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Cliffhangers: Third Doctor 2
Last time we looked at some cliffhangers from the Third Doctor era and noted how limited they had become in comparison to the Sixties episodes. Placing the Doctor and/or his companions in danger was the default cliffhanger. What we didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Jo, Jon Pertwee, Master, Sarah Jane Smith
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The Dr Who Annual 1975
The Doctor Who annuals continued their slow decline in terms of the artwork, but the quality of the stories actually improved with the 1975 annual. They are not quite so derivative of the television episodes, but more importantly the end … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975 Annual, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Sarah Jane Smith
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Cliffhangers: Third Doctor 1
I have watched every Doctor Who episode in order a couple of times, and on both occasions the big slog to get through has been the Third Doctor era. Somehow it always seems like an awful lot of the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Liz, Master, Sarah Jane Smith
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Dimensions in Time
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
The Five Doctors
Ext. The Death Zone. IAN and BARBARA CHESTERTON are walking across a barren, rocky landscape. BARBARA looks frightened. BARBARA: Ian, what was that strange pyramid? IAN: Presumably some kind of travel device. We seem to have been transported somewhere. BARBARA: … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Fifth Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Brigadier, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Peter Davison, Sarah Jane Smith, Susan, Tegan, Tom Baker
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The Three Doctors
There have been a handful of multi-Doctor stories over the years, so it is difficult to imagine how amazing it must have seemed the first time it happened. More importantly, although it might seem like the most natural idea in … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, The Three Doctors, William Hartnell
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The Dr Who Annual 1974
The Doctor Who annuals continue their slow decline with this offering, featuring endless boring lucky dips from the children’s encyclopedia. There are six short stories and two comic strips. The annuals always did feel out of step with the television … Continue reading
Posted in Annuals, Books, Doctor Who, Entertainment, Science Fiction, Third Doctor
Tagged 1974 Annual, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Master, UNIT
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Planet of the Daleks
The one thing that always gets mentioned about this story is that it is virtually a remake of The Daleks, with some bits of other 60s Dalek stories thrown into the mix. It’s hard to argue with that. We have … Continue reading
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Tagged Daleks, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Planet of the Daleks
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The Time Warrior
Oh, I could murder a cup of tea. …and at that moment the British viewing public fell in love with Sarah Jane Smith. It was no thanks to Robert Holmes though. Just look what Elisabeth Sladen has to contend with … Continue reading
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Tagged Brigadier, Elisabeth Sladen, Jon Pertwee, Sarah Jane Smith, The Time Warrior
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The Dr Who Annual 1973
Observant readers will notice that the last annual we looked at was dated 1971 and this one is 1973, but we haven’t actually missed one out. Doctor Who was not deemed a successful enough series to warrant an annual for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973 Annual, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Master, UNIT
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Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Many years ago I wrote a review of Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and commented on the silliness of the idea of tricking people into believing they are on a spaceship. People would never be fooled by that, surely? I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Jon Pertwee, Mike, Sarah Jane Smith
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The Green Death
It wasn’t just coal that came out of the ground. It was death. A death coloured green. A Green Death. For the third year in a row we have our big Season finale by the Robert Sloman and Barry Letts … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Mike, The Green Death
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Carnival of Monsters
To put this in context, after three years exiled to Earth this is the first story after the Time Lords gave the Doctor his freedom back. This widens out the kinds of stories he can get involved in, because he … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnival of Monsters, Jo, Jon Pertwee
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The Mutants
There are a few Doctor Who stories that I can’t help but love, although I know they are sub-par when I look at them analytically. I suppose that comes down to style over substance, or actors transcending the material they … Continue reading
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Tagged Jo, Jon Pertwee, The Mutants
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The Dr Who Annual 1971
The five Doctor Who annuals published during the 60s were all written along similar lines, a kind of mashup between The Web Planet and the Cushing movies. By the time we got to the Troughton era, this was already feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged 1971 Annual, Brigadier, Jon Pertwee, Liz
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The Sea Devils
So here we have Doctor Who and the Eocenes. No, that’s not right either. And so begins an unfortunate trend of the people who make Doctor Who listening to feedback and trying to do something about it, which has invariably … Continue reading
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Tagged Jo, Jon Pertwee, Master, The Sea Devils
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Inferno
One of the working titles for Inferno which always stuck in my mind was The Mo-Hole Project, because it sounded so odd. It is actually a reference to Don Houghton’s inspiration for this story, Project Mohole, a US drilling project … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Inferno, Jon Pertwee, Kola Superdeep Borehole, Liz, Project Mohole
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The Ambassadors of Death
The Ambassadors….. OF DEATH!!! Despite being seven episodes long (and unlike The Silurians never quite justifying its length) this feels incredibly modern. It is one of only a handful of Classic Series stories to get a proper trailer, it has … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Jon Pertwee, Journey into Space, Liz, Quatermass, The Ambassadors of Death
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The Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians, to give it it’s full and very Target-esque title, is superficially a Second Doctor story. There is a base that is under attack, being run by a blinkered fanatic who puts his work above any … Continue reading
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Tagged Brigadier, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Jon Pertwee, Liz, The Silurians, UNIT
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Day of the Daleks
Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey. For a time travel series Doctor Who is actually about time travel very rarely, especially during its original run. Day of the Daleks feels remarkably fresh and ahead of the game, with people travelling back from … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Day of the Daleks, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Mike, UNIT
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