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Tag Archives: William Hartnell
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: To Have and to Hold (Review)
Apart from Carry on Sergeant, I have never seen William Hartnell in anything other than Doctor Who, which is probably a major omission for a fan of the show, so I was very pleased to see him among the cast … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, To Have and to Hold, William Hartnell
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Top of the Docs: Season 1
So, you’re a fan of Doctor Who but you started with the new series. You’re intrigued by the classics though. You want to know what classic era stories are worth watching, but the backlog is phenomenal. Where do you start? … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, First Doctor, Random Chatter, Science Fiction, Television, Top of the Docs
Tagged William Hartnell
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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
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, Third Doctor
Tagged Benton, Brigadier, Jo, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, The Three Doctors, William Hartnell
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Cliffhangers: First Doctor 3
In the previous articles in this series we looked at some of the First Doctor cliffhangers, and we have covered the most obvious approaches: the ones that reveal the monster and the ones that place the Doctor and/or his companions … Continue reading
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Tagged Regeneration, William Hartnell
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Cliffhangers: First Doctor 1
The original run of Doctor Who from 1963 to 1989 was almost entirely episodic, with stories comprised of anywhere between two and fourteen episodes, most commonly four. This meant there had to be some way to finish one episode and … Continue reading
Posted in Cliffhangers, Doctor Who, Entertainment, Random Chatter, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Daleks, William Hartnell
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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 Smugglers
With a plot that consists of various characters being captured, escaping and being captured again, this logically should not be a very good story, but strangely enough it is quite enjoyable. The secret lies in the characters themselves, who are … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, First Doctor, History, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Ben, Polly, The Smugglers, William Hartnell
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The War Machines
This is a perfect example of a story that makes it so worthwhile to watch all of Doctor Who in order, as it is totally different to anything that has gone before. If you dip in and out of various … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, First Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Ben, Dodo, Jackie Lane, Polly, The War Machines, William Hartnell
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The Gunfighters
This is one of those stories where Doctor Who crashes into another genre and sees how well the two fit together and how well the Doctor copes with being outside his usual comfort zone. Broadly speaking there are two approaches … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, First Doctor, History, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Dodo, Steven, The Gunfighters, William Hartnell
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The Celestial Toymaker
I have been looking forward to this moment with some degree of trepidation, because The Celestial Toymaker is an incredibly difficult Doctor Who story to write about nowadays. Due to issues of racism it is probably the most controversial Doctor … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, First Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Dodo, Steven, The Celestial Toymaker, William Hartnell
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The Ark
The Ark shows us a bleak vision of the future. Not for the last time we see the final moments of planet Earth, and the remaining humans are off on a journey to find a new home. After ten million … Continue reading
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Tagged Dodo, Jackie Lane, Steven, The Ark, William Hartnell
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The Myth Makers
This is not so much a historical Doctor Who story as a mythical one. Donald Cotton’s approach is to look for the entertaining narrative within history, irrespective of any underlying facts or the lack thereof, and as such he accepts … Continue reading
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Tagged Katarina, Maureen O'Brien, Steven, The Myth Makers, Vicki, William Hartnell
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Galaxy 4
On a couple of lovely summer evenings in Nineteen-ninety-something I read the script of Galaxy 4, published by Titan Books. This was my first experience of the story, and it was an immediate favourite of mine. I still love the … Continue reading
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Tagged Galaxy 4, Maureen O'Brien, Steven, Vicki, William Hartnell
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The Time Meddler
The classic series has been enjoyed as individual stories on VHS or DVD for so many years now that it is easy to forget that there were actually season finales right from the start. Just like a modern series of … Continue reading
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Tagged Steven, The Time Meddler, Vicki, William Hartnell
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The Daleks’ Master Plan
Well, this is all incredibly complex. It is really impossible to do this story justice within a single article and one day it probably needs looking at on an episode-by-episode basis (no promises!). We have already looked at The Feast … Continue reading
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Tagged Katarina, Sara, Steven, The Daleks' Master Plan, William Hartnell
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The View from the Junkyard 