Author James Goss has spoken on his next project for BBC Books following his immensely well received City of Death novelisation - The Pirate Planet. Scheduled for release in 2016, The Pirate Planet will be the final Douglas Adams story left to novelise from the writer’s Doctor Who output.
Speaking to SFX Magazine, Goss says his aim with the new novel is to try and make people love The Pirate Planet as much as [...]
Douglas Adams, the lauded author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, spent a year as Script-Editor of Doctor Who during Tom Baker’s peerless reign as the Time Lord. Together they changed the programme, Adams penning The Pirate Planet, the iconic City of Death and the “lost” six part serial Shada, adding elements of humour,, surrealism and absurdity into the narrative that exist to this day.
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The Doctor and Romana are in Paris, enjoying the culture and art. However trouble is not far behind, just what are the Count and Countess Scarlioni up to and what are their plans for the Mona Lisa? What is causing the time distortions that the Doctor and Romana have felt? And just who is this chap Duggan, and what is his role in all of this? All will be revealed in the ‘City Of Death’.
So where do we begin? Although the [...]
Happy Towel Day everyone!
Celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams, fans carry a towel with them, as described in Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
In celebration, Lovarzi are paying tribute to Adams and his 1979 classic The City of Death by giving away one Season 16/17 [...]
