My review of Andy Frankham-Allen’s Short Trips: The Revisionists is now on CultBox. As the cover shows it’s got Leela, The Brigadier and the Fourth Doctor! Performed by Louise Jameson it’s a great start to the year. My review is: Doctor Who Short Trips: The Revisionists review. <<< Message Ends >>>
The 2019 eighth series of Fourth Doctor adventures continues apace with The Perfect Prisoners Part One. If you haven’t listened yet, go away now. I won’t reveal everything but I will say John Dorney has really delivered on this. Spoilers follow…
The second story in the second set of the Fourth Doctor Adventures volume 8 is Fever Island by Jonathan Barnes. As is often the way it serves as an interlude amongst the other stories and provides a break from the Syndicate’s activities. It is nonetheless rather splendid!
Guy Adams picks up the adventures of the Fourth Doctor and new assistant WPC Ann Kelso where he left them at the end of The False Guardian. From here on in it’s spoilers a-plenty, I’m afraid. Buckle up and prepare for trouble!
Thanks to The Doctor Who Companion (and others) there’s a wave of reports about a forthcoming virtual reality Doctor Who: The Runaway.
I’d just like to use this post to point to some good resources for the BBC Second Doctor stories, in other words not anything produced since Patrick Troughton left the show in 1969, or seasons 4-6. Sometimes it’s not worth duplicating what others have done!
Back in the 1960s, Daleks were seen terrorising schoolchildren and taking a particular interest in the nuclear facility at Dounreay. Before you wonder if this is the plot for another Doctor Who lost story, rest easy; it’s the story of how a school visit was surprised by a home made Dalek.
Joining the throng of Doctor Who scripts available free on the BBC Writers’ Room is The Woman Who Fell to Earth. The link is: Doctor Who – Series 11, Episode 1 ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ – Chris Chibnall. <-> Message Ends <->
Over on DoctorWho TV there’s news of the latest Twitch outing for Doctor Who (latest as of 11 Feb 2019). It’s a Dalek marathon running from 17 – 22 February. Stories start with Daleks and end with Remembrance and include The Five Doctors. Full details: The Daleks come to Twitch for six day marathon. /O\ Message Ends /O\
January 2019 kicks off with a rare return for writer Cavan Scott with Devil in the Mist. It’s a Fifth Doctor story with Tegan, Turlough and a first Big Finish appearance for Kamelion (voiced by Jon Culshaw). I enjoyed it much more than I expected to; my review is on CultBox: Doctor Who: Devil In The Mist review. ***…
Let’s just imagine. After six years in the public eye, adventures in space and time (catchy phrase), at the end of The War Games the Doctor says farewell to companions Zoe and Jamie and then goes off to serve his punishment among his own people. THE END. Could it have happened? Should it have happened? Let’s chat…
Any consideration of the Second Doctor must come to the reasonable conclusion that Cybermen are his key nemesis, as suggested in my post What did the Second Doctor ever do for the Show? It’s a short step then to considering the impact of Kit Pedler (left in photo) on Doctor Who, but let’s not forget Gerry Davis (right). The picture shows them working on Doomwatch, but…
