Doctors And Daleks

Doctors And Daleks, a Doctor Who adaptation for Dungeons & Dragons 5e, coming soon. The announcement also promises more support for the second edition of the Vortex version.

Update:

Current plans are a player's guide, a bestiary (Alien Archive), an adventure book and maybe a GM screen. And that's it. If it proves very popular we may convert some older books but it's a limited line

Emmet Byrne on Twitter following a post on reactions

Russell T Davies on coming home

RTD talks to Radio Times about returning to Doctor Who.

“I just like looking at a new set of challenges every time and another blank page, but Doctor Who is always a blank page.”

The Time Traveller's Wife

Steven Moffat’s TV adaptation of The Time Traveller’s Wife debuts this spring.

“I do love a time travel story in general, as my career would suggest.”

My hearts beat for you

We’ve never had a Doctor Who Valentine’s Day special, though we have had books and comics including an Al Capone historical story and an alien Cupid making people fall in love to distract them from a resorce grab.

Weird sudden love is the obvious go-to plot for the day, as seen in mythology, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Valentine’s episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and at least two long-running series of deodorant adverts that once escalated to an apocalyptic breakdown of society.

And the big question is... will the players let their PCs be affected?

Sesame Of The Daleks

In a month, Elmo has escalated froma rguing with a rock over a cookie to forging an alliance with the Daleks. Big Bird, clearly an incarnation of the Doctor, needs to step in.

Peri's fine

Thanks to a short for a DVD release, Peri is fine. Which is nice.

Nine plots from David Bowie's Earthling

David Bowie’s 1997 album Earthling has one of his most science fictional titles.

After album titles, ★, The Next Day, Reality, Heathen and Hours, adventures based on the album’s song titles...

Little Wonder

First contact with an alien race is treated with... passing interest. The humanoid castaway becomes a minor celebrity, someone to get selfies with as he wanders the city examining the art with bemusement. Of course someone’s going to come looking...

Looking For Satellites

1957, and Sputnik makes worldwide news. An attempt to launch a rival satellite ends in a crash landing in the Home Counties... and something hitched a ride.

Battle For Britain (The Letter)

1997, and Britannia momentarily seems Cool. To the extent that we have alien art dealers coming to try to seize the whole island.

Seven Years In Tibet

“Why do you want to climb that mountain?”

“Because there’s a vital part of a crashed TARDIS on... I mean, because it’s there.”

Dead Man Walking

The travellers meet people who saw them go to certain death saving the world a week ago.

Telling Lies

Due to a TARDIS translation glitch, everybody loses the ability to lie.

The Last Thing You Should Do

The Stranger receives a letter from her last incarnation, warning her of how they died and that she’s about to follow suit.

I’m Afraid Of Americans

The Stranger discovers that one of the books about her is about to be filmed. Rather badly.

Law (Earthlings On Fire)

The Megaera declare that a group of human explorers has trespassed. They must be executed, and their planet of origin destroyed...

What brings you here?

Five reasons for aliens to visit Earth with science fiction examples at Tor. The Doctor comes to get milk and likes to keep up on telly so 2 and 3, and has to stop 1, 4 and 5 fairly regularly.

And five reasons not to, none of them as amusing.

EVE Online x Doctor Who

Daleks and time travellers in EVE Online x Doctor Who, a crossover happening in the online game. Given that EVE is about cutthroat space fighting and grasping capitalism, this seems like an odd fit.

Eve Of The Daleks

I just about enjoyed Eve Of The Daleks but BLOODY HELL you do not share a confidence like that.

Plus points: Aisling Bea as Sarah being bolshy and funny and Doctor-y, Adjani Salmon as Nick being sympathetic in his oddness and crush on Sarah, the contained nature of the plot, the actual tie-ins to New Year, the mostly not underselling of the Daleks, Dan saying Groundhog Day and his pep talk to Yaz.

Next up, historical pirate queen and Sea Devils. One of those solid historical and monster crossovers.

Happy New Year!

Where applicable.

A happy Christmas to all of you at home!

This year has seen a new edition of the RPG, the return of The Davies due in a couple of years, a miniseries, Big Finish secure...

Paul Cornell's 12 Blogs Of Christmas

Paul Cornell presents his 12 Blogs of Christmas, this year looking at formative fannish things starting with Geoff Love and his orchestra with, among other things, a startlingly funky Doctor Who theme.

Flux: The Vanquishers

December 5th also has a special episode. Good for it!

Doctor Who can be a very oddly paced show at times. Flux is certainly an example.

And yes, a bunch of doors in time. Okay.

A festive adventure hook

Doing Christmas related plot hooks through December on the main blog, and included a Doctor Who hook.