Thursday 30 June 2022

Ice Cool

I'm very pleased to have another little professional writing update.

I was recently asked to write another piece for Doctor Who Magazine, this time for their latest special edition which was released earlier this month. It's another in their Chronicles series of year-themed specials, which I was fortunate to write a piece for the 1983 edition of last year.

This time around 1967 is the year in focus, and I was asked to contribute an article about the actor Sonny Caldinez, who died in April at the age of 89. As well as being an actor he was variously a wrestler, a stuntman and a bodyguard throughout various stages of his life, and appeared in five Doctor Who stories - the first two of which came in 1967, hence his inclusion here. Four of those appearances were as an Ice Warrior, hence the title of this entry... geddit!?

As always, it was a great honour and a privilege to be asked to do a piece. I still can't believe the incredible good fortune I have to occasionally be able to write pieces about Doctor Who... and get paid for it, too!

Anyway, as always, the magazine is available from WH Smith's, various supermarkets and the Panini website.