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Doctor Who: A Big Hand For The Doctor by Eoin Colfer book review: Aliens lend the Doctor a hand. Literally. Anniversary fever has hit the Doctor Who world hard. Amidst the millions of other books, CDs, toys and comics coming out in celebration of the Doctor’s special day, Puffin and …

Once upon a time, it was obvious when SFX should cover a TV show – it either had spaceships or ghosts in it. Okay, that’s a vast oversimplification. It was never that simple. But telefantasy shows used to be telefantasy shows. Even if the TV companies tried to convince you …

Doctor Who: Destiny Of The Doctor – Hunters Of Earth audio review: Back to school As Who ’s 50th anniversary year gets underway, AudioGO are the first (but far from the last) to cash-in celebrate, with Destiny Of The Doctor , an inter-connected eleven-part series of dramatised readings which dips …

Doctor Who: Devil In The Smoke book review : Festive fun with the Paternoster Gang Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax seem to be in favour with the BBC right now. As well as starring in this year’s Christmas special, the trio now being referred to as “the Paternoster Gang” – …

Malice by John Gwynne book review : The pages of Gwynne. It’s exciting when you find a strong new voice ringing out through the halls of fantasy, and John Gwynne hits all the right spots in his epic tale of good vs evil, the first in the Faithful & The …

666 Park Avenue 1.06 “Diabolic” TV REVIEW Episode 1.06 Writer: David Wilcox Director: Allison Liddi-Brown THE ONE WHERE We discover who is behind the attacks on Gavin and his empire, and Jane tells the truth about what happened to her. VERDICT An incredibly frustrating episode that manages to introduce a …

Haven 3.09 “Sarah” TV REVIEW Episode 3.09 Writers: Nora Zuckerman, Lilla Zuckman Director: Stephen Reynolds THE ONE WHERE Duke and Nathan are sent back in time to 1955 where they meet Nathan’s granddad and Audrey’s predecessor, Sarah. Then they have to work out if it’s best to keep them apart …

Alphas 2.08 “Falling” TV REVIEW Episode 2.08 Writers: Nick Fiore, John Hererra Director: Nick Copus THE ONE WHERE A new street drug turns regular folks into invincible Alphas; Rosen deals with the informant. VERDICT Judging from the opening sequence, it’s clear that someone (I’m looking at you, Nick Copus) has …

Haven 3.07 “Magic Hour Part 1” TV REVIEW Episode 3.07 Writer: Shernold Edwards Director: Paul Fox THE ONE WHERE Audrey and Duke travel to Colorado and discover that James Cogan was the son of one of Audrey’s past lives (Sarah, to be precise). Meanwhile, back in Haven, a case involving …

Merlin 5.06 “The Dark Tower” TV REVIEW [lots of spoilers right from the start!] 5.06 “The Dark Tower” Writer: Julian Jones Director: Ashley Way THE ONE WHERE Morgana kidnaps and psychologically tortures Guinevere and then – gasp – kills Elyan when the knights come to save her. VERDICT Of all …