Michael Moorcock set to write a Doctor Who novel

Michael Moorcock will be writing a Doctor Who novel? I sure didn't see that coming.

At first glance, he seems like the most unlikely writer to pen a media tie-in novel, but if you think about his Eternal Champion heroes and how they exist as many individuals across many universes, it sort of makes sense. Doctor Who is an Eternal Champion, although a lot more upbeat than most of Moorcock's characters.

I've never read a Doctor Who novel, but I'd go out of my way to read this one.

In other Doctor Who news, if you're in Blackpool, England, the Doctor Who exhibit there has shut down for good, but they are selling off bits of the museum. Sadly, for collectors, none of the actual exhibits are for sale, just bits of signage and the like.

I guess it closed because there were too many Doctor Who exhibits in England. How many are there? Enough that there is an entire website devoted to them.

On the subject of media tie-ins, if you liked Alan Dean Foster's adaptation of the new Star Trek movie, you'll be glad to know that he's written a sequel called Star Trek: Refugees which is set to be published next June. I imagine it will bear no resemblance to the next Trek movie. Sort of like Splinter in the Mind's Eye acted as a sequel for Star Wars, but was in no way related to the next movie.