It’s my third week of ‘picks of the day’ and today belongs
to the fabulous Frazer Hines! (you can follow him @WhoFrazer)
Tomb of the Cybermen, The Enemy of World & Fury From the
Deep! Wonderful Jamie stories!
The Mind Robber, The Invasion and The War Games – three of
the most exquisite Doctor Who stories! Its season six!
Sixie and Jamie travelling together, what a fantastic idea!
Wreck of the Titan!
Jamie comes to terms with the fact that he isn’t…that would
be telling! The wonderfully bonkers Legend of the Cybermen!
An astonishing historical for Jamie and Frazer delivers a
magnificent performance – The Glorious Revolution
A creepy ghost story with Hines afforded the chance to
explore the depths of Jamie – Night’s Black Agents
Today’s ‘picks of the day’ belong to…the multi talented Mark
Gatiss! (you can follow him @MarkGatiss)
A gorgeous love letter to the Pertwee era, Last of the
Gadrene glows with nostalgia!
Just about the perfect Doctor Who novel, thrilling,
emotional and very scary – Nightshade
Colourful, exciting and education, The Roundheads is one of
the knockout Troughton PDAs
An intelligent and evocative War of the Worlds pastiche with
plenty of wit on display – Invaders of Mars
A cosy slice of teatime horror, perfectly suited to the
ninth Doctor & Rose – The Unquiet Dead
Hugely underrated and great fun, Victory of the Daleks
deserves re-evaluation
Mark provides a memorably scary turn as the sinister
Professor Lazarus – The Lazarus Experiment
How has it taken me this long to reach my ‘picks of the day’
for Rob Shearman? (you can follow him @ShearmanRobert)
Quite simply one of the most sublime Doctor Who stories ever
– The Chimes of Midnight
An absolute classic of wit, intelligent and outlandish ideas
– The Holy Terror
Terrifying, innovative, hilarious, sick and thought
provoking – Jubilee
Bold and subversive, Rob creates an Unbound touch of genius
- Deadline
The only story to feature Evelyn Smythe and Motzart washing
up together! – My Own Private Wolfgang
A love letter to the comics and to film noir – The Maltese
Penguin
You may have noticed I chose every story…but I would have
been cruel to have left any of these gems out!
Today’s ‘picks of the day’ belong to the ultra glamorous
Anneke Wills! (you can follow her @AnnekeWills)
A strong character drama with a stark, emotional turn from
Anneke – Resistance
A sunny delight where Wills and Hines tap into the innocence
of the era with real aplomb – The Selachian Gambit
Polly continues to be an absorbing narrator of the companion
chronicles – The Forbidden Time
The Smugglers, Power of the Daleks & The Macra Terror –
fantastic stories all!
Today’s picks of the day belong the master of variety…Steve
Lyons! @bigfinish
An attention-grabbing introduction for Lucie Miller with the
Daleks at their scheming best – Blood of the Daleks
Clever, lyrical and haunting – Time Works
A dramatic, time twisting end to the Klein trilogy –
Architects of History
The fifth Doctor, Peri, Erimem and Dracula! Blood pumping
stuff – Son of the Dragon
The eruption of Vesuvius dealt with by a Scotsman and a
redhead – The Fires of Vulcan
A hilarious, touching and thoughtful coming of age story –
The Crooked World
The deconstruction of literature in the Land of Fiction –
Conundrum
Attention grabbing and controversial – Head Games
A dark, gripping morality tale for Troughton – The Final
Sanction
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