Holiday Ordering Dates

Happy holidays! Just to remind you that if you want to purchase any of Magic Bullet's CDs or multibuys (with autographs!), this coming Friday (18th) is the last day to order for them to arrive before Christmas. Downloads, of course, can be purchased right up to the last minute!
http://kaldorcity.com/orders.html

50 Ways to Happiness

Because the holidays are all about pantomimes, costumes, satire and boxes of liquorice allsorts, this month's 50 Things... is 32 Cool Things About "The Happiness Patrol" (and 18 Stupid Ones). Find out the truth behind the rumour that Doctor Who was in the grip of radical leftists in the 1980s! Debate whether the writer's original ideas were better than the final serial! Marvel at the weaponization of musical notes during the McCoy Era! And gasp at the similarity between Daisy K's wig and a pound-shop duster!

Corpse Marker Audiobook

In case you didn't know, Chris Boucher's sequel to "The Robots of Death," Corpse Marker, is now an audiobook, read by David Collings. Listen to Kaldor City before Kaldor City!

Nyder in DWM

Just a quick Hi! to everyone who's here because they saw the Peter Miles interview in the Doctor Who Magazine special issue on "Davros and Other Villains". Kaldor City and Faction Paradox CDs are available to purchase here (including multibuy discounts and autograph offers):

http://www.kaldorcity.com/orders.html

Cards For Humanity

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society are now selling Christmas cards in aid of the wildlife charity Tiggywinkles. Click on the link to buy and support a great cause!

Where Are My Dragons?

This month's 50 Things About... brings you "Dragonfire," the story about a monster that looks nothing like a dragon, a villain who wants nothing to do with fire, and the never-answered question of why anybody would want to travel the universe with Sabalom Glitz.

The Bees Are Our Friends!

This month's fabulous 50 things is, indeed, all about the Fabulous Fifties! Click the link to find out what an unexpected gem Delta and the Bannermen is, and why it's worth marrying a monster from outer space.

The Worst of the Mohicans

This month's 50 Things... kicks off an exploration of the Cartmel Era (well, the bits of it we haven't done already) with 27 Cool Things About Time and the Rani (and 23 Stupid Ones), in which we get fashion-forward Time Lords teaming up with Lizards With Hooters and Honkers, decades before Madame Vastra.

50 Things You Auton't To Do

This month's "50 Things..." continues last installment's Auton theme, bringing you 25 Cool Things About "Terror of the Autons" (and 25 Stupid Ones) (it's a tie, folks!). This listicle will tell you everything you might want to know about the Auton Invasion, except why.

We're On Podcasts!

Fiona Moore and myself are interviewed about The Prisoner and 1970s Battlestar Galactica on Jim Harold's TV You Grew Up With podcast! Click the link for a fun and insightful discussion of surveillance, the Sixties, cult TV, and Richard "Apollo" Hatch.

Outside In 2: This Time, It's Personal

Readers may remember that Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore both contributed articles to Outside In, ATB Press' comprehensive review of original-series Doctor Who. Now the long anticipated sequel, Outside In 2, covering the new series, is being released-- again with articles by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore. Buy it from all good specialist retailers, or direct from ATB at the links above (and you can buy both books together at a discount here).

Looking for Faction Paradox audios?

You're in the right place!

If you're taking advantage of our Buy All Six deal and getting the whole series, you'll not only be getting a discount, you'll be getting three free autographs with your purchase: Peter Miles, Edward de Souza, and Gabriel Woolf (Sutekh himself!).

And if you're here because of the advert in Celestial Toyroom, or because you met us at one of the cons and events we've been at recently, or because you recently purchased Blake's Heaven, then hello and welcome!

Signings and Interviews

First of all, a quick hello to everyone we met at the Cygnus Alpha convention for the signing/launch of Blake's Heaven-- we had a great time and we hope you did too!

Second, Fiona is interviewed on the Starburst Bookworm podcast this week, click the link to download and listen.

Dishing The Dirt on Davros

This month's feature is an article, "Davros in Context". Should Davros have come back, after his apparent demise in "Genesis of the Daleks"? Reviewing the evidence, perhaps not...

Tanith Lee

We are very sorry to learn of the passing of Tanith Lee, acclaimed fantasy writer. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

A Taste of Liberation

Haven't bought Liberation: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7? Thinking about giving it a try? Now, thanks to Google Books, you can read a preview of the 2003 edition.

We're going to Cygnus Alpha!

The convention, we mean, not the planet! The essay collection Blake's Heaven will be officially launched there, and we'll be signing copies-- there'll also be lots of Blake's 7 cast and crew to sign them too. Click here for details

Blake's Heaven

Blake's Heaven, a book of essays on Blake's 7 by the publishers behind the You and Who series, is out 12 May and should be a real treat for Magic Bullet fans, with essays by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore, reviews of the three independent B7 audios, and an article on Kaldor City by Occam's Razor and Hidden Persuaders co-author Jim Smith!

Doctor Who and the Overfriendly Tentacles

This months' "50 Things About..." is 27 Cool Things About Spearhead From Space (and 23 Stupid Ones). A story which has acheived classic status not for being interesting, unusual, controversial or highly rated, but for being on 16mm film.

A perfect 10 for BYC2!

By Your Command vol. II just got 10/10 and a glowing review on reviewgraveyard.com! Click the link to read it.

Trending Tweets

Anyone on Twitter-- please favourite and retweet this tweet about By Your Command vol. 2!

Trevor on Television

If you didn't catch Kaldor City alumnus Trevor Cooper in the black comedy "Inside No. 9: The Trial of Elizabeth Gage", you can still do so on iPlayer-- and you can watch for him as the Labour candidate in Channel 4's new election comedy "Ballot Monkeys", starting next Tuesday.

Telefantasy and Society!

Just a reminder to everybody who reads this blog that the next big event is the Telefantasy and Society Symposium at the University of Lincoln, featuring us, Jamie Anderson of Anderson Entertainment, Shane Rimmer, and many more! Places are still available, but you'll have to be quick. Follow the link for booking information and details of the event.

After Weekender

Just a brief hello to everybody we met at the Sci-Fi Weekender; it was great that so many people came to see us at the Telos Table, and that By Your Command vol. 2 sold out within 90 minutes of opening! If you didn't manage to get a copy, click the link for the ordering page; and, if this is your first time visiting Magic Bullet, don't forget to like us on Facebook!

Unlikely Story!

An interview with Fiona Moore is now up at the Unlikely Story website:

http://www.unlikely-story.com/an-unlikely-interview-with-fiona-moore/

And don't forget to come and see us at the Sci-Fi Weekender this, erm, weekend!

Leave Only Footprints

You have till the end of the month to get Fiona Moore's new short story "Leave Only Footprints", about urban exploration in an alien-invaded Washington DC, at the Story of the Month Club website-- for as low as $1.50!

Telefantasy Symposium posters for you!

Click through the pictures to get full A4-sized posters that you can print out and hang in your home, office, workplace canteen, academic department, SF convention hall, or any other place you can think of where people might need to know about this! And of course, come along to the Symposium too if you can.

Buy Your Command

By Your Command: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Battlestar Galactica vol II (Reimagined Series) is now in release! Buy it here, or come see the Telos stall at the Sci-Fi Weekender next month, where we'll be signing copies!

Reign of Error

Happy February! This month, we bring you "35 Stupid Things about "The Reign of Terror" (and 15 Cool Ones)". This "50 Things" article is based upon actual historical facts about the French Revolution, which is more than one can say for the story it's about.

Exciting New Academic Conference on Telefantasy!

The University of Lincoln is hosting the first ever Telefantasy and Society symposium on 6 May 2015, and you're all invited! The call for papers is open from now until 3 March, and tickets will be £45. Keynote speakers will be Jamie Anderson (son of Gerry Anderson and director of Anderson Entertainment), Professor Richard J. Hand of Cardiff University, and Dr Fiona Moore & Alan Stevens. Plus lots more interesting speakers and guests! Full details here:

http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/campuslife/whatson/eventsconferences/telefantasy-and-society.html

Convenience Shopping

Now you can buy all Magic Bullet downloads in one handy megapack, and save £3 off the total price! Get Radio Bastard plus all the bonus material, The Time Waster and both versions of Metafiction for only £17 with our Ultimate Download Pack. See the Orders Page for details.

Happy New Year

Just a quick note to say that we're back, that orders received during the holiday are being processed, and that normal service has been resumed. Don't forget to pre-order By Your Command vol. II from Telos!