Tag Archives: Colin Baker

From the Archives: Bad Wolf 2008

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Mike’s excellent convention report this week has inspired me to take a look at some of my own archived convention reports, so I have dug out the following from July 2008, included here now as a historical curiosity. The first … Continue reading →

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Cliffhangers: Sixth Doctor

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Whenever the Doctor regenerates the next few cliffhangers tend to concentrate on placing the companions in danger rather than the Doctor.  This doesn’t always happen, but is a good rule for the series to follow because we perhaps care a … Continue reading →

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Dimensions in Time

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Pickled in time like gherkins in a jar. It wasn’t an auspicious start, possibly the worst opening line of anything, well… ever.  The choice of villain was also a slight disappointment for the 30th Anniversary.  The Rani always was a … Continue reading →

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Revelation of the Daleks

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Roger Pocock

He was resting on a kind of dais and his casing was made of glass. Inside, I could see the same sort of repulsive creature that the Doctor and I had taken out of the machine and wrapped in the … Continue reading →

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A Fix With Sontarans

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Roger Pocock

All this week we have been looking at the Sontaran stories, but there was a little gap there, a hole in our Sontaran Week, and we need to Fix It.  I thought long and hard about whether to just ignore … Continue reading →

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The Two Doctors

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Hey, you know what would be a good idea? Let’s bring back an old monster! We’ve done quite a lot of that lately. I mean, what’s left? Sontarans. The short potato men? Yeah, but let’s make them really tall this … Continue reading →

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In Memory Alone

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Roger Pocock

The first unofficial Doctor Who spinoff video was Wartime, in 1988.  This was made by Reeltime Pictures, known for their Myth Makers interview tapes, and is the only one of its kind that was made while Doctor Who was still … Continue reading →

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Timelash

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Roger Pocock

By necessity, this week has been an exercise in saying “this is rubbish, and here’s why”.  When faced with Doctor Who stories that are simply not very good, I tend to look for what is interesting about them, but the … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Cybermen

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Here’s what the British Board of Film Classification has to say about their “U” certificate, which stands for “Universal – Suitable for All”: A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, although it is impossible … Continue reading →

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The Twin Dilemma

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Roger Pocock

The first time a child sees his or her Doctor regenerate is a difficult moment.  It relies on the new Doctor capturing the imagination quickly, to keep the child invested in the series.  Unfortunately my own first experience of regeneration … Continue reading →

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The Trial of a Time Lord

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Roger Pocock

All this week we have been looking at the individual sections of The Trial of a Time Lord, although it was actually broadcast as one 14-part story.  In retrospect the whole thing seems like an odd decision.  After a longer … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Foe

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Between Seasons 22 and 23 Doctor Who was taken off air for a year longer than normal, and for its return the producer, John Nathan-Turner, was instructed to make it less violent.  If hiring the writer of Vengeance on Varos … Continue reading →

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Terror of the Vervoids

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This is our future installment of the Trial evidence, and the Doctor is travelling with a new companion.  Mel’s main function at the outset seems to be to get the Doctor to exercise, rather bizarrely and cruelly calling attention to … Continue reading →

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Mindwarp

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Roger Pocock

I like to try to be as positive as possible about every Doctor Who story, so let’s start with this: the Quantel Paintbox effects shot is stunning for the time, and Brian Blessed is HUGE fun as Yrcanos.  Without him … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Planet

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Brace yourselves.  All this week we will be looking at the 14-part Doctor Who story The Trial of a Time Lord.  On Friday we will take an overall view of the story, so today I won’t be mentioning the framing … Continue reading →

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Vengeance on Varos

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Roger Pocock

After two dodgy scripts, Colin Baker at last gets one that shows some promise. There are some interesting ideas here, which tackle contemporary issues, chiefly the glorification of violence on television, and also the burden of leadership. Such is the … Continue reading →

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The Mark of The Rani

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Yes, this is called ‘The Mark of The Rani’, with a second capital ‘T’. Not only is this at odds with the normal conventions of capitalisation, but it goes against the usual trend of Doctor Who titling, and is the … Continue reading →

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