Power of 3

Remember the lost BBC Books novel, Freaks, by Rebecca Levene?
No, neither did we, for a long time! We bring this novel to life with readings of the chapter outlines from a talented team, and discuss how this novel would have fitted into the Eighth Doctor Adventures range.
We speak to editor Steve Cole who commissioned the novel, plus writer Bex Levene. The cover art mock up was created by Will Brooks.

(This episode originally appeared on Pieces of Eighth)

We've featured a lot of Doctor Who books that have been released by the BBC and Virgin books over the past three years.
But today, we're doing something a little different - we're looking at the book pitch that became something else entirely.
We're delighted to share a conversation with Gary Russell about The Island of Fear, his novel that later morphed into The Scales of Injustice!

Last week, we learned of the very sad news of the passing of Justin Richards.
Justin is best known to Doctor Who fans as a novel writer, book editor, script writer and script editor with Big Finish, but he was also an accomplished children's novelist too.
To pay tribute to Justin, we speak to Peter Anghelides, Steve Cole, Gary Russell and Lisa Bowerman, who all knew him and worked with him in different ways over the years. They pay tribute to their friend.
The Power of 3 sends its deepest condolences to Alison, Julian and Chris, and their wider family and friends, at this sad time.
Rest in peace, Justin.

Last week, we learned that sad news that Justin Richards, former Doctor Who books editor, and prolific novelist, had died.
Justin was a powerhouse in the worlds of Doctor Who literature, writing for the majority of the Doctors, for the BBC, Virgin and Penguin, as well as crafting a number of factual books.
We pay tribute to him with a look at his 50th anniversary novel, Plague of the Cybermen.
Justin - thank you. Vale.

We've now featured around half of the New Adventures novels on the Power of 3, as we speak to the writers (where possible) about their books which were too broad and too deep for television.

In today's episode, we look at the 36th New Adventure, which was written by Daniel Blythe.

He discusses his second book in the range, after The Dimension Riders, and we also feature the DWM prelude, readings from the novel (with sound effects), the original DWM review, and what people think today on Goodreads.