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The Dying Days by Lance Parkin (1997)

‘Today, after over twenty years, the human race returns to Mars. This would be a cause for celebration regardless of which nation had got there. But it isn’t, I am sure, jingoism to suggest that we are all particularly glad that it is the United Kingdom that got there first.’ – applause – ‘Twenty yearsContinue reading “The Dying Days by Lance Parkin (1997)”

Human Nature by Paul Cornell (1994)

Long ago, and far away, in the reign of Queen Victoria, there lived a silver-haired old man, who had a very good idea. He had thought of a shelter for policemen, with a telephone, so that anybody who was in trouble could call for help. And that was clever; because nobody knew what a telephoneContinue reading “Human Nature by Paul Cornell (1994)”

Love and War by Paul Cornell (1992)

‘So, he called it Heaven in Common Tongue, which meant that the translation fitted with whatever your own particular vision of bliss was. The High Command hadn’t liked that much. They hadn’t liked it either when Hall, once the Dragon Wars had ended and the two species were united against the Daleks, walked into theContinue reading “Love and War by Paul Cornell (1992)”