The Black Archive

New - Black Archive start pack! go.bsky.app/BvdRUh5

I am THRILLED that this is now officially announced! It has been such a treat to dig into the McCoy era of Doctor Who for my sophomore Archive. If you like dragons, heroes, and exploring caverns looking for treasure, you might want to pick this up. 🐉🎲

If you use ebay, you might want to check this setting.

EU announce a new obligatory 2 euro handling fee on top of the 3 euro customs fee introduced last month. This is all apparently to stop cheap Chinese goods reaching Europe - does kind of bollocks up shipments of books from the UK though. Just another 'benefit' from the bigots who brought us Brexit.

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 We're back with our friends from @obversebooks.co.uk as we take a look at #DoctorWho - Frontios, the latest @blackarchive.co.uk release. Author Paul Driscoll joins us to discuss it. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

The electronic (epub and mobi) and combo deals for the 85th Black Archive - FRONTIOS by Paul Driscoll is now available! obversebooks.co.uk/product/85-f...

Nice to see that my contribution to Obverse Books' Black Archives, #68, is now available in a bundle alongside some excellent authors. The reprint includes updates to cover the Blu-ray release, too.

Finally for today, there's a bargain @dalesmithonline.com bundle too! #58 – The Talons of Weng-Chiang #66 – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy #72 – Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead #78 – The Devil’s Chord obversebooks.co.uk/product/dale...

Jon’s a brilliant writer- check these out for a fresh and informative look at Doctor Who old and new.

Also released today: the @jonarnold.bsky.social Black Archive Bundle! Four books, one writer, 100% Welsh. obversebooks.co.uk/product/jon-...

Today is the last day to buy Black Archives at the £5.99 sale price - the eleven year long Archive sale ends tomorrow! obversebooks.co.uk/product-cate...

And remember, if you're wanting to order a pile of Archives at once - particularly, but not exclusively if you're not in the UK - it's worth dropping the support email address a line and we can see if we can get as cheap a shipping option as possible (the damn prices seem to change almost daily!)

I finished Brigid Cherry's Black Archive #83 on The Web Planet. It is a story I like a lot and she does a great job of explaining its positive qualities and depths. I've reviewed it on my Goodreads page. (www.goodreads.com/user/show/17...) @blackarchive.co.uk #DoctorWho #Zarbiiiiiiii

Another hugely enjoyable @blackarchive.co.uk . A spirited and rich attempt to reclaim an often maligned and ridiculed serial as the boundary stretching example of television experimentalism that it is. An overdue shooting down of lazy takes. Bravo. (1/2)

On the latest Trap One🎙Podcast special guest @stephenhatcher.bsky.social joins us to talk about his brilliant new @blackarchive.co.uk book on The Invasion: Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/22cajf6t Spotify: tinyurl.com/3a5z3xy6 Podbean: tinyurl.com/p27zyzky

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 We're back in the #DoctorWho @blackarchive.co.uk today, as we look at the latest release from @obversebooks.co.uk - The Invasion. We're joined by writer Stephen Hatcher to discuss it. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

Delighted that we will be in Derby for @thewhoovers.bsky.social Convention in September, with @stuartdouglas.com and @purserhallard.com (and others) doing a panel on Ten Years of the Black Archive. Plus Stuart will be running a merch stall, so pop along to say hello!

Get your own copy here: obversebooks.co.uk/product/82-t...

That wheezing, groaning sound was my postie delivering this little bundle of @blackarchive.co.uk goodies.

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 We return to the @obversebooks.co.uk for another @blackarchive.co.uk release - #DoctorWho: The Web Planet. We discuss this Hartnell era curio with writer Brigid Cherry. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

Available for pre-order now - the 16th Cushing Dr Who charity novel - THE MONSTER OF FANG ROCK! obversebooks.co.uk/product/16-t... And for those who like to buy the reduced price sets - set 13 to 16 is also now out! obversebooks.co.uk/product/cush...

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 We're back with our friends at @obversebooks.co.uk as we look at #DoctorWho - An Adventure in Space and Time, a special release from the @blackarchive.co.uk series, written by @rolinsond.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...

Thanks to Kenny, as ever!

There are only 8 copies left of my Black Archive book about ‘The Daleks’. All the feedback so far has been very positive. Why not give it a go? Link below. It’s perfect heatwave reading!* *And equally suitable for all other meteorological conditions. obversebooks.co.uk/product/82-t...

Oddly, in spite of having considerably fewer employees than Sony (we have one - me; Sony have more than one), if you bought an ebook from Obverse when we opened our doors 18 years ago, we guarantee you will still have a copy today (just drop me a line with your order number if you can't find it!)

The ebook and combo deal (paperback and ebook at a reduced cost) of THE INVASION are now available. obversebooks.co.uk/product/84-t...

The Black Archives are a fabulous set of books. Very much looking forward to this one about a favourite Patrick Troughton story.

Available to pre-order in paperback now - Black Archive #84: THE INVASION by @stephenhatcher.bsky.social. (includes free link to local press coverage!) obversebooks.co.uk/product/84-t...

Blakes 7 Silver Archives can go in all sorts of directions...quite a lot of them a wee bit on the bleak side...

The family of Justin Richards are very touched by what people said about him this week. For those who wish to donate in his memory, they suggest Read for Good, a charity that works to get children reading, just as Justin strived to do with his writing. readforgood.enthuse.com/JustinRichar...

Seconding the fact that @andrewhickey.500songs.com can write very, very well about topics other than music!

God, I hate Brexit, Farage, Cameron and all the absolute fools who voted for them and it. Crooks, cretins and the terminally gullible. More gifts from the Brexit car crash. taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/guidanc...

Hartnell-tastic post from @obversebooks.co.uk . The one on the right is off to a good start with quotes from Rachel Carson, spotted in the flick through.

Sometimes I'm watching Dr Who and I hear a line and think that'd be perfect for the back of a Black Archive. Like this one from K9 & Company... 'Witchcraft, it's very romantic but this is 1981.'

PARTY LIKE IT'S 1998 briefly back in stock in paperback after I found a box in my mother-in-law's attic, Ice-Warriors-in-a-cupboard style. obversebooks.co.uk/product/part...

Cracking @blackarchive.co.uk from Brigid Cherry on Web Planet, a fave of mine, but unloved by a lot of fandom. This explores its position as experimental TV, use of puppetry and feminist theatre as well as its roots in environmentalism and WW2. Also you learn all about Roslyn de Winter. Recommended!

A wee reminder - no form of AI is used in any of the Black Archives. Because AI is absolute crap.

Today on the blog: my take on all the Doctor Who stuff going on, plus links to some books you can read to pass the time while we wait for its return: karadennison.blogspot.com/2026/06/so-a...

Ebook and combo deal for THE WEB PLANET now available, since the paperback is in stock! obversebooks.co.uk/product/83-t...

Hi I’m Chloe and I make these small-scale lively handmade mixed media original drawings, these four are still available just in case this is useful info. Actual art at all too reasonable prices. And if you can’t afford it, thank you for looking and sharing etc. #art www.chloecumming.com

I whizzed through this over the weekend. As intricate a case study of televison as you would expect from David, full of insight and connections through a dizzying array of sources. There are already a number of rich, rewarding books about Doctor Who's foundational days. This, happily, is another.