On this month's edition of Bookfaced, Iain and Michael discuss David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, and that absolute belter, Doctor Who: Hope by Mark Clapham. Happy Thanksgiving!

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A very happy Doctor Who Day to all of you at home. In association with Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV and A Hamster With A Blunt Penknife, (two of the very best in the business) I present a November 23rd Special to celebrate 62 -can you believe that?- 62 years of Doctor Who. The pod-crash continues on Doctor Who: Too Hot For TV and concludes with a motherlovin' chunker of an audio commentary on A Hamster With A Blunt Penknife. Now do us a favour in return? I go on, I work me arse off for you. Cheers. Could you donate two pounds to these guys over here?

JF, DR: Love you boys Xx

In the Citadel of Dreams, I go walking in my sleep, through the valley of Doubt, to the river so deep...

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Happy Hallowe'en! To terrify you all to within an inch of your lives, I'm joined by the nicest man in podcasting, Mr Dan Pinn, Mr. Kevin Jordan our tame book reviewer, and a surprise guest, to discuss that time when The Doctor, Fitz and Anji joined George Orwell to witness the Spanish Civil War. Will it be the winning side who write the history books? The losers? Or... someone else?

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Flight Through Entirety pin-up Nathan Bottomley joins me to be nine kinds of clever about the BBC Books 35th anniversary novel, 1998's The Infinity Doctors. The dreamy hunk Bottomley is always a joy to speak with and I hope y'all enjoy this little chat. I know today's not special for any of you, but it's special for me. Just don't ask me how old I am now.

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Join us for one last episode of The High Council, as Ryan and I battle it out once and for all, to see who is truly the higher.

This has grave, but oddly entertaining implications for our chat about Jim Mortimore's unpublished Past Doctors novel Burning Artemis, which crept out into the world in the year 2000 as Campaign.

Stay tuned at the end for the VORLD-VIDE PREMIER of the new single "That's Mortimore" by THE VALEYARDBIRDS...

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Shut it, you shabby-looking shit, or I'll gut you with this bookies' pencil-stub.

That's got your attention, hasn't it? I spend ages writing these episode descriptions and I'm fairly certain that no bugger reads them. Ah, first world problems...

It's another mega-extended director's cut of a chat this month, as I sit down with Alex Wilcock (a self-confessed Virgin New Adventures supergeek) who even owns a t-shirt with all 61 NA covers proudly on display. We're talking about the 1995 New Adventure Head Games, by Steve Lyons, whose previous book in the range, 1994's Conundrum, is held in the highest regard by virtually everyone who's read it. While we discuss the return of Bonnie Langford's ebullient Bush, a genocide on Detrios, and a fight to the death between Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy (always bet on wiry strength, ferocity and speed over size or waistline) we also learn a lot about Alex's life, his wedding, his childhood and, erm, Liz Truss.

This is a really fun chat, and that's before we find out where Kev's calling from this time. Enjoy the show, and come and say hi on Bluesky; I'm @theiainmartin.bsky.social

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Or, if you happen to be in the United States of America, join me on alternate Saturday evenings at Saints Row Brewery in Gaithersburg, MD. (A long-shot, of course, but you never know...)

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What connects cricket, The Mary Whitehouse Experience and November Rain? It can only be the 50th Virgin New Adventure Happy Endings, a uniquely divisive book but a uniquely welcome celebration. Welcome, welcome, and do try not to shag the groom.

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Ryan Blake is a behavioural therapist, English and Philosophy teacher, and unapologetic science fiction fan. By day he helps people make sense of their lives, by night he transforms into a French cabaret chanteuse — and whenever there’s a spare moment, you’ll find him time-travelling through the Whoniverse. He stars on the Power To Live Foundation's podcast.

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