Category: Misc.

Urgent Message for Past, Present and Future DOCTOR WHO fans!

In other words, this one’s for everybody…because eventually everybody falls under the Doctor’s spell, one way – and one Doctor – or another:

2019 is the Time to Start Listening to Big Finish’s ‘Doctor Who’ Audio Dramas
by James Whitbrook

With “Resolution” done and dusted, we are officially all out of Doctor Who on television until 2020. Whovians are pretty used to waiting huge lengths of time to see new episodes—like, say, that 16-year gap after the show was cancelled—but if you’re aching to get something Who in your brain, the perfect opportunity lies ahead of you: audio dramas. read article

A Message from TVWriter™’s First Contributing Editor, Herbie J Pilato

by Herbie J Pilato

Last Friday was the official pub-date of my new book, MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY, on the 2nd Anniversary of Mary’s passing.

Below are two excerpts of the book; one from the Television Academy and Emmys.com; the other in Closer Magazine.

And on the left is a photo expressing my utter delight of seeing this book come into being. read article

Meet Herbie J Pilato at Book Soup

TVWriter™’s very own man about town, Mr. Herbie J Pilato his very self (as our blogging hero, Keith Telly Topping, would say) is looking forward to meeting y’all at his next Los Angeles book signing.

With MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY, Herbie J offers the first full-scale, objective, and detailed biography of the actress best known from The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. read article

Punisher Creator Gerry Conway on Netflix’s ‘THE PUNISHER’ & a Few Other Things

When Gerry Conway speaks, even on other websites, we at TVWriter™ listen. Because not only is he a “minor comics icon,” (in Gerry’s own words), he’s one of Larry Brody’s closest friends, plus a frequent contributor to TVWriter™ and, of course, a force to be reckoned with in ye olde television industry as well.

Last week Gerry talked to SyfyWire about Netflix’s version of one of his major comics creations, the Punisher. Here’s the result:

by Dana Forsythe

The infamous “Death of Gwen Stacy” scene written by Gerry Conway

Boasting dozens of writing credits for both DC and Marvel, Gerry Conway helped shape the Bronze Age of comic books with stories like “The Night Gwen Stacy Died,” the original Clone Saga, the creation of the Punisher, and his run on the Justice League. He’s written almost every superhero from Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Flash to Spider-Man, Daredevil, Thor, Hulk, and Iron Manand amassed countless writing credits for his work in TV, movies and books. read article

‘DOCTOR WHO RPG: Series 11

This is for DOCTOR WHO fans. Which as far as this TVWriter™ minion is concerned means the following article is for…EVERYBODY.

by Siskoid

On the occasion of completing reviews on Doctor Who’s 11th series, I should like to re-imagine it as a role-playing game campaign using Cubicle 7’s Doctor Who RPG. (Go back one, to Series 10.) read article