More Book Bits!

No sooner had I put up the previous post about some reviews The Long Game has received, then another one popped up! An extremely generous one, too, written by Frank Danes for the Doctor Who Companion website. It's another incredibly kind review with lots of praise for the book, and should you wish to take a read you can find it by clicking here.

A page for The Long Game has also appeared on the Goodreads book review website, with a few reviews on there already and a four-star average rating so far, which is pretty bloody good! Again, the reviews are all very positive and kind. It seems to be going down well, this book! You can find the Goodreads page right here.

(Although it should be said that some of the other books Goodreads reckons are by the same author are very much not! I did not write, for example, Themes in Modern European History!)

My podcast book tour has also continued, with an appearance on an episode of the Bigger on the Inside podcast, which was again good fun. Talking about the book, and more generally about the enduring appeal of Doctor Who. I managed to bring both death and Norwich City's recent form into the conversation, which you can listen to here:

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine, issue 571, came out this week, and carried a little story about the book in its Gallifrey Guardian news section. I've been a reader of DWM for nearly 27 years now, never missing an issue in that time, and in recent years I have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to write a few bits and pieces for the magazine and for some of its special editions. After all these years of reading the magazine, though, it is a unique thrill to feature as an item in the news!

I've also continued to receive some lovely messages on Twitter and on the Gallifrey Base forum, from people who've read and enjoyed the book. Including enough pictures of various people's copies to form another line on my little "rogues' gallery" of copies out and about in the wild!

There have been some very nice messages sans pictures, too, including one suggesting that The Long Game deserves to be nominated for a Hugo Award!

Whether or not it deserves that I can't say, but... You know... If anyone wants to put in a good word...

Absolutely stunning piece of work investigating a moment in Doctor Who and BBC history that uncovers all kinds of info not heard before. Plenty of, I bet he won’t mention, oh he has. Right. https://t.co/z3eB0UXFVT

— Stuart's (@feelinglistless) November 2, 2021

@the_questmaster Just finished your frankly stunning account of all those years Doctor Who never came back on TV, until it actually did. Reads like a thriller and your access to so many of the movers and shakers along the way is to be applauded. A ‘Long Game’ well worth the wait.

— Sean Alexander (@seanHolyhead) November 7, 2021

Finished my copy tonight, what a brilliant read. It brings back memories of discussing various rumours in the pub and waiting for the new series to arrive. Thanks @the_questmaster for all the work that went into it. https://t.co/tottwA7Cwn

— Jonathan Melville (@jon_melville) November 7, 2021

Just finished reading this. What a great, fascinating and entertaining read. Highly recommended for anyone with even the slightest interest in the struggles and dramas it took to get the Doctor back on our screens 👏🏼👏🏼

— Adrian Busby (@baznduffy) November 9, 2021

I've finished The Long Game 1996-2003: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who by Paul Hayes. It's one of the best written and researched Doctor Who nonfiction books ever. It deserves a Best Related Work Hugo Award nomination. Highly recommended.

— Michael Damian Thomas (@michaeldthomas) November 12, 2021