Alex Fitch investigates the best science fiction heroine most people have never heard (of) – Professor Bernice Summerfield, Benny to her friends.
Starting off as a Doctor Who companion in the novels published after the original TV series was cancelled in 1989, Benny has since appeared in over a hundred books  and 40 full cast ‘radio’ plays released on CD in specialist shops.
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Panel Borders: The Mark of Aeacus
Alex Fitch interviews writer Zan Christensen about his homoerotic vigilante comic The Mark of Aeacus which looks to Greek Myths for its inspiration.
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I’m ready for my close-up: The 51st London Film Festival – reviews part 2
Mark Stafford, James DeCarteret & Tom Geens continue their examination of the films they’ve seen at this year’s London Film Festival, focussing on European cinema – looking at Import / export, Heartbeat detector and Four months, three weeks, two days.
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Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman’s Stardust
Alex Fitch interviews writer, producer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman about the big screen version of his illustrated novel Stardust as well as other adaptations of his work such as Anansi Boys and Neverwhere.
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I’m ready for my podcast: Short films at The London Film Festival
To compliment the live review shows that take up I’m ready for my close-up during this year’s London Film Festival, we have the first of a series of exclusive podcast featuring interviews with filmmakers and programmers involved in this year’s LFF. Virginie Selavy interviews curators Simon Young and Philip Ilson about the short films they’ve chosen for this year’s festival…
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 3
The final part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing Witchblade: Shades of Grey, Leah’s Christmas Stamps story and the kind of comics they’d like to do in the future.
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I’m ready for my close-up: The 51st London Film Festival – reviews part 1
Mark Stafford, James DeCarteret & Tom Geens discuss and preview the films they’ve seen at this year’s London Film Festival including Cargo 200, Glory to the Filmmaker!, Secret Sunshine and the English language remake of Funny Games.
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 2
The second part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing Wildgirl, moving to Dynamite Entertainment and John Reppion’s Zombie Army. Unfortunately this interview was recorded using Skype on a noisy computer and is not the best quality, so we recommend you listen to it using speakers rather than headphones…
I’m ready for my close-up: The Pornification of visual culture
Alex Fitch talks to former presenter of Midnight Sex Talk – Tania Glyde – about the increasing pornification of visual media, from advertising to art, film to fromage. As both the ICA & Barbican in London have sex based festivals on this month, it seems porn is being increasingly celebrated in our culture, so Alex and Tania look at some of the reasons why.
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 1
The first part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing variously for the Fortean Times and Albion and the thorny issue of obtaining back issues of their work. Unfortunately this interview was recorded using Skype on a noisy computer and is not the best quality, so we recommend you listen to it using speakers rather than headphones…