#di patricia menzies

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[ID Cover of The Legacy of Time featuring Doctors Three to Eight, also Kate Stewart, Jo Jones, Osgood, Jenny (the Doctor’s Daughter), Benny Summerfield, Professor River Song, Charley Pollard, Leela, Ace, Romana, Group Captain Gilmore, Rachel Jensen and Allison Williams.]

And for the twenty third day of WHOvember (and Doctor Who Day!) Big Finish are giving you The Legacy of Time for £23 (Download only)

An epic six-part adventure celebrating 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish!

Time is collapsing. Incidents of chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the lives of one Time Lord and his many friends - all fallout from one terrible disaster. From Earth’s past and present to timeless alien worlds, from the cloisters of Gallifrey into the Vortex itself... The Doctor must save universal history - and he needs all the help he can get.

1. Lies in Ruins by James Goss

On a strange ruined world, a renowned archaeologist opens an ancient tomb. Only to find another archaeologist got there first. Professors Summerfield and Song unite to solve a mystery. Then the Eighth Doctor arrives, and things really become dangerous. Because their best friend isn’t quite the man River and Benny remember…

2. The Split Infinitive by John Dorney

A criminal gang appears to have recruited a member with time-bending powers. It’s a case for the Counter-Measures team – in the 1960s and the 1970s! The Seventh Doctor and Ace have their work cut out to save the day twice over, and make sure Gilmore, Rachel and Allison don’t collide with their past, or their future.

3. The Sacrifice of Jo Grant by Guy Adams

When pockets of temporal instability appear in a Dorset village, UNIT are called in. Soon, Kate Stewart and Jo Jones find themselves working alongside the Third Doctor, while Osgood battles to get them home. But this isn’t the first time UNIT has faced this threat. Only before, it seems that Jo Grant didn’t survive...

4. Relative Time by Matt Fitton

Disaster strikes inside the Time Vortex, and the Fifth Doctor is thrown together with someone from his future... someone claiming to be his daughter! Kleptomaniac Time Lord, the Nine, believes it’s his chance to steal something huge. But Jenny just wants her dad to believe in her.

5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris

DI Patricia Menzies is used to the strange, but even she is surprised when the eighteenth century itself falls onto her patch. Fortunately, she has the founders of modern policing to help with her enquiries. And when the Sixth Doctor and Charley arrive, they find armed and hostile forces trying to change Earth history forever.

6. Collision Course by Guy Adams

Fallout from the temporal distortions has now reached Gallifrey. To find the cause, Leela and Romana remember travels with the Fourth Doctor to the same world, at different times. The enemy is revealed, and it may take more than one Doctor to prevent the destruction of everything!

(For the record, I bloody love The Sacrifice of Jo Grant, Relative Time and Collision Course - which features some extra special guests!)

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What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

The Condemned

Synopsis

"Dr John Smith — you're under arrest. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court..."

Manchester, 2008. The TARDIS lands inside a run-down tower block, beside a dead body — which leads to some awkward questions when the Doctor is found there by the police. Made the prime suspect, how can the Doctor prove to the no-nonsense DI Patricia Menzies that this is not the open-and-shut case it seems, and that she's actually investigating the death of an alien?

Higher up in Ackley House, a girl named Maxine watches the Doctor being taken away in a squad car. Someone wants her to find out what happened in that room, and isn't going to be happy if she doesn't come up with the goods. But she's got hold of someone who knows — someone very important to the Doctor.

A deadly conspiracy is at work — one whose effects will be felt far beyond the walls of Ackley House...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Synopsis

The Seventh Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self-centred explorer named Captain Cook, his companion Mags and a biker known as Nord.

The circus itself is dominated by the sinister chief clown and his deadly troupe of robot clowns, who organise a talent contest in which all visitors take part. The audience consists of just a single strange family — mother, father and daughter — seated at the ringside. Although hindered by the treacherous Cook, the Doctor eventually discovers that the Circus hides a terrible secret: the family are in reality the Gods of Ragnarok, powerful creatures with an insatiable craving for entertainment who invariably destroy those who fail to please them.

With Ace's help, the Doctor ends the gods' influence on Segonax and returns the circus to the control of its original owners.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “Doctor Who: The Legacy Of Time”

Time is collapsing. Incidents of chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the lives of one Time Lord and his many friends – all fallout from one terrible disaster. From Earth’s past and present to timeless alien worlds, from the cloisters of Gallifrey into the Vortex itself... The Doctor must save universal history – and he needs all the help he can get.

 1. Lies in Ruins by James Goss

On a strange ruined world, a renowned archaeologist opens an ancient tomb. Only to find another archaeologist got there first. Professors Summerfield and Song unite to solve a mystery. Then the Eighth Doctor arrives, and things really become dangerous. Because their best friend isn’t quite the man River and Benny remember…

Starring Paul McGann as The Doctor, Alex Kingston as Professor River Song and Lisa Bowerman as Professor Bernice “Benny” Summerfield.

Guest starring Alexandria Riley as Ria, Okezie Morro as Scavenger Captain and Beth Chalmers as Scavenger.  All other parts played by members of the cast.

 2. The Split Infinitive by John Dorney

A criminal gang appears to have recruited a member with time-bending powers. It’s a case for the Counter-Measures team – in the 1960s and the 1970s! The Seventh Doctor and Ace have their work cut out to save the day twice over, and make sure Gilmore, Rachel and Allison don’t collide with their past, or their future.

Starring Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Simon Williams as Group Captain Ian Gilmore, Pamela Salem as Professor Rachel Jensen, Karen Gledhill as Dr. Allison Williams and Hugh Ross as Sir Tobias “Toby” Kinsella.

Also starring Vince Leigh as Kazan and Glen McCready as Vince.  All other parts played by members of the cast.

 3. The Sacrifice of Jo Grant by Guy Adams

When pockets of temporal instability appear in a Dorset village, UNIT are called in. Soon, Kate Stewart and Jo Jones find themselves working alongside the Third Doctor, while Osgood battles to get them home. But this isn’t the first time UNIT has faced this threat. Only before, it seems that Jo Grant didn’t survive...

Starring Tim Treloar as The Doctor, Katy Manning as Josephine “Jo” Jones, Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and Ingrid Oliver as Osgood.

Also starring Nicholas Briggs as Lieutenant Wallace.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

 4. Relative Time by Matt Fitton

Disaster strikes inside the Time Vortex, and the Fifth Doctor is thrown together with someone from his future… someone claiming to be his daughter! Kleptomaniac Time Lord, the Nine, believes it’s his chance to steal something huge. But Jenny just wants her dad to believe in her.

Starring Peter Davison as The Doctor and Georgia Tennant as Jenny.

Also starring John Heffernan as The Nine, Ronni Ancona as Thana, Mandi Symonds as Captain and Christian Brassington as Mr. Grigorian.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

 5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris

DI Patricia Menzies is used to the strange, but even she is surprised when the eighteenth century itself falls onto her patch. Fortunately, she has the founders of modern policing to help with her enquiries. And when the Sixth Doctor and Charley arrive, they find armed and hostile forces trying to change Earth history forever.

Starring Colin Baker as The Doctor, India Fisher as Charlotte “Charley” Pollard and Anna Hope as DI Patricia Menzies.

Also starring Richard Hansell as John Fielding, Duncan Wisbey as Henry Fielding, Delroy Atkinson as Wadmore and Sara Poyzer as Stables.  All other roles were played by members of the cast.

 6. Collision Course by Guy Adams

Fallout from the temporal distortions has now reached Gallifrey. To find the cause, Leela and Romana remember travels with the Fourth Doctor to the same world, at different times. The enemy is revealed, and it may take more than one Doctor to prevent the destruction of everything!

Starring Tom Baker as The Doctor, Louise Jameson as Leela and Lalla Ward as Romana.

Special guest stars Tim Treloar as The Doctor, Peter Davison as The Doctor, Colin Baker as The Doctor, Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor, Paul McGann as The Doctor and Lisa Bowerman as Professor Bernice “Benny” Summerfield.

Also starring Alan Cox as Tompino, Richard Earl as Punshon and Rebecca Kilgarriff as Ankarrie.  All other parts played by members of the cast.

Plus two additional discs worth of behind the scenes material.

[Standard spoiler policy in effect here: if it’s something mentioned on the Big Finish website, it’s not a spoiler.]

[penelopecat]

After walking for half an hour, my back started to hurt, which is really unusual for me. So I stopped, and only got halfway through this episode. Which is a shame, because it’s pretty good. It seems to be the first episode in this story that doesn’t cross Doctor Who over with one of the spin-off series from @bigfinishprod. However, it does feature the return of Anna Hope as DI Patricia Menzies, and if Big Finish ever wanted to create a police-based series starring her, I would be completely on board for that. #thismakesmehappy #doctorwho #bigfinishproductions #bigfinishdoctorwho #bigfinisheighthdoctor #paulmcgann #doctorwhoaudio #doctorwhoaudios #doctorwhoaudiobook #doctorwhoaudiodrama #doctorwhoaudiobooks #doctorwhoaudiodramas #audiobook #audiobooks #audiodrama #audiodramas #bbcdoctorwho #doctorwho_bbca #doctorwholegacyoftime #bigfinishsixthdoctor #charleypollard #colinbaker #indiafisher #annahope https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yN2bahVvn/?igshid=1v01e6yqkvjha

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TDP 888: Legacy of Time 5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris from @BigFinish

5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonathan Morris

DI Patricia Menzies is used to the strange, but even she is surprised when the eighteenth century itself falls onto her patch. Fortunately, she has the founders of modern policing to help with her enquiries. And when the Sixth Doctor and Charley arrive, they find armed and hostile forces trying to change Earth history forever.

A new Tin Dog Podcast

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Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time review: The Avenues of Possibility

Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time review: The Avenues of Possibility

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The Sixth Doctor and Charley are facing problems from alternate timelines, and the enemy is fully revealed in the penultimate episode of Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time.

The fifth episode of Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time features the Sixth Doctor and Charley reunited with their friend DI Patricia Menzies. A Manchester cop they first met in The Condemned(well, technically), Menzies has…

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DI Patricia Menzies

One of the easiest to select, DI Patricia Menzies is as solid an inconstant companion as any character who has made an appearance in Doctor Who. This Salford based detective adjusted quickly to meeting aliens and time travellers and with her police background is ideal companion material in my mind.

If you need more convincing, read on after the break

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by the way, i have been keeping my book log

January 5 – 6, 2017: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce January 7 – 8, 2017: Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce January 9, 2017: Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce January 10, 2017: The Realm of the Gods by Tamora Pierce January 11, 2017: The One You Feed by EM Hollaway  January 12, 2017: Alanna The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce January 13, 2017: In the Hands of the Goddess and The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce January 13 - 18, 2017: Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

 January 17 – April 6, 2017: Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education by Joan Poliner Shapiro & Jacqueline A. Stefkovich January 18 - 19, 2017: First Test by Tamora Pierce January 19 - 20, 2017: Page by Tamora Pierce January 20 - 21, 2017: Squire by Tamora Pierce January 21 - 23, 2017: Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce January 23 - 24, 2017: Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce

 January 24 – April 8, 2017: Decolonizing Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

 January 24 – April 7, 2017: Educational Leadership for Ethics and Social Justice ed. by Anthony H. Normore & Jeffrey S. Brooks January 25, 2017: Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce January 26 - 27, 2017: Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce

 January 26 – April 20, 2017: Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education ed. Edward Taylor & David Gillborn & Gloria Ladson-Billings January 27, 2017: Ferocious Fluffity by Erica S. Perl & Henry Cole January 30, 2017: Serpents and Werewolves: Stories of Shapeshifters from around the World by Lari Don; I Am the Book, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins & illustrated by Yayo; Imagine a City by Elise Hurt; Jumping Off Library Shelves, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins & illustrated by Jane Manning; Eyes of the Unicorn by Teresa Bateman; Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It by Gail Carson Levine; Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede January 31, 2017: Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede February 1, 2017: Calling on Dragons & Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede February 1 - 2, 2017: Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede February 2 - 3, 2017: Beauty by Robin McKinley

 February 3, 2017: The Unicorn and the Moon by Tomie dePaula; Bang Bang I Hurt the Moon by Luis Amavisca & Esther G. Madrid; Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything by Susanna Isern & Sonja Wimmer; Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Benji Davies; The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep by Caroline Nastro & Vanya Nastanlieva

 February 4, 2017: Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde; The Tale of Tam Linn by Lari Don & Philip Longson; The Secret of the Kelpie by Lari Don & Philip Longson February 4 - 6, 2017: Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell 

 February 6, 2017: Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde

 February 6 - 7, 2017: Under My Hat Tales from the Cauldron edited by Jonathan Strahan 

 February 7 - 8, 2017: Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell

 February 8, 2017: Poisoned Apples Poems for You My Dear by Christine Heppermann; Girls and Goddesses Stories of Heroines from around the World by Lari Don 

 February 8 - 11, 2017: The Lost Empire of Atlantis by Gavin Menzies

 February 9, 2017: The Search for Lost Cities by Nicola Barber

 February 9 – April 25, 2017: Racial Battle Fatigue Exposing the Myth of Post-Racial America ed. by Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner & Katrice A. Albert & Roland W. Mitchell & Chaunda M. Allen

 February 10 -11 , 2017: Atlantis The Andes Solution by JM Allen

 February 11, 2017: The Cod’s Tale by Mark Kurlansky; One Hundred Details from the National Gallery by Kenneth Clark; Troll’s Eye View edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

 February 12, 2017: Beware the White Rabbit edited by Shannon Delaney & Judith Graves

 February 13, 2017: Historical Animals by Julia Moberg; Cinderella A Grimm’s Fairy Tale by Ulrike Hasselhoff

 February 13 - 14, 2017: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

 February 14, 2017: Blood-sucking Man-eating Monsters by Kelly Regan Barnhill; The Turkey Girl by Penny Pollock & Ed Young; Beauty and the Beast by Mahlon F. Craft & Kinuko Y. Craft; The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin & David Shannon

 February 14 – April 9, 2017: Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries Critical Pedagogues and Their Pedagogical Theories vol. 4 ed. by Samuel Totten & Jon E. Pedersen

 February 15, 2017: Rosa Bonheur Painter of Animals by Olive Price

 February 15 – 16, 2017: Sweetblood by Pete Hautman

 February 16 - 19, 2017: Dinosaurs How They Lived and Evolved by Darren Nash & Paul Barrett

 February 17, 2017: Cinderella a Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 February 18, 2017: Beauty and the Beast by H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings; Previously by Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman; Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? By David Levinthal & John Nickle; Glass Slipper Gold Sandal a Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman & Julie Paschkis

 February 19, 2017: Here There Be Monsters The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid by HP Newquist; Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz

 February 19 – 21, 2017: The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell

 February 20, 2017: Bigfoot CindeRRRRella by Tony Johnston & James Warhola; The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot by Scott Magoon

 February 22, 2017: Nursery Tales Around the World by Judy Sierra; Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age by Caroline Arnold & Laurie Caple

 February 22 - 28, 2017: Celestial Geometry by Ken Taylor

 February 22 – 23, 2017: Classical Women Poets by Josephine Balmer

 February 23, 2017: A Library for Juana by Pat Mora & Beatriz Vidal; Rosa Bonheur by Elbert Hubbard

 February 24, 2017: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney; The Emperor and the Nightingale by Kuang-ts’ai Hao, Shih-ming Chang, & Nguyen Ngoc Ngan; Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy White Carlstrom & Jerry Pinkney; Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses by Ron Koertge

 February 25 – March 1, 2017: The Tempest by Shakespeare (ed. by Barbara A Mowat & Paul Werstine)

 March 1, 2017: The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting by Anne Trubek; We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche; Women of the Sea Ten Pirate Stories by Myra Weatherly

 March 1 - 2, 2017: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

 March 1 - 16, 2017: The Moral Imperative of School Leadership by Michael Fullan

 March 2, 2017: The Nightingale by Pirkko Vainio; The Nightingale by Stephen Mitchell & Bagram Ibatoulline; The Little Match Girl by Jerry Pinkney; Mama’s Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat & Leslie Staub; Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney

 March 2 – 5, 2017: Shady Characters The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston

 March 2 - 8, 2017: The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner  

 March 3, 2017: First Light First Life A Worldwide Creation Story by Paul Fleischman & Julie Paschkis; Anansi and the Box of Stories by Stephen Krensky & Jeni Reeves; The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell; The Parade a Stampede of Stories about Ananse the Trickster Spider by KP Kojo

 March 3 - 6, 2017: Demand the Impossible a Radical Manifesto by Bill Ayers

 March 4, 2017: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble; The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne; Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know What Is a Synonym by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; I’m, Won’t, They’re, and Don’t What’s a Contraction? By Brian P. Cleary & Gable; Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson & Kevin O’Malley

 March 5 - 6 , 2017: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

 March 5 – 7, 2017: Sappho by Diane J. Raynor & Andre Lardinois; Huntress by Malindo Lo

 March 7, 2017: Blanchette et les Sept Petits Cajuns A Cajun Snow White by Sheila Hebert-Collins & Patrick Soper; Sleeping Beauty by Maja Dusikova

 March 7 - 9, 2017: Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws Fairy-Tale Beasts ed. by Jennifer Schacker & Christine A. Jones, ill. By Lina Kusaite

 March 8, 2017: Ash by Malinda Lo

 March 9, 2017: The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner; Snow White A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; All the Dirt A History of Getting Clean by Katherine Ashenburg

 March 9 - 12, 2017: William Shakespeare���s Star Wars Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

 March 10, 2017: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner; Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Chihiro Iwasaki; Rapunzel A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Imaginary Menagerie A Book of Curious Creatures by Julia Larios & Julia Paschkis; Beauty and the Beast A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Matchless A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire

 March 11, 2017: The Little Match Girl by Rachel Isadora; The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton and Leo & Diane Dillon; Little Red Riding Hood A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; The Sleeping Beauty by Trina Schart Hyman; The Little Mermaid A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia; Sleeping Beauty A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 March 12, 2017: Sleeping Beauty by Margaret Early

 March 13 - 15, 2017: Kraken by Wendy Williams

 March 15, 2017: Instructions by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess; Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale & Howard Fine

 March 16, 2017: Snow White An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani & Shireen Adams; Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman & Skottie Young; The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois  

 March 17, 2017: The Cow of No Color Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from around the World by Nina Jaffe & Steve Zeitlin

 March 18 - 21, 2017: Giants of the Lost World by Donald R Prothero

 March 18, 2017: Daisy-Head Mayzie by Dr. Seuss; There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss; Cinderella by Ruth Sanderson; Cinderella (as if you didn’t already know the story) by Barbara Ensor; Sarah’s Unicorn by Bruce & Katherine Coville

 March 20, 2017: Aladdin A Fairy Tale Adventure by Giada Francia

 March 21, 2017: Aida by Leontyne Price and Leo&Diane Dillon; Octopuses by Kate Riggs; The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Leo&Diane Dillon; Wind Child by Shirley Rousseau Murphy and Leo&Diane Dillon

 March 22, 2017: A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham

 March 23, 2017: Megatooth by Patrick O’Brien; Paleo Sharks by Timothy J. Bradley; Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson and Leo&Diane Dillon

 March 24, 2017: Turandot by Marianna Mayer & Winslow Pels; The Crystal Mountain by Ruth Sanderson; The Sleeping Beauty by Jane Yolen & Ruth Sanderson

 March 25, 2017: The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer & KY Craft; Princess Tales by Grace Maccarone & Gail de Marcken

 March 26, 2017: The Snow Princess by Ruth Sanderson; The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson; Where Have the Unicorns Gone? By Jane Yolen & Ruth Sanderson

 March 31, 2017: Skin Again by bell hooks & Chris Raschka; Would You Rather be a Princess or a Dragon? By Barney Saltzberg; Little Wing Learns to Fly by Calista Brill & Jennifer A Bell

 April 1 – 2, 2017: Which Witch? By Eva Ibbotson

 April 1 - 3, 2017: 4000 Years of Uppity Women by Vicki Leon

 April 1 – 7, 2017: The Myrtles Plantation by Frances Kermeen

 April 3 - 6, 2017: Goose Chase by Patrice Lidl

 April 7, 2017: Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages by Vicki Leon

 April 8, 2017: Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey & Leonid Gore; A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan

 April 8 - 20, 2017: Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon

 April 10, 2017: Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit Hole by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg & Eric Puybaret; Alice in Wonderland The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg & Eric Puybaret

 April 13, 2017: Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen & Ming Li

 April 14, 2017: Happy Birthday The Story of the World’s Most Popular Song by Nancy Kelley Allen & Gary Undercuffler; Claire and the Unicorn Happy Ever After by BG Hennessy & Susan Mitchell; You Make Me Happy by An Swerts & Jenny Bakker; The Happy Troll by Max Bolliger & Peter Sis; Happy with Me by Leo Timmers  

 April 16, 2016: Enchanted Pony Academy All That Glitters by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 18, 2017: Sloppy Wants a Hug by Sean Julian

 April 19, 2017: Melanie by Carol Carrick & Alisher Dianov; Happy by Emma Dodd; Crow by Leo Timmers; Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds

 April 21: Happy Birthday, Monster by Scott Beck; The Wild Swans by Ken Setterington & Nelly&Ernst Hofer

 April 25, 2017: A Mud Pie for Mother by Scott Beck; The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

 April 26, 2017: Komodo! by Peter Sis; Enchanted Pony Academy Wings That Shine by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 27, 2017: A Friend Like You by Andrea Schomburg & Barbara Rotten & Sean Julian; Pepito the Brave by Scott Beck; Together by Emma Dodd; Monsters Sleepover by Scott Beck; Always by Emma Dodd; Wish by Emma Dodd; Love by Emma Dodd; When I Grow Up by Emma Dodd; Enchanted Pony Academy Let It Glow by Lisa Ann Scott; Enchanted Pony Academy Dreams That Sparkle by Lisa Ann Scott

 April 28, 2017: Everything by Emma Dodd; The Entertainer by Emma Dodd

 April 29, 2017: My Best Friends by Anna Nilsen & Emma Dodd

 April 30 – May 2, 2017: Nailed Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All by David Fitzgerald

 May 6, 2017: Turtle Tug to the Rescue by Michael Slack; Forever by Emma Dodd; When You Were Born by Emma Dodd

 May 6 – June 19, 2017: So High a Blood The Story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor That Time Forgot by Morgan Ring

 May 6 – June 26, 2017: She-Wolves The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor;

May 12, 2017: My Dad by Steve Smallman & Sean Julian; My Family Is a Zoo by KA Gerrard & Emma Dodd; What Do You Like to Wear? By Hannay Reidy & Emma Dodd; Bear Can’t Sleep by Marni McGee & Sean Julian

 May 12 – June 1, 2017: From Eden to Exile Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible by Eric H. Cline  

 May 15, 2017: Foxy by Emma Dodd; I Love Bugs by Emma Dodd; Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish by Kate Messner & Andy Rash; A Donkey Reads by Muriel Mandell & Andre Letria

 May 16, 2017: Kubla Khan The Emperor of Everything by Kathleen Krull & Robert Byrd

 May 17, 2017: Foxy in Love by Emma Dodd; My Life as a Chicken by Ellen A Kelly & Michael Slack; The Little Wing Giver by Jacques Taravant & Peter Sis; Pirasaurs by Josh Funk & Michael Slack; Monkey Truck by Michael Slack; Elecopter by Michael Slack; Big brothers don’t take naps by Louise Borden & Emma Dodd; Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer & Michael Slack

 May 19, 2017: The Monster Diaries by Luciano Saracino & Poly Bernatene

 May 20, 2017: Giraffe Meets Bird by Rebecca Bender

 May 20 – 22, 2017: Okapis by Christy Steele

 May 23, 2017: Dirty Joe the Pirate a True Story by Bill Harley & Jack E. Davis; Tales of the Mushroom Folk by Signe Aspelin; Escargot by Dashka Slater & Sydney Hanson; King O’ the Cats by Aaron Shepard & Kristin Sorra

 May 24, 2017: My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo; Pandora by Victoria Turnbull; Cinderellaphant by Dianne de Las Casas & Stefan Jolet; The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky

 Mary 25, 2017: The Fox Wish by Kimiko Aman & Komako Sakai; Pretty Salma a Little Red Riding Story from Africa by Niki Daly; All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopman

 May 28, 2017: Twelve Dancing Unicorns by Alissa Heyman & Justin Gerard; The Moon Dragons by Dyan Sheldon & Gary Blythe; The Cajun Cornbread Boy by Dianne de Las Casas & Marita Gentry

 May 30, 2017: Sleeping Bobby by Will Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne & Giselle Potter; Cinderella by Max Eilenberg & Niamh Sharkey; Little Red Riding Hood by Lari Don & Celia Chauffrey & Imelda Staunton; Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton; How Robin Saved Spring by Debbie Ouellet & Nicoletta Ceccoli; The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Bernatene; The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool & Alison Jay; The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson & Paul Howard; I’m Not Sleepy by Jane Chapman; Me Too, Grandma by Jane Chapman; Bedtime in the Forest by Kazuo Iwamura; Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox & Lydia Monks; Prince Ribbit by Jonathan Emmett & Poly Beratene; Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry by Vern Kousky; Hoot and Holler by Alan Brown & Rimantas Rolla; Yard Sale by Mitra Modarressi; The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; Taking Care of Mama by Mitra Modarressi; Little Owl’s Day by Divya Srinivasan; Little Owl’s Night by Divya Sirinivasan; Seven Fathers by Ashley Ramsden & Ed Young; Little Red by Bethan Woollvin; Puss in Boots by Joy Cowley & Sam-hyeon Kim

 May 31, 2017: The BFG by Roald Dahl; The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Mary Hoffman & Miss Clara

 June 1, 2017: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine

 June 7, 2017: Scowl by Steve Smallman & Richard Watson; Because I Had a Teacher by Kobi Yamada & Natalie Russell

 June 7 - , 2017: Helping Children Succeed What Works and Why by Paul Tough; Poverty and Schooling in the US Contexts and Consequences by Sue Books

 June 8, 2017: The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey; The Sons of the Dragon King by Ed Young; Moon Mother by Ed Young; The Magical Snow Garden by Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman; If Kisses Were Colors by Janet Lawler & Alison Jay; White Wave A Chinese Tale by Diane Wolkstein & Ed Young; Hoot and Peep by Lita Judge; Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin & Rob Dunlavey; Timothy Tugbottom Says No by Anne Tyler & Mitra Modarressi; Sleeping Bunny by Emily Snowell Keller & Pamela Silin-Palmer; Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie & Ed Young

 June 9, 2017: Hooray for Spring by Kazuo Iwamura; The Very Noisy Night by Diana Hendry & Jane Chapman; Hooray for Fall by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Snow by Kazuo Iwamura

 June 9 – 2017: Fire in the Ashes 25 Years among the poorest children in America by Kozol

 June 10, 2017: The Not-So Scary Snorklum by Paul Bright & Jane Chapman

 June 12, 2017: Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf by Jeanie Franz Ransom & Jennifer Zivoin; Sidney & Norman a tale of two pigs by Phil Vischer & Justin Gerard; Once Upon a Time, the End by Geoffrey Kloske & Barry Blitt; The Frog Prince Saves Sleeping Beauty by Charlotte Guillam & Dan Widdowson; October Smiled Back by Lisa Westberg Peters & Ed Young; The First Song Ever Sung by Laura Krauss Melmed & Ed Young; Desert Song by Tony Johnston & Ed Young; The Cat from Hunger Mountain by Ed Young; Lon Po Po a Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young; The Best Gift of All by Jonathan Emmett & Vanessa Cabban; Beyond the Great Mountains a Visual Poem about China by Ed Young; Clever Katya a Fairy Tale from Old Russia by Mary Hoffman & Marie Cameron; Hooray for Summer by Kazuo Iwamura; Hooray for Today by Brian Won; Moon Bear by Brenda Z Guiberson & Ed Young

 June 14, 2017: Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator & Alison Jay; Crabs, Crayfishes, and Their Relatives by Beth Blaxland

 June 15, 2017: Sun, Moon, and Stars by Mary Hoffman & Jane Ray

 June 18, 2017: Cats Are Cats by Nancy Larrick & Ed Young; For Biddle’s Sake by Gail Carson Levine; The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine; The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine

 June 19, 2017: The Fairy’s Return by Gail Carson Levine

 June 22, 2017: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine

 June 23, 2017: Gooseberry Goose by Claire Freedman & Vanessa Cabban; Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Lexa Schaefer & Vanessa Cabban; Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble by Michael Catchpool & Vanessa Cabban; Hooray for Hat by Brian Won

 June 24, 2017: Hurry Hurry Have You Heard by Laura Krauss Melmed & Jane Dyer; Jumbo’s Lullaby by Laura Krauss Melmed & Henri Sorensen; Through the Heart of the Jungle by Jonathan Emmett & Elena Gomez; Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley; The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney; Breezier, Chessier, Newest, and Bluest by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne; Under, Over, By the Clover by Brian P Cleary & Brian Gable; Twenty Heartbeats by Dennis Haseley & Ed Young

 June 25, 2017: Warhorses by Yusef Komunyakaa

 June 26, 2017: The Last Unicorn the Lost Version by Peter S. Beagle

 June 26 – June 30, 2017: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

 June 27, 2017: Betsy Who Cried Wolf by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash; The Hunter by Mary Casanova & Ed Young; The Princess and the Frogs by Veronica Bartles & Sara Palacios; Betsy Red Hoodie by Gail Carson Levine & Scott Nash

 June 29, 2017: Georgie’s Best Bad Day by Ruth Chan; The Cat Book by Silvia Borando; The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney

 June 30, 2017: Beauty and the Beast by H. Chuku Lee & Pat Cummings; Beauty and the Beast by Ursula Jones & Sarah Gibb; The Seal Mother by Mordicai Gerstein

 July 1, 2017: Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies by Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable; Yaks Yak by Linda Sue Park & Jennifer Black Reinhardt; Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins; Where’s My Truck by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow; The Catawampus Cat by Jason Carter Eaton & Gus Gordon; Puss in Boots by Jerry Pinkney; A Most Mysterious Mouse by Antony Shugaar, Giovanna Zoboli, & Lisa D’Andrea; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling & Jerry Pinkney; Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack & Jerry Pinkney; Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jerry Pinkney; Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

 July 1 - 3 2017: Katherine Howard A New History by Conor Byrne

 July 3, 2017: Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon & Jerry Pinkney; Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins; The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 1 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

Singularity

Synopsis

Russia, the near future.

The Somnus Foundation knows the fate of mankind; they promise a tomorrow where humanity will evolve into a godlike form of infinite power. They will lead us there, to a destiny that spans the stars. This is how the future will unfold.

The Doctor knows the fate of mankind; the human race is destined to fight and struggle for their very existence, to survive disaster and war and carve an empire from an unforgiving universe. He has seen it with his own eyes. This is how the future will unfold.

Beneath the towering headquarters of the Somnus, in the streets of Moscow, a dark power is building, and a conspiracy that stretches across eternity is nearing completion.

Time is fracturing and the Doctor and Turlough are at the heart of the chaos. History is about to change and the galaxy will burn in its wake...

Propaganda

Doctor Who vs Evangelion (Russia Edition)! (@finalpam8000 )

Other Lives

Synopsis

London, 1851.

Scene of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations.

Scene also of a plot to unseat the government, dethrone the monarch and start a republic.

If the Duke of Wellington himself is to be believed...

While the Doctor and Charley are drawn into the murky world of nineteenth-century politics, C'rizz struggles to maintain his dignity against growing odds.

What begins as an attempt to prevent murder quickly becomes a desperate race to avert revolution. Separated from the TARDIS, the travellers are left to wonder if they'll get their own lives back or be forever entangled with the lives of others.

And who is Mrs Georgina Marlowe? What need does she feel the Doctor can satisfy?

Propaganda

Pure historical slice-of-life with C'rizz in a thong! (@heresmyfiddlestick )

The Kingmaker

Synopsis

Doctor Who encounters one of the most notorious characters from the past as he journeys through time to solve the great Historical Mysteries...

Not surprisingly, the Doctor becomes mixed up with Richard III himself as he tries to unravel the perplexing problem of who exactly killed the princes in the Tower.

Peri and Erimem also encounter a suspicious time traveller. Someone from the Doctor's own past. Someone who shouldn't really be there at all.

So who did murder the princes in the Tower? Perhaps it's best not to ask a question like that...

You might not like the answer...

Propaganda

One of the funniest doctor who episode of all time, if you listen to this and don't laugh even once I don't want to know you. (anonymous)

The Girl Who Never Was

Synopsis

"Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot. Someone's listening. Somewhere."

A ghost ship.

A girl with no memory, adrift in time.

An old enemy.

This could be Charlotte Pollard's finest hour — or her last.

Set course for Singapore, 1931.

Journey's end.

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The Condemned

Synopsis

"Dr John Smith — you're under arrest. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court..."

Manchester, 2008. The TARDIS lands inside a run-down tower block, beside a dead body — which leads to some awkward questions when the Doctor is found there by the police. Made the prime suspect, how can the Doctor prove to the no-nonsense DI Patricia Menzies that this is not the open-and-shut case it seems, and that she's actually investigating the death of an alien?

Higher up in Ackley House, a girl named Maxine watches the Doctor being taken away in a squad car. Someone wants her to find out what happened in that room, and isn't going to be happy if she doesn't come up with the goods. But she's got hold of someone who knows — someone very important to the Doctor.

A deadly conspiracy is at work — one whose effects will be felt far beyond the walls of Ackley House...

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The Doomwood Curse

Synopsis

Curses and tombs, revenge from beyond the grave — and Dick Turpin!

England, 1738. On the trail of a lost book, the Doctor and Charley arrive at the beautiful country estate of Sir Ralph and Lady Sybil. But all is far from idyllic. There's a murderer on the loose, and the nearby woods are the haunt of the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin.

And that's not all. Something else has journeyed here. Something that could destroy the very fabric of reality. The Doctor and Charley have just forty-eight hours to solve the mystery before the whole world succumbs to The Doomwood Curse.

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