Kit Pedler (1927–1981)
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Werken van Kit Pedler
Doomwatch: Series 1-3. The Remaining Episodes 7 exemplaren
The Long-term Residents 2 exemplaren
Doctor Who: Classic TV Adventures Collection One: Seven Full-Cast BBC TV Soundtracks (2017) 1 exemplaar
Quest for Gaia 1 exemplaar
The dynostar menace 1 exemplaar
The Dynostar Menace 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Pedler, Kit
- Officiële naam
- Pedler, Christopher Magnus Howard
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-06-11
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1981-05-27
- Graflocatie
- All Saints Churchyard, Graveney, Kent, England, UK
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- England
UK - Geboorteplaats
- London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Doddington, Kent, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Graveney, Kent, England, UK
Doddington, Kent, England, UK - Beroepen
- medical scientist
science writer
science fiction writer
scientific advisor (to BBC) - Organisaties
- Institute of Opthalmology, University of London
BBC
Thames Television
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- Werken
- 24
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 565
- Populariteit
- #44,255
- Waardering
- 3.4
- Besprekingen
- 5
- ISBNs
- 38
- Talen
- 4
The pacing, characters, and slice-of-life vignettes all clearly demonstrate Pedler & Davis' experiences creating and writing for TV, particularly "Doctor Who" and "Doomwatch" (this book is an expansion of the first episode of the latter); the problem here is that this reads way too much like a TV story treatment than a true novel: it's difficult to develop a sense of Reader Comfort along the way. The minor plot with the jewel heist, for instance, is truly unnecessary and pedestrian. Also, the book is indeed dated, with the casual smoking, gender stereotypes, cheap gay jokes, and "Mad Men" corporate meetings, but the thick, cliched _arch-Britishness_ of it all is so.....well, it's exactly what Douglas Adams lampooned with the Vogons and Arthur Dent.
All this being said, this short, dark, fascinating, and weirdly funny novel would (in the right hands) make a brilliantly entertaining movie. As it stands, it's still a decent summer read, especially if you like "Quatermass and the Pit" or mucking about in a Tardis.… (meer)