Unreality SF

Stories about omnipotent entities are, one suspects, hard to make dramatic. Beings like the Celestial Toymaker and Star Trek’s Q can change the rules of the story at will, which makes it hard to be involved in it. You need to understand what’s going on. It’s perhaps noteworthy that of Big Finish’s Celestial Toymaker stories, Solitaire sees the guy playing just one game, not a bunch of them, The Magic Mousetrap uses him as an offstage threat for the most part, and The Nightmare Fair doesn’t … read more

Hex is dead. Sally and Lysandra are gone. The Doctor and Ace are at odds. That’s the status quo at the beginning of … read more

Big Finish’s recent “Twelve Days of Christmas” sale gave me the opportunity to pick up a release from way back in … read more

After no small delay, here’s The Time Machine, the last instalment of Destiny of the Doctor, featuring what was until … read more