Books
Doctor Who: Alien Adventures (The Underwater War)
RELEASED: SEPT 2011
The Underwater War is the latest in BBC Childrens Books range (an imprint of Penguin Childrens Books) of shorter chapter books for readers aged 12 and under along side Rain of Terror by Mike Tucker.
The Doctor and his companions Amy and Rory arrive on a space ship orbiting the water-planet of Hydron. Joining the crew, they journey underwater on an apparently scientific expedition. But nothing is as is seems on the high-tech submarine. When a virus infects the crew, the time travellers discover that the ship is hiding a dangerous secret...
The Big Finish Companion
RELEASED: FEBRUARY 2011
Big Finish has announced The Big Finish Companion by Richard Dinnick, a hardback coffee table guide to every Big Finish audio title released. It's the definitive episode guide and collectors’ check list - every cast member, all crew details, full synopses – including spoilers! It includes all production codes and story trivia along with recommendations for plays you may like and collections of behind-the-scenes photography.
In fact, The Big Finish Companion includes everything you’ve ever wanted to know about any of the audio ranges produced by the company. Split into two volumes, the first part of the ultimate compendium of Big Finish plays will be published later this year, with a second to be published in 2011.
Written by Richard Dinnick, journalist and, himself, a writer of audio dramas for Big Finish (Sapphire & Steel, Bernice Summerfield, Stargate), The Big Finish Companion will provide introductions to all the ranges with new interviews conducted with the producers and scriptwriters. It also provides the reader with profiles of the companions that Big Finish created for the Doctor Who ranges.
A History of the Internet
RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 2002
A History of the Internet was written as a mini folow-up to The Internet Atlas as part of the Pocket Essentials range.
It was published by Pocket Essentials in late 2002 in the
As such it was the first to debunk the idea that the internet had been created specifically to withstand a nuclear war. This was just a happy by-product!
The Internet Atlas
RELEASED: NOVEMBER 2000
The Internet Atlas was written at the height of the dot-com boom. At the time Richard was the site reviews editor on the industry's leading title, Internet Magazine.
It was published by Parkgate/PRC in late 2000 in the
Stargate SG1 - Duplicity
The Second part of the Asgard trilogy in the forthcoming thrid season of Stagate SG1 audio dramas starring Michael Shanks as Doctor Daniel Jackson and Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran.
Released: Big Finish, 2011.
BERNICE SUMMERFIELD - DEAD MAN'S SWITCH
OUT NOW!
"26 years ago, a team of scientists came to a moon to unearth the secrets of a long-dead civilisation. They died in what the authorities called an anti-matter explosion..."
Sapphire & Steel - The Surest Poison
"The original Sapphire & Steel opened with the sounds of ticking clocks. Writer Richard Dinnick harks back to that by penning a story about a master watchmaker..."
- Richard McGinlay,
Scfi Online Review
Released: Big Finish, 2006
Space 1889 - The Lunar Inherritance
"It's all very campy and retro, following in the footsteps of such pioneering genre writers as Verne and Haggard, and reminiscent of vintage radio shows of the early 20th century."
-John C. Snider,
SciFiDimensions Review
Released: Noise Monster, 2006
