Tag: Neil Gaiman

Good Omens (2014)

by Derelict Space Sheep on August 24, 2016 in 42 Word Reviews

Good Omens

by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

radio dramatisation by Dirk Maggs (BBC Worldwide, 2014)

Dirk Maggs has adapted Pratchett and Gaiman’s comedic novel of the apocalypse with apposite exuberance, yet for all the well-pitched sound design and the cast’s astute voice work, this zany and enjoyable dramatisation does perforce forego the original book’s drollery of prose.

Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary Collection

by Derelict Space Sheep on February 13, 2016 in 42 Word Reviews

Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary Collection

(Puffin, 2013)

Doctor Who doesn’t lend itself well to short fiction. This collection of stories — one each for the Doctor’s first eleven incarnations — is pleasant enough, but only Neil Gaiman’s darkly imaginative ‘Nothing O’Clock’ moves beyond nostalgia into the realms of original, broadcast-worthy adventures.