring prognostications about the year ahead. This year will be no different.

• Homonyms will be outlawed and only one definition will be permitted for any word. A committee will be set up to work its way through the dictionary and decide on which definition should be retained and to concoct new words to replace the those that are oogleflamped. 

• The new Doctor Who and the new James Bond will be one and the same person.

• The Carmarthenshire village of Bancyfelin will inexplicably win Miss Universe.

• Shoes, gloves and nostril covers will now be sold individually. The right will be more expensive than the left.

• The week will be decimalised. The three extra days will be known as Borrday, Hlinday and Sifday. 

Happy New Year

My 2021

It's been another weird year.

I can confirm that looking after a two year old, is much more difficult than looking after a one year old. This rate of mathematical progression does not fill me with confidence in light of my impending duty to look after a three year old.

As far as I am aware I did not not get Covid, but instead I did get two vaccine doses and booster, which was pretty incredible given where we were this time last year.  

I wrote twelve articles for Hero Collector: Doctor Who Top 10 Modern Cliffhangers, Beat Blue Monday, George Lucas' THX 1138 @50, Star Trek End of the Enterprise, X-Men: First Class @10, Attack The Block @10, The Earth is Doomed!, The Expanse @10, Captain America @10, 007: Top 10 Pre-Title Sequences, Dark Season @30. and The Expanse Boasts A USP For Sci-Fi Fans. That's almost one a month.

Outside In Wants To Believe was published containing my article, You Say Goodbye, And I Say Hello.

Spatial Anomaly published Big Damn Heroics episode guides about the Firefly episodes: Serenity: The Pilot, The Train Job, Bushwhacked, Shindig, Safe, Our Mrs Reynolds, Jaynestown, Out of Gas, Ariel, War Stories, Trash, The Message, Heart of Gold and Objects in Space, as well as The R. Tam Sessions 416 Second excerpt, 1 and 22.

While there were articles that were exclusive to patrons about the deleted scenes from Serenity: The Pilot, Our Mrs Reynolds and Objects in Space. episode orders, opening narrations, character profiles of Badger, Niska, Saffron and the Hands of Blue, A History of the 'verse Part One & Two, Top Ten Firefly Flashbacks, Screentime, Top Ten Death Tolls and an analysis of the opening titles. 

Spatial Anomaly was neglected in the second half of the year, but I'm planning on continuing it in the new year.

There was also a top secret project that took up any free time that I had. I'll let you know what it was as soon as I can...

Time Travel Twitter

In addition to the Time Travel TV Instagram, I have taken control of the Twitter feed as well.

Since I started, we've reached 400 followers (up from a mere 390).

Come and join us.

Big Damn Heroics: Objects In Space & Objects In Space Deleted Scene

Over at Spatial Anomaly, Big Damn Heroics has reached the de facto Firefly finale, Objects in Space.

Alongside an article about a deleted scene from the same episode with a complicated history.

So, please drop by and have a look at Spatial Anomaly.