Signing on the 29th

I can't think of anything witty to say so we'll just stick to the facts. On the 29th of December I will be signing Battlefield DVDs and Eye of the Machine CDs at The Who Shop in East Ham London.

In an ideal world my presence alone should be enough to send you careering down to East London with a bag full cash and a pocket full of sharpies but, alas, the world is far from ideal. So to sweeten the pot I'm throwing in, strictly in a supporting capacity , Nicholas Courtney, famed thespian, Swahilli speaker and military officer impersonator.

If that doesn't get you to part with your hard earned cash (and by extension save the world from global recession) then nothing will.

Battlefield

As of the 29th December 2008 my Doctor Who adventure will be available on DVD. It's crammed with extras including interviews with yours truly and a commentary track where I can be heard desperately trying not to moan out loud at the awful bits. I am deeply ambivalent about this project but I have to say it wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered it being.

As a writer there's a special embarrassment that goes with a script that goes horribly wrong. Like a sexual encounter that ended badly you don't want to think about it and you resent having people bring it up in public. Still sexual failure doesn't (in my case) generate residuals so I'm not going to complain too loud.

Here's a good review and here's a bad review and here's the relevant page at Amazon.co.uk. Why not buy it and make up your own mind - at the very least you can revel in the near future zeerust and Jean Marsh's frocks.