Mike Tucker est un expert distingué en effets spéciaux fort d'une longue expérience au sein du département des effets visuels de BBC Television, dirigeant désormais sa propre société, The Model Unit, en tant que superviseur des effets. Au-delà de ses réalisations techniques, il est un auteur publié, connu pour ses romans originaux dérivés de Doctor Who et ses livres basés sur la série télévisée Merlin. Tucker est également coauteur d'œuvres factuelles importantes détaillant l'histoire des effets spéciaux et de la production télévisuelle. Ses contributions englobent à la fois la création technique de merveilles visuelles et l'exploration narrative de formats télévisuels populaires.
Discover how the designers work with the costume, make-up and special effects
teams to produce the alien worlds, and how the work has evolved from the
programme's `classic' era to the panoramic alien worlds and technologies that
delight audiences today.
To become the dominant species in the universe. The Dalek Combat Training
Manual collates intelligence gathered by Time Lords over centuries of raging
wars through time and space, and is invaluable to anyone engaging the Daleks
in battle.
"Well, I doubt you'll ever see a bigger insect." Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. 'Mummy there's a daddy longlegs in my room!' Then the screaming starts... Alan Travers is heading home from the pub when something rushes his face — a spider's web. Then something huge and deadly lumbers from the shadows... Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous. But it isn't the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn't the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous. It isn't an old man's garbled memories of past dangers that intrigue him. With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that no one is safe. Not unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War.
The author provides an intimate and unfiltered account of a Marine scout/sniper platoon during their 2005-2006 combat tour. By embedding with the elite unit, the narrative captures the harrowing experiences and unique perspectives of the snipers, offering readers an exclusive oral history from the front lines. This raw and provocative exploration reveals the complexities of warfare and the personal stories behind the soldiers' experiences.
A mysterious new knight arrives in Camelot for the sword tournament. His fighting skills are impressive but Merlin suspects that dark magic is involved. With Prince Arthur next in line to fight, time is running out for Merlin to prove that evil is afoot.
Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds. For over fifteen years the crew
of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep
within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding
Human Empire.
Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Ace embark on a trail that brings them
face to face with hidden Nazi agents, and encounter some very old enemies...
An adventure featuring the Seventh Doctor, as played by Sylvester McCoy, and
his companion Ace