Posted in : Books , Comics , Comics Publishers , Current News , Titan| Tagged : Nev Fountain , Void Vixens
Kit Pelham , Fangirl Detective , gets a 2nd novel , Lied And Dolls , by Nev Fountain , from Titan Books in July 2025
Last year , Titan Books publishedThe Fan Who Knew Too Much : The Kit Pelham MysteriesbyNev Fountain . Now I know Nev of previous from the Writers ' elbow room at BBC Broadcasting House for the Radio 4 topical sketch comedyWeek terminate . People could just walk into the BBC back then and pitching ideas at a meeting , which was handily held at lunchtime nigh to where I was working in an office staff . Nev went on to puzzle out onDead Ringers , on radio and TV , as well as the likes ofHave I Got News for You , The News Quiz , Loose Ends , as well as being a senior writer on my favourite powder store , Private Eye . And I … did this .
Nev Fountain has also write a bunch ofDoctor Whoaudio dramas for Big Finish Productions , includingOmega , The Kingmaker , andPeri and the Piscon Paradox . Oh yes , remember Peri ? Well , actressNicola Bryant , who played her , is his partner . So yes , he bring home the bacon . She also read the audiobook of his thrillerPainkiller , as well as playing persona in his investigator novel audiosThe Mervyn Stone Mysteries , also published by Big Finish Productions in 2010 . That ’s about the exploits of an X - script editor in chief of science fable goggle box series calledVixens from the Void , who encounters murder at sci - fi conventions , during the recording of a DVD commentary , and during a revival of the series . And then last year , Nev Fountain launchedThe Kit Pelham Mysteriesfrom Titan Books . The first loudness , The Fan Who fuck Too Much , introduced Pelham , a podcaster and sci - fi superfan , who investigates the murder of her friend , who promise to unveil secrets aboutVixen from the Void … it ’s all part of the FountainVerse . And now a 2nd Word of God , Lies and Dolls , is due to be published in July 2025 , also by Titan Books . Here ’s a look at the pair …
The Fan Who Knew Too Much : The Kit Pelham Mysteriesby Nev FountainLaunching a novel series , a podcaster and cult scientific discipline fiction superfan shop a infotainment to solve her friend ’s execution , and a 40 - year - old disappearance , in this lush and fiendishly twisting mystery . sodding for fans of definitive video such as Doctor Who and Star Trek , shaky cardboard band and spandex costume , and sharp - witted amateur police detective criminal offence such as Richard Osman , J. M. Hall and Andrew Cartmel . Kit Pelham is a professional fan , interviewer , host of the podcast The First Cult is the Deepest , and occasional obituary author . Except this clip the obituary is for her supporter , rebel podcaster Wolf Tyler , who is murdered in his shed during a live broadcast , moments before revealing a huge secret about the cult TV show Vixens from the Void . Kit and her group of friends and fellow superfans soon realise Wolf had come across something about the disappearing of Lily Sparkes , an extra on Vixens from the Void , back in 1986 . And it was a hugger-mugger deserving kill for … To find justice for their acquaintance , and much more importantly , new trivia about their favourite TV show , the bunch decide to put together a ' Then and Now ' Blu - Ray documentary film that will reunite the original cast and crew . Armed with only a shoe lace budget , an occasionally soggy trailer , action at law name ( in the original packaging ) and encyclopedic cognition of 1980s sci - fi TV , they have just four days to discover Wolf ’s enigma , and solve his murder .
Lies and bird : The Kit Pelham Mysteriesby Nev FountainA pacy , laughter - out - loud funny whodunnit set in the earth of cult sci - fi fandom , this novel sees the return of neurodiverse sleuth Kit Pelham as she investigate the devastation of rarified vintage activity material body and an real murder at a rare miniature museum . Perfect for fan of Richard Osman , J. M. Hall , Ian Moore and Andrew Cartmel . Professional cult sci - fi fan Kit Pelham returns in this laugh - out - loud funny follow - up to The Fan Who Knew Too Much . When Kit and her best friend Binfire pass to a stately place in Lincolnshire to watch five ultra - rare Vixens from the Void action number – the chief showing at the opening of a young miniature museum – they add up across more than just nerds and toy - collectors . The figures are steal from their chalk case and , just as Kit and Binfire begin to get their headland around this mystery , they set off to reappear , broken into pieces , left for their overwrought owners to discover . And that ’s when the real killings start .
And here ’s the conceit behind the fictitious show that has now spawned two series …
Synopsis : The female conglomerate of VIXOS sweep the whole galaxy , ruled by the VIXENS . The public security of the conglomerate is shattered by the tidings of a tragic accident . The majestic birdie crash in a stark area of blank space known as the VOIDLANDS . VIXOSSIA the PRIME MISTRESS of VIXOS is killed , along with half the purple household . The sister of the PRIME MISTRESS is MAGAROTH , who was already ruling in her older sister ’s absence seizure . When the word comes of the fortuity she is expect to abuse down in favor of ARKADIA , third in line to the can , next to her mother and her older babe BYZANTIA ( who also cash in one’s chips in the wreck ) . To the surprise of many , MAGAROTH refuses to step apart and assumes the theatrical role of PRIME MISTRESS , claim that ARKADIA is too young and inexperient to harness , and offering tutelage to ARKADIA in the royal castle . CAPTAIN TALON , meanwhile , get to a journey to the VOIDLANDS to recover the imperial ship , and becomes suspicious that the accident may not have been an accident at all …
Notes : ' harpy from the Void ' was huckster by producer Nicholas Everett and writer Mervyn Stone to the BBC to sate the hole left by the cancellation of ' Doctor Who ' . They summarise it as ' Dallas ' meets ' Dynasty ' … but in infinite ! The BBC was particularly concerned in the idea , as Head of Episodic Serials Hugo Treadway had latterly issued a directive to let in more female voices in BBC dramatic event . Treadway show the proposal to his married woman for favorable reception , who hate it , and signal out it was write by two men . Thankfully for ' Vixens from the Void ' fans , Treadway dismissed her strong reservations as his wife ’s ' moodytime - of - the - calendar month stuff ' and ' Vixens from the Void ' was commissioned .
' Vixens from the Void ' premiered on BBC1 on 18 September 1986 . A party was held in BBC studio 8 to fete the new show , attended by the cast , production squad and the Head of Episodic Serials with his new wife , former personal supporter , Selena Treadway , who became Head of Sitcom Development the following year . The opening instalment refer the offstage death of a character and the other characters ' reaction to that end . The soap opera house ' EastEnders ' did something similar a year before . The first episode of the series , ' Coronation ' , was given a large than common budget with extra Day for emplacement take , as it was decide that generic exterior shots could be taken and slotted into subsequent episodes . The same pattern was undertaken for the first episode of serial publication two , ' Assassins of Destiny – part two ' , and all subsequent serial .
The climax of serial publication one , ' Assassins of Destiny – part one ' , was largely filmed in the studio because the series budget had run out at that stage . If the story is watched as a digest , it is interesting to note there is a point around the fifty - minute sign where everyone decides to go alfresco . ' Vixens from the Void ' was an instant winner , with nine million TV audience tune in on a regular basis for the first series . However , in recent years the programme has been marred by allegement made relating to its inception . Accusations were made by several woman writers claiming they had been asked to contribute to Hugo Treadway ’s ' female voices ' initiative by pitching ideas for a young sci - fi plan in 1985 . They were invited up to his office on the eighth floor , where they were confront with a nude Treadway , a bottle of chilled Dom Perignon and a couch that fold up out into a seam . These allegation have been reported to the Metropolitan Police ’s ' Operation Mulberry ' section ( set up in response to the ' # metoo ' apparent movement ) and are currently being investigate .
Enjoyed this ? Please share on social medium !
