Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} by Ian Briggs Dragonfire. At the Iceworld Space Trading Colony on Svartos, the Doctor and Mel unexpectedly encounter an old 'friend.' The penniless and desperate Sabalom Glitz has only one option to leave Svartos: find the fabled 'Dragonfire' treasure concealed somewhere in the depths of the planet. Joined by , a teenage waitress with a love for explosives, the group ventures off to uncover lost riches, not knowing that Kane, Iceworld's ruthlessly intimidating overlord, will gladly murder them all to gain possession of the Dragonfire himself. Before long the Doctor finds himself playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with Kane's mercenaries, descending through the ice caverns ever closer towards the deadly gaze of the monstrous dragon that lurks below. Doctor Who – Dragonfire. My semester has begun so, as with the previous post, expect me to make occasional connections between what I am studying and what I am watching. And as it happens, I am currently studying Marshall McLuhan in my Religion in Media class, which is relevant to Dragonfire because McLuhan is namedropped. Specifically, one character is named after him. As it turns out, quite a few characters are named after film and media theorists, and I am tempted to find what Briggs was trying to say by referencing them. Here is a quick overview: Béla Balázs, Hungarian-Jewish film critic Siegfried Kracauer, German theorist who studied the effect of technology on memory Marshall McLuhan, Canadian theorist who coined the phrase “the medium is the message,” meaning that medium dictates more to our understanding and cognition than the message communicated André Bazin, French film theorist/critic who argued for films portraying “objective reality” rather than the manipulation of reality Rudolf Arnheim, German film theorist and psychologist who believed meaning could be perceived through patterns, shapes, and colors and that art, then, was not merely aesthetic but a perception of meaning and the world Vsevolod Pudovkin, Russian director. Of these theorists, McLuhan is the one I am most familiar with. With these pieces in play, it is tempting to find a connection between them, a pattern which links them, in an attempt to discern a larger idea in Dragonfire . Unfortunately, such a connection eludes me. Perhaps Kracauer is a reference to the fleeting memory of what constitutes a Doctor Who story, much as JNT said that the memory cheats. Perhaps McLuhan’s ideas of hot and cold media relate somehow to the dual nature of Svartos with its dark, polar region and hot, sunny region. Or maybe it is all a suggestion to not look too deeply since this is light entertainment, which I doubt because Briggs makes frequent references to film theory, philosophy, and Doctor Who studies. I’m inclined to think that the pieces never quite come together from a critical standpoint. On the other hand, the story is a fun adventure with references to fantasy epics and adventure. Ace’s introduction has quite a few references to The Wizard of Oz , perhaps another clue to decoding the story. So, even if there is no greater message here, or even if the message fails to manifest, there is plenty to engage with. In all, a fine ending to an enjoyable season. Season 24 is a promising start to a re-working of Doctor Who . Dragonfire by Ian Briggs. Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks. DOCTOR WHO: DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by Target, London, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good- Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. #137. Science Fiction. DOCTOR WHO: DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by Target, London, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Good. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. #137. Science Fiction. DOCTOR WHO: DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by Target, London, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. #137. Science Fiction. DOCTOR WHO: DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by Target, London, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. #137. Science Fiction. DOCTOR WHO - DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by London. Target. 1989, London, United Kingdom, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. #20322. 1st PB ed. PB. TV tie-in. VG+. Store stamp on half-title pp; light leaf edge browning; a few v. small spine chips. DR. WHO #137. DOCTOR WHO - DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, Ian. Published by London. Target. 1989, London, United Kingdom, 1989. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st PB ed. #20322. PB. TV tie-in. VG+. Light roll but no readers creases. DR. WHO #137. DOCTOR WHO, DRAGONFIRE. Briggs, ian. Published by target,, 1989. Used - Softcover. Paperback. first edition. fine, unread, new looking, paperback, DOCTOR WHO: DRAGONFIRE(VHS VIDEO TAPE) IAN BRIGGS(SCRIPT), CHRIS CLOUGH(DIRECTOR), SYLVESTER McCOY(STARS) Published by BBC ENTERPRISES LTD, LONDON, 1994. Used Condition: Good. DVD. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. BRUNO ELETTON(COVER ART) (illustrator). First Video Release. VHS Video tape in original plastic case. Ex-library copy. Library writing on side of tape. Picture is slightly fuzzy in places and there is a wear squeak on the tape. Label residue on box spine. Features the (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel(Bonnie Langford). This story introduces Ace(). Location: XL1 Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Doctor Who: Dragonfire. Bonnie Langford reads this novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Seventh Doctor, as played on TV by Sylvester MCoy. When the Doctor and Mel arrive in the Space Trading Colony Iceworld, the Doctor can feel that there is mischief afoot. He and Mel don't have to wait long before they discover the culprit, Sabalom Glitz. Glitz is hot on the trail of hidden treasure, and the Doctor decides to join him. Down in the Ice Passages they go - through the Ice Garden, past the Singing Trees, beyond the Lake of Oblivion - in search of the Dragon's Treasure. But the Doctor and his companions don't know the true worth of this mythical hoard. Only Kane, the most feared man in Iceworld, knows the secret of the Dragonfire. Bonnie Langford, who played Mel in the BBC One series, reads Ian Briggs' own novelisation of his 1987 TV serial, which also introduces new companion Ace. Ian Briggs. Ian Briggs (born 31 October 1958 [1] ) wrote the Doctor Who stories Dragonfire and as well as their novelisations. He also created the character of the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace, who first appeared in Dragonfire . Briggs based Ace on a "scanty" document from script editor Andrew Cartmel outlining a character who was London girl called Alf. (DWM 473) In a talk with Cartmel, Briggs said he had watched the show "avidly" as a kid and teenager, but when he reached his early 20s, he believed he was starting to outgrow it. He said that while William Hartnell's First Doctor was not easy to empathise with, he still had a curiosity, cared about things and "wasn't just bad tempered". Briggs believed that lacking these hooks was what went "wrong" with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor, who was a similarly difficult character. (DWM 473) Briggs described Russell T Davies' approach to Doctor Who in the 21st century as "a vivid re-imagining, taking the basic principles [of the 20th century series] and doing them in the way TV is now made instead of just continuing from the 1980s". He was "greatly in admiration of both Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat in developing their new versions". However, he did not believe that either Davies or Moffat were reframing Ace when they created their own ideas for contemporary companions. Instead he thought that the "great idea" that "young women from contemporary Earth make a good dynamic for a companion" was just something Briggs, Cartmel (with his outline for "Alf"), Davies and Moffat were drawn towards separately. (DWM 473)