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March 30, 2015

Lucifer: Revelation (Audiobook) Reviewed

Tony Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Of three scheduled Blake’s 7 releases for March from Big Finish, Lucifer Revelation is, perhaps, the most niche. It is a six disc reading by Paul Darrow (who played Avon) of his novel, the second in what is soon due to be a trilogy of tales telling us some of what happened to Avon long after the TV series came to an end.


Although part of a trilogy, the story stands-alone for the most part and new listeners need not be concerned they might not follow events. In fact little of the story even depends on extensive knowledge of the TV show at all. All you need to know is this is an older Avon trying to survive the machinations of various groups as he and the irritable super-computer Orac careen around the galaxy pursued by the Quartet (the successor to the Federation), the Empire of Cathy, various criminals and even some aliens.


In terms of story, this Avon is much evolved from the criminal rebel he once was; now he is much older but also much more the man of action. Murder and betrayal come easy to him and he is at times more like an evil James Bond than a criminal on the run. He survives a series of increasingly dangerous ambushes through guile and a willingness to kill.


It’s not all action and bloodshed; the various parties playing politics have their own machinations and as the story progresses the focus moves from group to group with an ever rising body count amid the betrayals and assassinations. There are no heroes in this story, just survivors.


Avon may have evolved but so has Orac, at times the computer has more emotional range than Avon and has a few more tricks up his electronic sleeves than were evident in the past.


As an audiobook (with the odd sound effect) this is easy listening. Paul Darrow’s distinctive voice isn’t wasted with impressions of various characters but used to tell Avon’s story. There is even some humour – in the absence of Vila a new comedy character appears, George the computer. This may not leap off the printed page, but when narrated there is enough character injected into George to bring some emotion to Avon’s relationship with it. Lisa Bowerman’s hand as director is at work here.


As fiction this might not be the most demanding of story, and it is hard to imagine many casual listeners but for fans of Blake’s 7 there should be enough interest to make this worth picking up. If they do they will be rewarded with around five hours entertainment and will no doubt look forward to the third, and final, instalment.


Enjoy the rich tones of Paul Darrow reading Luficer: Revelation today – purchase the CD collection for £25 or download for £20, direct from Big Finish.


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Published on March 30, 2015 03:56

March 29, 2015

The Eighth Doctor Returns in Big Finish’s Doom Coalition

Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Dark Eyes has been a mostly-successful series of sets featuring the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, most often coming up against the Daleks. With a fourth box, that story came to a close. Fortunately, its successor has been unveiled – and it’s an extremely exciting prospect!


Doom Coalition is released by Big Finish in October and once again pairs McGann with Liv Chenka, played by the wonderful Nicola Walker (Spooks; Last Tango in Halifax). Only this time, they’re joined by a new companion, Helen Sinclair, played by Mr. Holmes‘ Hattie Morahan. Producer, David Richardson called it “the most effortless casting ever,” because Paul McGann was especially keen to work with her!


“Helen is from 1963,” continues David. “She was, in part, inspired by Doctor Who’s first producer Verity Lambert – she’s a driven, career-minded woman in a male-dominated profession. And she’s a head-strong and capable companion in the mould of Barbara Wright, Sarah Jane Smith and Tegan Jovanka.”


As thrilling as the prospect of a new companion is, the main nemesis of Doom Coalition is the most exciting thing about these upcoming adventures. Though we first meet The Eleven in the first episode of this box set, he’s an old enemy of the Doctor’s – a renegade Time Lord who retains each of his personalities every time he regenerates! It’s an utterly brilliant idea, particularly as the Eleven (obviously in his eleventh body) just keeps getting more insane. The Seventh Doctor imprisoned him on Gallifrey… but now, he’s escaped, and it’s up to the Eighth Doctor to stop him again.


Who is Helen Sinclair? A new era starts for the 8th Doctor in #DoctorWho – Doom Coalition. Details tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/iuJqOpbgRY


— Big Finish (@bigfinish) March 27, 2015



The Eleven is played by Mark Bonnar, who you may know from The Rebel Flesh/ The Almost People (2011), but anyone who’s seen The Line of Duty knows that he can do scary. I’m certain he’s a perfect choice for this!


Here’s what the series promises:


1: THE ELEVEN written by Matt Fitton


When one of Gallifrey’s most notorious criminals attempts to escape from prison, Cardinal Padrac turns for help to the Time Lord who put him there in the first place.


2: THE RED LADY written by John Dorney


A London Museum holds the key to many secrets from the past. But some secrets are so deadly they should remain locked away. Forever.


3: THE GALILEO TRAP written by Marc Platt


With a mysterious plague sweeping through Florence, a rampaging alien behemoth comes between the Doctor and the answers he seeks.


4: THE SATANIC MILL written by Edward Collier


Long buried animosities come boiling to the surface on an ancient and powerful satellite, in a final confrontation that could have unimaginable consequences.


Doom Coalition is unlike anything we’ve attempted before,” says director and co-creator, Ken Bentley. “It’s on a scale that we hope will satisfy loyal listeners. It’s also a new, completely stand-alone adventure, making it a great place to start if you’re listening to Doctor Who on audio for the very first time.”


The set will also star Robert Bathurst, Caroline Langrishe, Ramon Tikaram, David Yelland, Harry Myers, Esther Hall, Matthew Cottle – and John Woodvine from The Armageddon Factor!


Just like Dark Eyes, there will be four volumes, each one available at the pre-order price of £20 – though they’ll likely go up to £40 after release.


Doom Coalition Volume 2 comes out in May 2016, followed by further releases in October 2016, and May 2017. Volume 1 is out this October, Dark Eyes having concluded this month, and looks to be one of the most interesting series released in recent memory.


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Published on March 29, 2015 13:19

Amazing Doctor Who Prop Replicas Collection

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Brian Terranova has been a key member of the Kasterborous team since early 2005. In that time he has contributed reviews and occasional news items, collaborated on our Time Leech comic strip, and been a regular podKast presenter.


He’s also a bit mad. Put simply, he collects prop replicas, from TARDIS keys to sonic screwdrivers. Lots of each, as well as things like whistles, jelly babies, fob watches, glasses, TARDIS power crystals and much more. Over the years, Brian has been sharing is collection only with his (vast) circle of Facebook friends, but as of now, he’s also sharing it with you, our reader.


To see more, visit Brian Terranova’s Doctor Who Prop Replicas Collection, right here on Kasterborous now!


 


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Published on March 29, 2015 11:20

When Being A Doctor Who Fan Makes You Money… But Steals Your Soul

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Missing episodes. That’s a topic that always causes laughter, isn’t it? Over the past few weeks, The Mirror has been publishing “amusing” content, one of which you might have seen: the spoof history of top Doctor Who episodes. It was quite amusing, but easily forgotten; a problem with online content, a medium where ideas are transient, except in extremely rare circumstances.


What you may not have seen – and we won’t link to it for your sanity – is the insulting diatribe against ten new series era episodes that The Mirror “would be happy if the BBC wiped and deleted.”


It isn’t enough that people have sweated blood and tears and travelled to danger spots around the world in search for genuinely lost episodes, apparently. No, now the BBC is being encouraged, in an act of cultural vandalism, to intentionall wipe episodes that the paper – in the shape of the post’s writer, Martin Belam – has a dislike for. A dislike. Of episodes of a TV show.


As a newspaper with an online presence, The Mirror has a need – nay, a desperation – to maintain its audience, hence this horrendous piece of clickbait, its full title: “The 10 episodes of new Doctor Who that we would be happy if the BBC wiped and deleted.” Oh, and it has a subtitle, too: “We need to face facts. There are some episodes of Doctor Who that deserve to be destroyed.” You know what? There are newspapers that deserve to be destroyed too. The Mirror is quickly turning into one of them.


It lacks integrity. Perhaps Martin Belam would like to remind himself of the meaning of that word.


But I digress. Traditional newspapers are dying, you see. This is why their online presence has to be strengthed with regular visits, in order to generate advertising revenue. Strengthening can be anything from publishing compelling, original content, or knocking out crap like “if I wanted a Doctor Who musical, I’d like it to be like the Buffy musical episode, not an extended choral performance.” It’s trite, shallow and intended not for fans, but for the coffee swilling hangover merchants to chuckly over during their morning skive in the middle cubicle. In short, the article isn’t for the likes of us, instead aiming a childish (perhaps someone pitched it as “a sideways look”) swipe at the show, all hung on that emotive topic, the Omnirumour.


Interestingly, Martin Belam claims to be an “online news veteran”, although we really can’t find anything that backs this up with any solidity, other than his expertise in cynical article writing. You could find out more about him via his blog, martinbelam.com, for instance, although he seems to ooze smug, so it may prove icky, of not a waste of time. He’s also on Twitter, @martinbelam – be polite, though, should you find yourself asking about the meaning of that article on The Mirror, and whether he really thinks that Curse of the Black Spot, The Time of the Doctor, Fear Her, The Idiot’s Lantern, In the Forest of the Night, Kill the Moon, Closing Time, Robot of Sherwood, The Rings of Akhaten and Aliens of London/World War Three should really be deleted, and what he thinks that says about his appreciation of culture, or his own relationship with Doctor Who.


Just remember: somewhere, there’s a fan for whom one or more of these episodes are among their favourites.


Belam isn’t the only one engaged in this nonsense, however. One look at Metro and What Culture! reveals Doctor Who-related articles written by people… well, people who really should know better, fans with their own sites and heavy Twitter presences. But these guys – who are presumably making some useful extra cash and raising their profiles as fans (and good luck to them) – know where the line is.


Aliens of London - Slitheen


For all of our attempts to generate not-very-much-money, like the majority of Doctor Who sites we’ve never sold out. There have been a handful of controversial posts on our own site over the years, but never have we sunk so low as to attack Doctor Who. For a supposed fan (identified by the details shared in The Mirror article) to mock the missing episodes in a drawn out, pointless rant “listicle” is bad enough; that it appears on the online site of a major national newspaper is frankly insulting. While I’m not writing and editing this site, I’m responsible for content in the online security and Linux sections at www.makeuseof.com, the web’s largest independent technology site (a description that really doesn’t do it justice). At no point would I (or any colleague there) dare to insult either the readership or any community in such a way.


It lacks integrity. Perhaps Martin Belam would like to remind himself of the meaning of that word. It certainly doesn’t apply to selling out on your favourite TV show (his Twitter account page loves the soulless Cybermen) for a few quid.


Oh, and why are we not linking to the post? Well, it doesn’t deserve to be read by the esteemed readership of Kasterborous. Labelling a series of insults as “fun” or “satirical” doesn’t cut it, frankly. It’s horrendous clickbait, and those responsible should be ashamed of themselves.


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Published on March 29, 2015 10:23

Doctor Who Theme: The Ravolox Remixes by Dominic Glynn

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Following on from last year’s Gallifrey Remixes (four different realisations of Dominic Glynn’s original “Doctor Who Theme”), his 1980s Doctor Who incidental scores have regenerated into contemporary electronic dance music – a crossover of classic soundtrack and techno dance and electronica.


The new mini-album features music from The Trial of a Timelord, Dragonfire and Survival, as well as a new take on the Terror Version from 1989’s Variations on a Theme CD. The “Trial Theme” is a brand new update of a mix originally created a for a Doctor Who Magazine front cover flexi-disc in 1990.


The origins of these “Ravolox Remixes” are in Dominic’s live performances at the L.I. Who and Chicago Tardis conventions in 2014. By way of popular demand these tracks are now being made available for the first time.


Available for digital download from iTunes, Amazon and most music services from 18th May 2015, and you can pre-order from 18th April.


(With thanks to Dominic)


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Published on March 29, 2015 05:12

Relive Last Christmas in Doctor Who Adventures #363!

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Win copies of the latest Doctor Who DVD with Doctor Who Adventures magazine, who are offering 20 chances to win a copy of the Doctor and Clara’s most recent adventure on DVD,  Last Christmas. This amazing adventure took the time travellers into the world of dreams and the pair got to meet Father Christmas too…


The issue comes with two mystery Doctor Who gifts – what will you get?


Also in Doctor Who Adventures #363

A look at why we love Doctor Who
Find out who’s back in the new series of Doctor Who later in the year.
Fascinating facts about the Dream Crabs
Who is K-9?
An exciting adventure awaits the Alien Babies.
Read an amazing comic strip for Doctor and Clara in a story written by Simon Guerrier.
The final guide to the 2014 episodes of Doctor Who.
We’re off to Lanzarote for some brilliant behind-the-scenes secrets.
Z is for Zygon in the final Monster A-Z
Plus, make your own TARDIS!

The new issue of BBC Doctor Who Adventures magazine, Issue 363, is out from 25 March – 21 April, priced £3.99. Make sure you don’t miss it…


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Published on March 29, 2015 03:05

Flying TARDIS, Robb Stark’s Time Travel Dreams & Bafta Nomination

Rebecca Crockett is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Welcome, once again, dear readers, to another K News blast! Today we’ve got some interesting tidbits on a life size flying TARDIS, more with Richard Madden on girlfriend Jenna Coleman, a new challenge that the Beeb has in-store for DW viewers, and a recent set pic from series 9 filming.


A Life Size Flying TARDIS?

Ever wanted to have your own TARDIS? (Ok, right, we all want one. That was a dumb question.) Well, have you ever wanted to help build one? Fellow fans in California are looking for some help in doing just that! But this isn’t just some ordinary human version of the TARDIS going to sit in someone’s garage, no this one will fly!


Last year, Titan Comics chose Robert Scott’s Comickaze Comics in San Diego, CA, to host a Doctor Who Day event with special guests including some of the creators of the comics.  At the event,  Otto Dieffenbach of Flyguy Promotions, brought along his 1/2 scale FLYING replica TARDIS and wowed the crowd!


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This year, Robert and Otto are looking to create a FULL SIZE replica that will also fly but need some help getting it off the ground. They’ve set up a Kickstarter for a modest goal of $5000US, to help them achieve flight! While they aren’t outright selling the TARDIS, Comickaze is offering a number of great backer incentives including a small space on the Blue Box for your name, a photo, or a message as well as copies of the SDCC exclusive Tenth and Eleventh Doctor Titan Comics #1 photo variant covers. (The covers featured both Docs in tuxedos and made one larger image when put side by side.)


This sounds awesome! I hope they reach their goal! I can’t wait to see a real life flying TARDIS!


(via Bleeding Cool)


More With Madden On Coleman

Richard Madden continues to talk about his relationship with Doctor Who star Jenna Coleman. The Cinderella actor was speaking with with Vulture while on the press tour for the movie and spoke about, among other things, his relationship with Coleman and visiting the TARDIS set.


Game of Thrones' Richard Madden wants Doctor Who role.


“…I’ve watched Doctor Who since I was a kid. I loved it, and I still love it…I can geek out about it, like when I go to set and see the TARDIS. I was selfie-ing the s**t out of it, and sending it to my dad! ‘Look, it’s me in the TARDIS!’ I thought it was the coolest thing ever.”


The former Game Of Thrones star has been dating Coleman since 2011.


Can You Handle A Challenge?

The Beeb is trying to look hip, cool, with it, and up to speed with the world. Last year, they released The Doctor And The Dalek, a game meant for the younger set focused on learning computer skills. As part of their new “Make It Digital” ‘computer awareness movement’ the Beeb will be adding a new level of fan interaction to the next season of Doctor Who.


No major details have come to light yet on just how this new challenge will work, but the goal will be to have viewers watch the upcoming season and probably based on information given during the episodes. create a new computer programme based on Who.


The BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob told Radio Times that DW executive producer is “on board” with the idea. The BBC also released a statement:


“The aim is to encourage and celebrate fan creativity and showcase some of our audience’s amazing user-generated content that has gathered millions of views online and has even made it onto the show. More details will be announced in due course.”


Let’s just hope that this isn’t the real story of how Skynet began…


Doctor Who Nominated for BAFTA Craft Award

Our dear Doctor and his team are once again nominated for an award. This year, the three visual effects houses that create all of the CGI used in Doctor Who have been nominated for their outstanding work in the last year. Milk VFX, Real SFX, and BBC Wales VFX have been nominated for the BAFTA Craft Award for Special, Visual, and Graphic Effects. The teams from Atlantis, David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies 3D, and Ripper Street have all also been nominated.


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Doctor Who is the incumbent winner of the award, having been nominated and won last year. The winners will be announced 26th April.


(via Doctor Who News)


In Case You Missed It…

Last week the official Doctor Who Instagram account posted this picture of Michelle Gomez on set in Tenerife while filming the upcoming series 9!


https://instagram.com/p/0a1n8Igo1b/


That’s it! Anything you would like to see in a News Blast? Send us a message with your suggestion.


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Published on March 29, 2015 00:52

March 28, 2015

Millennium FX’s Awesome Doctor Who Monster Collection: 2005-2015

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.


Weeping Angels, Slitheen, the Absorbaloff, the Silence, Empress Racnoss, the Sycorax… all of these amazing Doctor Who monsters were brought to visual life thanks to the amazing team at Millennium FX, under the watchful eye of Neill Gorton. To celebrate ten years of monstrous creations, Millenium FX has released this video, showcasing everything from pig creatures to devils, and everything in between.


Old looking young cast members, cats, clones, and much more; this video features a catalogue of 114 creations, some completely original, others revisions of classic Doctor Who monster designs (such as the Cybermen or the Dalek mutant creature.


Just imagine what Doctor Who‘s return would have been without Millennium FX – he unsung heroes of nuWho!


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Published on March 28, 2015 12:31

Reviewed: Blake’s 7 Ghost Ship

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It’s been a few years since my last Blake’s 7 audio outing, and things have changed a lot since I heard Avon, Tarrant and Vila spar and bicker in the BBC’s audio drama, The Sevenfold Crown (by Barry Letts). It was a story that never quite captured the world or characters of Blake’s 7, but with Big Finish handling the audio license, Big Finish have done what Big Finish tend to do and taken the show back to its roots.


Ghost Ship is set in Blake’s 7’s series three, where Blake (Gareth Thomas) was lost to the galaxy (to be found in theatre) and Avon (Paul Darrow) had reluctantly taken captaincy of the Liberator with a refurbished crew now including cheeky chops space captain Del Tarrant, and a weapons expert with a consummate talent for getting herself disarmed each episode, Dayna Mellanby. In Big Finish’s inserted series arc, Dayna is missing from the ship (and therefore unsurprisingly, so is actress Josette Simon). Avon believes Dayna’s knowledge of the Liberator makes her a rogue card he ain’t too happy to have wandering the galaxy looking for people to disarm her. In her place, Del Grant (Tom Chadbon), a canonical character from series 2 episode Countdown, has joined the dysfunctional team. The story of Ghost Ship handles these changes to canon fairly peripherally, as it’s really a story about the legendary Blake’s 7 thief who is never far from a locked door or a bottle of Soma – or preferably close to both – Vila Restal.


Ghost Ship is a simple tale: Vila Restal, left behind on the Liberator manning the ship’s teleport, finds himself alone to face the supernatural. With just two super-computers for company, neither of which are particularly interested in the cowardly thief’s protests of strange happenings, Vila must uncover the truth behind the strange power fluctuations and voices that are haunting the large alien vessel…


Vila gets to make a choice some may find contentious, but risks are important to any revival.


The idea fits Blake’s 7 perfectly, both in structure, resolution. It is largely a one man show, utilizing a key show set-piece that all in all gives it the feeling of an episode of a television show constantly scrimping to save on budget. Iain McLaughlin’s story is reminiscent of a couple of other Liberator stories, series 2’s Shadow and series 3’s Sarcophagus, though feels directly like neither. Actor Michael Keating captures Vila perfectly, and performs comfortably on his own, guiding the viewer through the empty, massive ship (Liberator was meant to be far larger than Trek’s Enterprise).


Any issues? Well, I will say this for staunch listeners, as it will annoy a few, age has changed their voices – but that’s life, deal with it. The same was noticeable for the Davison crew in Big Finish’s Doctor Who range; sometimes you’ve just got to accept people – even cult heroes – get older. That being said, Keating’s voice remains largely on key. In the light of Peter Tuddenham’s death, the replacement voices for Zen and Orac are pretty good matches as well. If I was hyper-critical, the script isn’t quite as sharp as the television show, but so much of an improvement on the late, great, Barry Lett’s BBC audio stories.


For all these minor niggles, this is very much Blake’s 7 with a few little Big Finish tweaks to keep it fresh for audiences and actors. There is one moment where Vila gets to make a choice some may find contentious, but risks are important to any revival; as much as an audience should enjoy the expected ghosts of the past, they should equally appreciate challenges to their expectations. With its new arcs and edgy character choices, Big Finish keep Blake’s 7 from becoming a precious, polished antique and a worthy continuation of a bold and uncompromising science-fiction show.


Ghost Ship is available to buy from Big Finish, £10.99 CD or £8.99 download. 


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Published on March 28, 2015 06:30

Big Finish Releases Thrilling Trailer For The Cloisters of Terror

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Doctor Who has always been known for its “hide behind the sofa” moments, and while I’ve found it to be a rare occurrence, personally, when watching the show, the moments that do grip you are terrifying.


The Fourth Doctor era has long been deemed as the scariest of them all, and it’s fitting that Big Finish calls on some of that with its up coming release, Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Cloisters of Terror. They’ve also released a brand new trailer, above.


Big Finish also released a brief overview of the Fourth Doctor and Leela adventure, by Jonathan Morris:


“St Matilda’s College, Oxford is haunted. The building was formerly a convent and, so the story goes, three ghostly nuns wander its passages during the hours of darkness. The story goes on to say that anyone who sees the ‘three sisters’ will not be long for this world.


When one of the students mysteriously disappears, the Dean of the College, Dame Emily Shaw, has no option but to call in the police. Her call appears to be answered when a Police Box arrives in her study; the Doctor and Leela have come to investigate and uncover the dark secret that has lain buried beneath the college for almost a thousand years…”


You might have not noticed the Dean’s last name is Shaw, and you would be correct in wondering if there is a connection to the Third Doctor’s companion, Liz Shaw. Rowena Cooper has been cast as Emily Shaw, mother to Liz Shaw.


I do love a good scare and ghost story, so I’ll definitely be interested in listening to The Cloisters of Terror. It’s set for a June release, but can be preordered now. What do you think, dear readers? Has the trailer piqued your interest?


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Published on March 28, 2015 01:25

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