Tag Archives: Susan

The Alternate Dr. Who Family

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Companion Tropes Extra 11 Last Christmas… I gave you my heart. No, sorry, let’s try that again. It’s hard to start a sentence with those words, a bit like “who you gonna call”. Some words in the English language now … Continue reading →

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Ping-Pong Susan

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Companion Tropes 11 I like walking through the dark. It’s mysterious. That’s Susan, in the first ever episode of Doctor Who.  But by her second story, The Daleks, she’s not so keen on walking through the dark… on Skaro: SUSAN: … Continue reading →

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The Five Doctors

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Roger Pocock

It’s August 1966, and the second Dr. Who film has arrived in cinemas, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. or according to the trailer and film poster Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.  Either way, it an odd clumsifying of the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Who & the Daleks

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Roger Pocock

So here we have it, the first ever Doctor Who movie: Dr. Who & the Daleks.  Hold on a minute.  No no no.  A quick glance at the movie poster for this film will reveal that the title is actually: … Continue reading →

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Audience Identification: First Doctor

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Question: who is the audience identification figure or figures in classic Star Trek?  Who is the pudding-brain who has to ask all the inane questions to help the audience along?  Answer: everyone.  Trek had a clever format: everyone was a … Continue reading →

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The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This was the story that really kicked off the Sixties Dalekmania phenomenon; they were back by popular demand, and a much more powerful foe than in their debut appearance. No longer confined to their city, they could now inhabit pretty … Continue reading →

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The Daleks

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Roger Pocock

The Daleks have reached such a mythical status that replicating the experience of an original viewer is impossible.  It is difficult to imagine what this must have been like, not knowing what was at the other end of the sink … Continue reading →

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Planet of Giants

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Imagine for a moment you are involved in the creative side of making Doctor Who in the 1960s, and you have made Planet of Giants.  It has been transmitted and well received by the viewers.  The ratings are a couple … Continue reading →

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The Reign of Terror

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Rule One: the Doctor lies.  This is evident from his “Rule One”, which is at various times “do exactly what I say” (The Ribos Operation), “I’m in charge” (Dragonfire), “don’t wander off” (The Empty Child), “don’t be lasagne” (Into the … Continue reading →

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The Sensorites

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Roger Pocock

The Sensorites starts off with a great deal of promise, with a tightly plotted first episode in claustrophobic surroundings.  If you watch this as part of a marathon viewing of the first season, getting closer to how original viewers would … Continue reading →

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The Aztecs

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Right from the start of The Aztecs, with Barbara’s exploration of the tomb, we know we are in for a treat.  In line with much of Season One, the design work on The Aztecs is of a very high standard: … Continue reading →

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The Keys of Marinus

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Doctor Who doesn’t really do “collect the puzzle pieces” stories very often, for the very simple reason that it requires a new set or location for each piece.  The one major example of course is the Key to Time, but … Continue reading →

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Marco Polo

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Older fans often talk about Marco Polo with a kind of reverence, sometimes citing the story as the greatest classic of all time, but can we trust their memories of a show that aired over fifty years ago, looking back … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Destruction

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Roger Pocock

From his own people the Doctor has fled, Kidnapped some teachers, aimed a rock at a head, Conned his way onto the Dalek wastelands, But centre stage this week it’s Sue-Scissorhands. “As we learn about each other we learn about … Continue reading →

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An Unearthly Child

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Roger Pocock

A brand new review of the very first Doctor Who story.  Once upon a time there was a junkyard shrouded in fog on a London street.  Inside that junkyard was a man in a magic box.  And that man was … Continue reading →

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