Simon Guerrier

US edition from 1970 (second pressing)

Artwork, showing a snake facing off against a rabbit, by Emma Howitt for the cover of science-fiction magazine Interzone issue 304 (March 2026)

The new issue of science-fiction magazine Interzone is out now and features my short story “NKATA”: interzone.press

Superted, Spottyman and Blotch walking on a pavement in Cardiff. There is a distinctive wall to the left with a turret motif and a road to the right.

Google Maps screenshot of Cardiff. The wall of Cardiff castle is on the left , then there is a road and the Angel Hotel on the right. It matches the previous image.

Superted, Spottyman and Blotch on a pavement, seen from the side. There is a wall with a stone animal in front of them and a castle behind them. Superted's rocket is parked in the castle grounds.

The same image taken from Google Maps in November 2022 but without the rocket.

Kicked off St David's Day watching Superted's 1980s road safety videos and matching them to their actual locations in Cardiff.

But yes, lack of paperwork suggests some informal conversation. And, as you say, early because he (apparently) didn’t pitch story-with-monsters as he surely would have after seeing Daleks

V good - Potter at the press launch particularly inspired. One thought: at BBC Programme Planning Committee on 21.11.62, Stuart Hood (C.P.Tel) asked if work could be found for Dennis Potter. Donald Wilson would have been in that meeting, so would have met / known Potter by press launch a year later?

Lurid orange cover for the paperback Star Trek novel Spock Must Die! by James Blish, with mirror image photo depicting two versions of Spock

Good morning Womble. I am reading the first original Star Trek novel (for adults), the engagingly nuts Spock Must Die! by James Blish.

When Dennis Potter wanted to write for Doctor Who “Blossomiest blossom”, says Jodie Whittaker’s thirteenth Doctor moments before she regenerates in The Power of the Doctor. This snatch of dialogue references a famous remark by Dennis Potter from his ...

New on my blog today, an article about the time Dennis Potter tried to get into writing for Doctor Who in the 1960s, what his story would have been about, and the other times he crossed paths with the series. Hopefully this will interest a few of you.
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If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

Andor in the woods in the rain, or on the seafront at Thornton Cleveleys, has big Blake energy. But the irony is that a lot of Blake’s 7 is trying to do Star Wars on a BBC budget.

Andy Serkis in reboot, same hair and costume

During WW2, the Germans used a navigation system operating at 45 MHz. By chance, this was also the operating frequency of TV systems at the BBC’s Alexandra Palace. And there’s evidence of TV ops being run there during the war specifically to disrupt the Germans.

Finished the brilliant history of pre-war television, Magic Rays of Light by @illuminations.bsky.social. It’s taken a while because it kept prompting me to go look up people and events and weird stuff. For example, one amazing fact…

Gorillaz "The Mountain" 8-minute short film is now online.
Directed by Jamie Hewlett, Max Taylor & Tim McCourt at The Line studio.
An homage to the golden era of 2D animation, produced with a hybrid analogue-digital workflow.
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The first woman in Parliament to appear in the Guardian's 'best-dressed at Glastonbury' feature.

You'll never sing that, etc...

Cover design of You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of Doctor Who.

We’re pleased to announce the publication of a new history of Doctor Who, examining the programme from a queer perspective for the first time. You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of Doctor Who is written by @patrickmulkern.bsky.social and will be released on 25 May. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/

I found last week’s one v unengaging, so really good it could re-up its game. Also, I think what might be insufferable done with experienced officers works really well with cadets. But yes, I agree.

I am a grumpy old dad who lost a daughter so it kind of went right at me with hatchets

Oh no, I’m going to hate this, I thought as the new Starfleet Academy started and they did art class as therapy. And then it totally got me. V good on lasting effects of grief and trauma, and ways through it. Really moving.

NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds Damning inquiry into services in England reveals falsification of medical records after ‘negligent’ care

This has been well known in birth circles for a long time. The advice people gave when someone was thinking of making a complaint has long been to request your notes FIRST or else the hospital will mysteriously 'lose' them as soon as you make a complaint. I'm glad this is finally coming out.

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And my axe.

Yes, Paul more than qualifies.

I’ve never seen such an incredible bunch.

Multipurpose.

Budget cuts since the Disney deal ended.

Jamie Smart played by a besuited and bowler hat wearing John Cleese, Ned Hartley played by Ronnie Barker and your humble correspondent, a man still of the people, played by Ronnie Corbett

“Topping the Bookseller charts won’t change me…”

From Hesiod to Xena, from Jayne Eyre to Jumanjii, from Genesis to Pratchett, from Bluebeard to Doctor Who.

Plus, sex. Lots and lots of sex. And a bit of needlepoint.

I think I was delirious by the end.

Rafe Wallbank's cover artwork for The Companion Chronicles: The Legacy of Time. The First and Second Doctors feature in the centre. Behind left are Harry and Naomi with the Sky Kraken in the background. Behind right is the Brigadier, with the Master in the background. They are surrounded by coral.

OUT NOW! 🔔📲⚡️ The Legacy of Time – now with the bits you didn’t know you needed! Click https://bgfn.sh/dwcclot to start listening to two brand-new audio adventures starring Stephen Noonan, Jon Culshaw and Michael Troughton.

Doctor Who, Jamie and Zoe on the Cuckmere in an old Doctor Who

The Cuckmere river winding through a green landscape in the painting by Ravilious

Doctor Who and the War Games, Episode 2, by Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks and Eric Ravilious