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Tag Archives: Tom Baker
Nightmare of Eden
Season 17 has been big on ideas, and following on from a story that was a mashup of issues of capitalism and Greek mythology we have an anti-drugs parable where worlds collide. To tackle drug addiction in Doctor Who in … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Fourth Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged K9, Nightmare of Eden, Romana, Tom Baker
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The Creature from the Pit
Me only cruel immortality Consumes: I wither slowly in thine arms, Here at the quiet limit of the world… Oh dear, look at that monster. It’s shaped like… well, that’s unfortunate. How did nobody notice before it went in front … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Fourth Doctor, Poetry, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged K9, Romana, The Creature from the Pit, Tom Baker
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Underworld
If you came here looking for Minions, then sorry but you came to the wrong place. Will some Minyans do instead? On second thoughts, you should probably keep moving. Underworld was originally broadcast just before Blake’s 7 debuted, and while … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Fourth Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged K9, Leela, Tom Baker, Underworld
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The Sun Makers
Robert Holmes was angry. He was working in two capacities, as a staff writer for the BBC and as a freelance. That meant he ended up being taxed twice on the same money, due to an odd quirk of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Leela, The Sun Makers, Tom Baker
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The Face of Evil
During the Second World War, certain islands in Melanesia became strategically important to the war effort. American planes started landing there and using some of the islands as bases, bringing in supplies with them. Unfortunately, the islands already had native … Continue reading
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Tagged Cargo cults, Fiji, Leela, The Face of Evil, Tom Baker, Vanuatu
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Planet of Evil
Never was there a more inappropriate title for a Doctor Who story (OK, maybe The Waking Ally), because the antimatter on Zeta Minor is not evil. It even lets Sorenson go on his merry way despite being the cause of … Continue reading
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Tagged Planet of Evil, Sarah Jane Smith, Tom Baker
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The Android Invasion
This is one of those Doctor Who stories that it is fashionable not to like. That has always baffled me because it is one of my favourites and the reasons given for not liking it have always struck me as … Continue reading
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Tagged Benton, Elisabeth Sladen, Harry, Sarah Jane Smith, The Android Invasion, Tom Baker
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The Invasion of Time
We’re at the end of Season 15 here, so let’s start by getting something out of the way quickly. Doctor Who at this point is being made on a tiny budget and it looks awful. Don’t expect any kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Leela, Louise Jameson, The Invasion of Time, Tom Baker
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The Sontaran Experiment
You know those press conferences that happen before boxing matches, where the opponents do a bit of pre-fight trash talking? I’m still waiting for the one where somebody calls the other one an “unspeakable abomination”. But that’s beside the point. … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Fourth Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Harry Sullivan, Sarah Jane Smith, The Sontaran Experiment, Tom Baker
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Logopolis
Anyone who has read my other Season 18 articles will have worked out by now that I am not a big fan of Christopher H. Bidmead’s approach to Doctor Who, which basically amounts to rooting it in science. Up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adric, Logopolis, Master, Nyssa, Tegan, Tom Baker
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The Keeper of Traken
On Traken there is no evil. Anything evil on the planet turns to stone. The use of that word “evil” will give regular readers of this blog a clue as to what kind of an article this is going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adric, Master, Nyssa, The Keeper of Traken, Tom Baker
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The Deadly Assassin
I must have watched The Deadly Assassin half a dozen times, but it was only when I was thinking about writing this article that a thought occurred to me: what exactly is a “panopticon”? Is it just a made up … Continue reading
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Tagged Master, The Deadly Assassin, Tom Baker
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The Armageddon Factor
A big climax to a 26 episode story arc needs to be epic, and that’s exactly what The Armageddon Factor shoots for. It has a mixed reputation and maybe I’m just a sucker for the tricks the story plays, but … Continue reading
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Tagged K9, Romana, The Armageddon Factor, The Key to Time, Tom Baker
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The Power of Kroll
The Power of Kroll is one of those Doctor Who stories where people sometimes struggle to see past the special effects. They would have been a lot better, were it not for a couple of mistakes: only the bottom half … Continue reading
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Tagged Romana, The Key to Time, The Power of Kroll, Tom Baker
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The Androids of Tara
The first thing that always gets said about The Androids of Tara is that it was based on The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. I suspect that might feel like an obscure reference nowadays for any new fans discovering … Continue reading
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Tagged K9, Romana, The Androids of Tara, The Key to Time, The Prisoner of Zenda, Tom Baker
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The Stones of Blood
The problem with The Stones of Blood is you can’t see the birthday cake. It was there, and it informs the whole story, but it never made it to screen. You see, this was the 100th Doctor Who story, and … Continue reading
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Tagged K9, Romana, The Key to Time, The Stones of Blood, Tom Baker
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The Pirate Planet
Most television series would be incredibly lucky to get even one creative genius contributing scripts. Doctor Who has had several, and the most notable is Douglas Adams, one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century. This is his debut … Continue reading
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Tagged K9, Romana, The Key to Time, The Pirate Planet, Tom Baker
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The Ribos Operation
Well, this is something very different. The closest we have come to a season arc before was the Master appearing in every story in Season Eight, unless you count six out of the seven Season Five stories having the same … Continue reading
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Tagged K9, Romana, The Key to Time, The Ribos Operation, Tom Baker
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Interview: Michael E Briant
Michael E Briant worked on Doctor Who as a Production Assistant during the 1960s, and went on to direct some of Doctor Who’s greatest stories, including The Sea Devils, The Green Death and The Robots of Death. He directed Daleks … Continue reading
The Masque of Mandragora
This is Louis Marks’s fourth and final Doctor Who story, and it exhibits the same problem as the other three. There isn’t quite enough plot to stretch over four episodes. For this reason I find his stories quite hard going, … Continue reading
The View from the Junkyard 