Doctor Who

By Earl Green Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner (1980-1990) relates the story of his tenure as the longest-serving producer of the series, virtually guiding it through the entirety of the 1980s until the BBC quietly cancelled it. In this volumes, he takes listeners,episode-by-episode, thro...

By keith@decandido.net The problem is, Tennant doesn't do menacing. That's why they dropped the whole "no mercy" angle six-and-a-half seconds after "The Christmas Invasion" aired and it was clear that Tennant's daffy charm wasn't suited to that particular trope -- and that was never more evident than in "Wate...

By dailypop The Ark - Story 023 Goofy monsters? Check. Whacked-out time travel? Check? Morally-imbued plot? Check. Yes, this is Doctor Who of the 1960’s. Before the Hammer Horror era of the 1970’s or the plastic rayguns of the 1980’s there was this, the Doctor and his companions getting wrapped up in so...

By Earl Green Doctor Who producer Barry Letts (1923-2009) narrates the story of his own beginnings in TV and theater, from second-string actor to writer to producer of one of the BBC’s most popular series during its first seasons in color starring Jon Pertwee. This first volume, featuring Letts readi...

By feedback@thewhocast.com (feedback@thewhocast.com) Our thoughts turn to the future this week on the DWO WhoCast.  Regeneration is on our mind presently, what with David Tennant about to pass the mantle of Whodom across to the young whippersnapper Matt Smith. We also review one of the new players in the online streaming video market - Blinkbox....

By Earl Green Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Ciara Janson (Amy), David Troughton (The Black Guardian), Jason Watkins (Legate of the Caliph), Jess Robinson (Nisrin), Bryan Pilkington (Prince Omar), Paul Chahidi (Hason), Will Barton (Djinni), David Peart (Vizier)

By feedback@thewhocast.com (feedback@thewhocast.com) As we all know, there isn't just the official Doctor Who show to watch if we want our fix of something with that flavour. In this episode of the DWO WhoCast we want to highlight some of the forgotten Doctor Who videos - spin-offs from the dark time after the end of the classic series before the ne...

By Earl Green directed by Jason Haigh-Ellery music by Jamie Robertson Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Ciara Janson (Amy), Laura Doddington (Zara), Nicholas Briggs (Isskar), Andrew Jones (Harmonious 14 Zink), Raquel Cassidy (Mesca), Jeremy James (Thetris), Heather Wright (Wembik)

By Earl Green Notes: Early plans for the Hornets’ Nest stories apparently called for the team of the fourth Doctor and the retired Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, a part that Nicholas Courtney had reprised just a year prior to this story’s release in The Sarah Jane Adventures and in a short bonus featu...

By dailypop Planet of the Daleks The race of evil mutants determined to eradicate all other sentient life in the universe, the Daleks, make what could have been one of the biggest appearance on the TV screen in this 6 part epic. Last seen one year previous in the time-travel drama ‘Day of the Daleks,’ the...

By Earl Green Presenter Mark Gatiss revisits a now-bygone era of Doctor Who appreciation – in the pre-video, pre-DVD days when Target’s compact, economically-worded novelizations of past television stories were all that younger fans had to rely on for knowledge of the show’s early years, and got a...

The strength of the mini-series is in taking the three current Torchwood Cardiff employees and setting them against a vast conspiracy. It's not just another five episodes of Torchwood but a story in and of itself. It almost requires no former knowledge of character or setting - and enriche...

By Earl Green Cast: Colin Baker (The Doctor), India Fisher (Charlotte Pollard), Philip Madoc (Rag Cobden), Matthew Burgess (Ned Gillespie), Susan Brown (Eleanor Harvey), Glynn Sweet (Professor Lyle Woodruff), Ian Brooker (Romilly), Andrew Dickens (Security), Nicholas Briggs (The Krotons)

By asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) I've only seen two of the specials so far, but there's this recurring theme about The Doctor not wanting to take on a new companion because of what happened in "Journey's End." Was Christopher Eccleston always only going to do it for a year?

By Michael Hickerson If you’re looking for a way to stave off “Doctor Who” withdrawal during the wait for the next special, this set is a nice entry point. It’s got Tom Baker as the best-known classic Doctor, it’s got some good examples of classic Who and it’s got some great extras.

By Michael Hickerson Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Editor) The most enjoyable of the “Doctor Who” specials produced to date “Doctor Who” holiday specials are meant to be one thing–pure, simple fun. They’re meant to be a nice way to relax and spend some time with an old friend during the holiday season. So...

By noreply@blogger.com (Millennium Dome) Saturday: Rose: are you alien? The Doctor: Yes. Is that okay? There are four moments where the plot – and the pounding incidental music – pause to highlight each crucial development. I'm the Doctor, by the way. Pleased to meet you, Rose Tyler. Run for your life!"

By noreply@blogger.com (Siskoid) Children in Need bit with Tennant followed by The Christmas Invasion (Series 2 boxed set) Torchwood Series 1 Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 Torchwood Series 2 Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 (not yet on DVD) The Next Doctor (and other specials this year, not yet on DVD)

By noreply@blogger.com (Millennium Dome) Saturday: Oooh, what a DISASTER! A whole half hour of this year's Doctor Who Christmas special accidentally deleted, meaning they had to broadcast the REAL Next Doctor as "Doctor Who Confidential"! the Doctor in Twilight …and here is another one. the Doctor in Sulk Er.

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By keith@decandido.net Since the show's relaunch in 2005, the BBC has aired a Doctor Who Christmas Special every 25th of December. The results haven't always been Who at its best. 2005's "The Christmas Invasion," David Tennant's first full story as the Tenth Doctor replacing Christopher Eccleston, was a bog-st...

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By Hannah Summers Lesley Sharp or Catherine Zeta-Jones," answered outgoing executive producer Russell T Davies to the question of what women he could see in the role. Wait a second, who are you?" shouts Tennant. Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, BBC1, 6pm, Christmas Day

By Earl Green Cast: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Philip Olivier (Hex), Michael Cochrane (Lt. Col. Brook), Rob Dixon (Sgt. Wood), Rupert Wickham (Captain Dudgeon), Oliver Mellor (Private Taylor), Ian Hayles (Lance Corporal Burridge), Michael Adams (Private Dixon)

By Earl Green Cast: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Maggie Stables (Evelyn Smythe), Nicholas Briggs (Trevor Ridgely), Martha Cope (Captain Oswin), Stephen Critchlow (O’Keefe), Andrew Fettes (Master-at-Arms), John Killoran (Palmer), Benjamin Roddy (Operations), John Schwab (EXO Moore), Andrew W...

By Earl Green written by Paul Magrs directed by Barnaby Edwards music by Steve Foxon Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Andrew Sachs (Adric), Harriet Walter (Mrs. Beatrice Mapp), Adrian Scarborough (Rupert Von Thal), Oliver Senton (Kranlee), Claire Wyatt (Madam Teegarna)

By Michael Hickerson Using the overarching theme of the Doctor on trial, Saward solicited stories that would look at the past, present and future of the Doctor with a final two-part serial to wrap things up.    “The Trial of a Time Lord” is available on DVD and can be purchased HERE.

By Michael Hickerson Purchase “Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius” on DVD Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (SoSF Assist. Editor) Actors: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen Format: Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC Number of discs: 1 Studio: BBC Warner DVD Release Date: October 7, 20...

By Earl Green Review: A clever combination of several elements of Doctor Who history, The Bride Of Peladon is a welcome revisitation to one of Doctor Who’s best-loved settings, the royal court (and adjacent secret passages) of Peladon, as first visited in Jon Pertwee’s era. Add classic elements such...

By Michael Hickerson “Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time” is available from Amazon. “‘The Invasion of Time’ sounds great on paper….But in execution, the story comes up a bit short.” The fourth Doctor is acting strange, even for him. Following a clandestine meeting in deep space with a mysterious trio of aliens, the...

By Earl Green Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Caroline Morris (Erimem), James Purefoy (Dracula), Douglas Hodge (Radu), Barry McCarthy (John Dobrin), Clare Calbraith (Maria), Steven Wickham (Soldiers), Nicola Lloyd (Ayfer)

By Tom Lewis Coinciding with Comic Con: The BBC announces that the newest iteration of "Doctor Who" has been released to iTunes. Also, BBC AMERICA will have a booth on the exhibition floor plus a host of creators and stars from: "Doctor Who", "Torchwood", "Primeval" and "Spaced".

These two characters should always have been each others nemesis, but only in Davros' first outing, Genesis of the Daleks, was he really a credible yang to the Doctor's yin. In that episode, we see the Doctor trying to reason with Davros, asking him what he would do if he had in his hands a viru...

By Michael Hickerson It’s episode like that that restore my faith in Doctor Who and make me eager to see what Moffatt will do when he’s in charge of the show starting in 2010. If he can elevate the series to even being half as good as his contributions have been on a consistent basis, we’ll be in for a golden-age of Doc...

By Earl Green Urgent Calls Cast: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Kate Brown (Lauren), David Dobson (D.J.), Kerry Skinner (Connie) Timeline: it is unknown if this takes place before or after the Doctor’s travels with Evelyn, so we’re left with “between The Trial Of A Time Lord and Time And The Rani“.

By Earl Green from a story by Daniel O’Mahony directed by Barnaby Edwards music by David Darlington Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Sam Kelly (Acheron), Julie Buckfield (Hedyla), Matthew Noble (Yanesh), Claire Wyatt (Speaker)

By Earl Green Cast: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Denise Hoey (Nuane), Sean Oliver (Chief Blue), Peter Rae (Draun), Kellie Ryan (Celia Fortunaté), Sandi Toksvig (Vi Yulquen), John Stahl (Whitenoise), Steven Wickham (Uviol)

By Earl Green Cast: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Roberta Taylor (Angela Wisher), Timothy West (Ronald Turvey), David Troughton (The Tinghus), Matthew Noble (John Dixon / New Cuddlesomes), Kate Brown (Miranda Evenden / Cuddlesomes / Dr. Cooper / Vehicle), Nicholas Briggs (Newsreader)

By Tempo The second series to spring from the rejuvenated “Doctor Who” is “The Sarah Jane Adventures” (6:30 p.m. Friday, Sci Fi) with Elisabeth Sladen in the title role. If “Torchwood” is “Doctor Who’s” sexy, irreverent cousin, then “Sarah Jane” is its plucky and earnest aunt.

By John Brownlee In short, the new Doctor Who is both contrived and imbecilic. It's not sophisticated or intelligent— the show never was—but now it's maudlin as well. And no episode had me rolling my eyes at the tedious and rote melodrama more than the recent Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned."

By mail@drwho-online.co.uk Posing with one of Doctor Who’s most enduring icons, Kylie tells DWM, “I was in the presence of a legend! I’ve had to gracefully accept second billing, though. Well, at least I’m younger! The Dalek was in great condition, and bigger than I expected. At least I’ve met one now, as I didn’t in the C...

By Alan Sepinwall This was the annual Doctor-light episode, produced to accomodate filming of the Christmas special. I like last year's edition, "Love and Monsters," a lot more than the fanbase at large seemed to, but this was several orders of magnitude better.

By Alan Sepinwall Good as Tennant was as John Smith in the last episode, he was even better tonight. As I mentioned last time, the premise of the Doctor assuming living another man's life without realizing his true nature wasn't entirely a new one on me. But the return to the original life has never been present...

By Angela Mitchell And what a treat, with David Tennant bouncing around the universe, bringing this brand-new hilarity and energy to the Doctor ("Ten"). I love Ten even though I miss Nine's odd purity and devotion. There was something lovely and steadfast to Christopher Eccleston that is the precise opposi...

By paulhirons I've been out of the country for a week and it's all been kicking off – attacks on airports, Armageddon-style weather and the Doctor Who finale (which, of course, I forgot to set the video for... d'oh!). Thanks to John's excellent review, I was able to fill myself in on the details (sounded prett...

Blink" Steven Moffat has earned himself a huge reputation in fan circles, after writing season 1's most tonally-correct adventure (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances) and season 2's sublime The Girl In The Fireplace. It's a reputation well-deserved and Moffat refuses to put a foot wron...

By Daniel Woolstencroft This week WooWho faces its biggest challenge yet -- we were all subjected to a two part episode: "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" Tony: Almost universally bad. Dreadful attempts at accents, Freema Agyeman has gone back to amateur hour and not even the usually reliable T...

By Daniel Woolstencroft Tony: Anna Hope did well with the return of Novice Hame. Freema Agyeman manages to improve from the previous episode, finally showing some potential in the closing scene, and Tennant shows once again why he’s one of our best actors: absolutely brilliant.

By Daniel Woolstencroft Tony: An unusually subdued Tennant this week; maybe he wasn’t happy with the material? Freema Agyeman is beginning to fulfill the misgivings I had after her debut. She’s trying too hard to act and consequently is overacting, which is going to become tiresome very quickly if she doesn’t ge...

By Matthew Milam I'd like to declare at this point and time that we have found heroes in the writing team of Doctor Who. Paul Cornell, Steven Moffat and Gareth Roberts are The Official Bad Boys of The New Doctor Who. For this and other episodes, we salute you and the quality output you present. 

By Daniel Woolstencroft Tony: David Tennant has captured the essence of the Doctor that’s been missing from every portrayal since Tom Baker, and he now appears extremely comfortable in the role. Thank God the awful Christopher Eccleston decided to move on after only one series.