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Mar 147 min read
Review: Doctor Who: Operation Werewolf
By Matthew Kresal Cover of Operation Werewolf, from Big Finish The Second World War has loomed large over western popular culture ever...


Jul 1, 20244 min read
Gerry Anderson's Five Star Five
By Matthew Kresal The man who started it all, Gerry Anderson. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Mention the name Gerry Anderson and...


Feb 21, 20249 min read
The Artemis Jumped Over the Moon
By Matthew Kresal Artemis 8 using Dragon. Picture courtesy The Mars Society. Artemis 8 At Christmas 1968, NASA engaged in one of the...


Feb 12, 20248 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Matthew Kresal
Marooned guest: Matthew Kresal. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, we have marooned on Lavender Island or very own expert on...


Jan 10, 202413 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 10, Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon.
By Matthew Kresal. You were expecting Christopher Ecclestone? Picture Courtesy Big Finish. When Doctor Who returned to BBC One in 2005,...


Dec 21, 20239 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 9: The Ninth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Not the Ninth Doctor you were expecting? Picture courtesy BBC. When the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie failed to lead to a...


Dec 7, 20236 min read
60 Years of Dr Who. Part 8: The Eighth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Part of the interregnum. Picture courtesy BBC Across its original 26 years on television, Doctor Who only rarely delved...


Oct 26, 20234 min read
The Accidental President. Review of The Man (1972).
Review by Matthew Kresal The Man himself. James Earl Jones, who becomes President by accident. The Man (1972). Picture courtesy Moria...


Sep 4, 20237 min read
60 Years of Dr Who. Part 6: the Sixth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Another Baker as Doctor Who. Picture courtesy Big Finish Productions. Matthew's previous articles can be found here: 1,...


Aug 31, 20233 min read
Book Nook: My Name is Victoria. Author Lucy Worsley
Reviewed by Matthew Kresal My Name is Victoria, by Lucy Worsley. Not a waste of time. Alternate history and professional historians have...


Aug 14, 20235 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 5: The Fifth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Following Tom Baker. A tough ask. Picture Courtesy Big Finish Productions. When Tom Baker left Doctor Who after seven...


Aug 4, 20238 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 4: The Fourth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Harry, Sarah, and Tom Baker. The Iconic Doctor Who. In my opinion. Picture courtesy Big Finish. Ask a Doctor Who fan...


Jul 13, 20236 min read
60 Years of Dr Who. Part 3: The Third Doctor
By Matthew Kresal UNIT, cars. It must be the Third Doctor. Though it began airing in 1963, one could argue that Doctor Who hit its stride...


Jun 19, 20236 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part Two: The Second Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Patrick Troughton as Dr Who. Available from Big Finish. The introduction of the Daleks in Doctor Who’s second broadcast...


Jun 7, 20238 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 1: The First Doctor.
By Matthew Kresal. In the beginning, there was the First Doctor. Available from Big Finish. Doctor Who turns 60 in November. After such a...


Mar 24, 20233 min read
Review: Shambling Towards Hiroshima
By Matthew Kresal In his recent series of articles, Ryan Fleming has been exploring the history of the horror genre and how it might have...

Mar 3, 20237 min read
Vignette: 384,000
By Matthew Kresal On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on...


Dec 16, 20224 min read
Review: The Forgotten Bond Film - Moonraker (1956)
By Matthew Kresal This past October saw celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the James Bond film series. The release of Dr. No in...


Nov 18, 20227 min read
Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War
By Matthew Kresal When Doctor Who returned to BBC One in 2005 after more than fifteen years (barring the occasional one-off), its modern...


Nov 4, 20223 min read
Review: Archive on 4 - Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive
By Matthew Kresal Alternate history is, while speculative, more often than not serious in tone. Whether in factual speculations or works...
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