Saturday, 31 January 2026

Alrightreads: TV XXIV

Ilaria Vescovo, Star Trek: Baby's First Klingon Words

2022 / Ebook / 20 pages

**

A novelty item for babyish adults or parents so desperate to hook their toddler on a favourite franchise that they'll educate them in a useless fictional language, non-existent planets, curses and the names of specific weapons. There's life to waste on that stuff later.


Timothy J. Lee, Doctor Who: A Companion – An Unofficial Guide to 50 Years of T.V.'s Most Iconic Show!

2013 / Audiobook / 424 pages

***

The type of low-effort blog-as-book that's just the sort of thing I feel like sometimes.


Thomas Ligotti and Brandon Trenz, Crampton: The X-Files Screenplay

1998 / Ebook / 41 pages

****

This would have made a memorably eerie episode at the series' peak, after the extensive revisions needed to make it fit into the semi-plausible X-Files world.


Dafydd ab Hugh, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Fallen Heroes

1994 / Audiobook / 282 pages

****

Would have made a memorable time travel disaster puzzle episode, until it was made redundant by 'Visionary.'


Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: EarthWorld

2001 / Audiobook / 252 pages

***

One of many books that wouldn't have crossed my path if the free audiobook hadn't been sitting there, I don't know where I'm dropping in, but the historically inaccurate killer theme park was crazy enough to keep my interest.