It’s been a few years since my last new book, but after four years in the making, Who in Review is finally here! The process started in March of 2021, when Grace and I decided to watch every single televised Doctor Who story from 1963 to the present, and I reviewed each one on Twitter (along with reviews of every episode of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures) as we went, running all year and into 2022 before it was done. Then in April of last year I started copying the whole thread to Bluesky while also compiling the reviews into a book, which required considerable reformatting and modification, plus adding two appendices which couldn’t have worked in the microblogging format. I finished that early in October, but Grace was diagnosed with cancer just a few days later, leaving me no time for proofreading until this past April. I found a lot more errors in the proof than is typical for me; I reckon that’s probably due to the change from microblogging format, which left a lot of extremely long sentences strung together with comma splices, plus other, weirder errors. But at least it’s done, and on Sunday I ordered a box of copies to sell as autographed copies in my own store; they’re supposed to arrive next week. In the meantime, here’s the link to buy the paperback on Amazon; if you want an autographed copy, you’ll have to wait until my own copies come in (when you see the image for the bookstore in the right-hand column change to the cover image displayed here, they’re available). I’m also working on the Kindle version; it’ll probably be done later this month. I’ll keep you posted! But those of you who just want a regular, unsigned paper copy needn’t wait. And with any luck, this book may attract new readers and supporters to my existing body of work.
Diary #779
June 3, 2025 by Maggie McNeill

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