July 2011

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“The Armageddon Factor” is the sixth adventure of the sixteenth season, known by the global title “The Key to Time”, which aired in 1979. It follows “The Power of Kroll” and it’s a six parts adventure written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin and directed by Michael Hayes.

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The novel “Destiny Times Three” by Fritz Leiber was published for the first time in 1945 in the magazine “Astounding”. In 1996 it was a finalist for the Retro Hugo Award for 1946. In the future, two scientists are conducting a research on a possible global crisis. More and more people have nightmares but above all there are more and more cases of people who are considered impostors by relatives or friends and cases of amnesia.

Doctor Who - The Key to Time - The Power of Kroll

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“The Power of Kroll” is the fifth adventure of the sixteenth season, known by the global title “The Key to Time”, which aired between the end of 1978 and the beginning of 1979. It follows “The Androids of Tara” and it’s a four parts adventure written by Robert Holmes and directed by Norman Stewart.

Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (Italian edition)

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The novel “Behold the Man” by Michael Moorcock was published for the first time in 1969. In 1966 it had already been published in a shorter version which won the Nebula Award as the best novella of the year. Karl Glogauer travels in a time machine to arrive in Palestine in 28 AD searching for Jesus. His machine falls apart in a quite violent arrival and Karl is rescued by a group of Essenes. Thus he finds John the Baptist, who is their leader, but nobody seems to know Jesus.