K9 v Omega in Timequake movie

Over on DoctorWhoTV is a remarkable (and not an April Fool) story: K9 TO BATTLE OMEGA IN MOVIE “TIMEQUAKE”. This is not a BBC production. Strange world! — Message Ends —

CultBox review of Gallifrey: Intervention Earth

Here’s my CultBox review of Gallifrey: Intervention Earth – ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off audio story review: Big Finish’s ‘Gallifrey: Intervention Earth’. Juliet Landau’s Romana meets Omega – sparks will fly! As ever, comments welcome and I aim to produce a review here soon! -+- Message Ends -+-

Lungbarrow and Doctor Who’s ‘Other’ problem

I thought I would turn my attention to Lungbarrow, Marc Platt’s 1997 novel featuring Gallifrey and the Seventh Doctor (along with Ace, Leela, K9 and Romana). I won’t repeat material found elsewhere (and written by those with far better understanding of the facts) suffice it to say that this story sits on the edge of canon and…

Doctor Who?

One of the many things we are promised in the next season of Dr Who (and probably as part of the 2013 50th anniversary) is an answer to the question of ‘Doctor who?’ This to me (and no doubt most people) sounds like an origins question, in which case there is a lot of back-story /…

The one with ten years of history – The Three Doctors reviewed

In a radical departure (and who knows it might even be a one-off) I am blogging about a Doctor Who story as I watch it. For this experiment I have selected another anniversary story The Three Doctors, having already reviewed The Renaissance of the Daleks here. Before I start watching I will note the few things I remember (I…

Remember, Remember

It being November 5th I thought I would have a read of Remembrance of the Daleks. Many reasons: I enjoyed the recent Ben Aaronovitch novels (Rivers of London and  Moon over Soho); vaguely remembered the story from the late 80s back when I was giving the show another chance (see here) and more importantly this is the story…