BREAKING NEWS! Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor Who!! ... but this episode was recorded and edited before the announcement, so join me on Trap One later in the week for a deeper analysis.
Welcome to the 25th episode of Doctor Who Literature -- this week is the 49th anniversary of Target's first Doctor Who book releases, and now we're reading their 25th published novelization, "Doctor Who and the Space War", published in September 1976. My guest this week is Daniel Knight, and we discuss the history of TV production in the US, Star Trek, what makes the definitive Malcolm Hulke novelization, and what other Doctor Who podcasts might also be tackling "Frontier in Space" this week.
Daniel joins us for a game of "Guess That Cliffhanger". Can anything in the world stop him now?
In the second half, Jason does a close reading of the text. Is this an improvement on the TV story, or perhaps a slight diminution?
The episode features a brief musical cue from The Beastie Boys for Mothers' Day. No copyright infringement is intended.
