By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues One of the most maligned companions ever, Adric, played by Matthew Waterhouse was introduced to replace outgoing companions Romana and K9 in Tom Baker’s final season. The character outline was for Adric to be an Artful Dodger type, straight out of Oliver Twist. TheContinue reading “Heroes of Doctor Who: Adric”
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Doctor Who The First Question
By Owen Quinn author o the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues It’s been fifty years coming! Tonight we may or may not discover the Doctor’s name and his greatest secret but did you know it’s been done before? Owen looks back twenty five years to the seventh Doctor’s battle with Nazis, Cybermen and the LadyContinue reading “Doctor Who The First Question”
Time Warriors talk to Alien Nation’s Eric Pierpoint
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues He’s the man who almost took over the Star Trek universe, he’s been to the Harte of Dixie and written a brand new book. But to millions of fans around the world he will always be George, the lovable Newcomer from Alien Nation. FTNContinue reading “Time Warriors talk to Alien Nation’s Eric Pierpoint”
Revolution of the Daleks trailer released
By Owen Quinn video copyright BBC ‘How many people in the universe get to meet the Doctor let alone travel with her?’ I’m not a big fan of the 13th Doctor’s era mostly due to the writing but I have to say the Christmas special Revolution of the Daleks trailer actually has me excited. CouldContinue reading “Revolution of the Daleks trailer released”
Heroes of Doctor Who: Tegan Jovenka
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues Once again we embark on a journey through the history of Doctor Who and pick out a character who helped make him the Time Lord we all know and love today… Tegan, an Australian air hostess on her first day at work, had her auntContinue reading “Heroes of Doctor Who: Tegan Jovenka”
Dave Prowse: A tribute to the man behind Darth Vader
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues All photos copyright Owen Quinn The news today came through that Dave Prowse, the man that played Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars movies, died after a short illness. I met him three times in Belfast. What he was best known forContinue reading “Dave Prowse: A tribute to the man behind Darth Vader”
Belfast in Conversation: Owen Quinn and Laurence Doherty talk writing
By Owen Quinn Click on the link below to set your reminder and join the craic! https://youtu.be/MpTn9d55mq0 Coming Sunday 13th December at 1:30 pm sees the release of the long awaited Belfast In Conversation’s episode featuring two writers. owen Quinn and Laurence Doherty share their experiences and stories about their respective journeys in the writingContinue reading “Belfast in Conversation: Owen Quinn and Laurence Doherty talk writing”
The Time of the Wobbly Sets
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues It has become a sad reality that the audiences of today have become somewhat spoilt. What with their CGI improvements, CGI sets, CGI characters, everything seems so alive and seamless. We now have living breathing dinosaurs by the dozen. I was there when theContinue reading “The Time of the Wobbly Sets”
TW remembers Sapphire And Steel
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues Time- oh, time. As Picard says, it’s the companion that walks alongside us through life; to the Doctor and his friends, it’s the ocean in which they swim daily. To Sam Beckett it’s where he can put right where things once went wrong; toContinue reading “TW remembers Sapphire And Steel”
Time Warriors remember Peter Cushing
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues Ask anyone to name an actor associated with British horror and two will always come up. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. I never got to meet him which I regret. He terrified me in the Hammer horror movies and swept me along in hisContinue reading “Time Warriors remember Peter Cushing”
The Time Warriors and Beyond 