tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post6447868716317592104..comments2023-08-24T07:29:44.519-07:00Comments on Tea with Morbius: Christmas On A Rational Planet, by Lawrence Miles (Virgin New Adventure)Matthew Celestinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-77843630958481645182011-04-07T15:01:55.103-07:002011-04-07T15:01:55.103-07:00Which of his books have you read?
Lawrence Miles ...Which of his books have you read?<br /><br />Lawrence Miles brought up the subject of Big Finish in his notorious 2000 interview:<br /><br />"There was this great big blatant headline, saying something like "SOME HAVE SEEN THE NEW RANGE OF BIG FINISH AUDIOS AS THE RETURN OF REAL DOCTOR WHO". Yeah, sure. Never mind the fact that some of us have been doing everything we can to build up a next generation fanbase. Just get a couple of has-been character actors to do the voices, and suddenly that's real. For ****'s sake... but anyway. After that, I remember thinking there should be a proper BBC Books website, a kind of on-line version of DWM just for book issues. Well, for the "new wave" fanbase in general, but with the books at the core of it. I later heard that Mark Clapham was going around saying the same thing, so he's not completely useless. Anyway. I 'phoned up Jac [Rayner] at the BBC... who's a lovely person, by the way, probably doesn't have an enemy in the world... and suggested that someone should do this website thing, seeing as DWM was never going to give us the support we needed. I even volunteered to write for it. She said she thought it was a good idea, and went to talk to someone at the office about it. And what's the next thing that happens? The first regular Doctor Who news-posting from BBC Worlwide arrives on the internet, and it's full of plugs for the Big Finish audios. See what I mean? Gary won't be satisfied until he's got his fingers in every corner of fandom, even though everybody knows he's crap at what he does. When Doctor Who finally dies... and it will die, because now the newcomers are going to start turning away again, and you're going to be left with this dwindling audience of fifty-year-olds who just buy the CDs because they've got Peter Davison's picture on the front... he'll be more responsible than any other single individual."Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-51245324455676789742011-04-07T12:48:01.927-07:002011-04-07T12:48:01.927-07:00This sounds like an absolutely brilliant novel and...This sounds like an absolutely brilliant novel and I agree that Miles needs to get in with Big Finish. I am stunned by the second quote and its cornucopia of references and continuity. I really dig Lawrence Miles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com