John Leeson
Author of Tweaking The Tail: The Autobiography of John Leeson
Works by John Leeson
K9 and the Time Trap 1 copy
K9 and the Beasts of Vega 1 copy
K9 and the Zeta Rescue 1 copy
K9 and the Missing Planet 1 copy
Associated Works
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles, Volume 11: Brother, Poison and Escape from Destiny (2015) — Narrator — 6 copies
Kaldor City: Storm Mine — Narrator — 5 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1943-03-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- actor
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 26
- Members
- 12
- Popularity
- #813,248
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
Yet another one of the Doctor Who books rushed out for the 2013 anniversary (in this case a revision and expansion of a 2011 book with a different title), by the actor who played the voice of K9 in both Old and New Who and also in no less than three spinoffs (K9 and Company, the Sarah Jane Adventures, and the Australian K9 series). Leeson's style is a bit twee, rather reminiscent of Arthur Marshall's Myrtlebank; but he writes about some serious subjects, most notably his own struggles with mental health as a teenager - without going into extensive detail, he makes it clear that he had a lot to overcome. Apart from that, he's had an actor's career, done a few conventions, become an expert on food and wine, been a local magistrate; curiously omitted is the fact that he stood in local council elections for the Liberal Democrats in 2002 and 2010 (and did so for a third time in 2018). Much the funniest anecdote is his attendance, at first incognito, at a convention in the USA where he came second in a competition for K9 impressions, before revealing who he actually was. A very quick read.… (more)