It’s got a tongue-in-cheek title and the April 2019 Doctor Who Short Trips release, The Year of the Drex Olympics is definitely one of the more amusing releases in this range. A Second Doctor story, read by Frazer Hines, and featuring Jamie and Victoria, it’s worth a listen and I put some thoughts together for…
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The Second Doctor Volume One reviewed
It’s the turn of the Second Doctor to have a boxset in the re-launched Companion Chronicles range. The Doctor may be the titular focus of the stories, but this set is really about his evolving relationship with Jamie. There’s no big arc, just a sense of coherence about these four stories in they all give an…
Downtime comes to Reeltime
An announcement from Reeltime Pictures on their Time Travel TV website; they have the licence to distribute the Doctor Who spin-off Downtime. For those who don’t know (and the wiki entry is here), this story follows on from Web of Fear many years later, and pitches the Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith against the Great Intelligence.
Watching the Web of Fear
I re-watched The Web of Fear and rather than a review I present my thoughts. I won’t over-explain the plot as I would hope any fan knows that this is about Yeti, London Underground, the Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria and the first appearance of the Brigadier (as a Colonel). I will explain why I think this is…
800 not out
As I mentioned when I talked about DWM #468 there must be something to say about The Time of the Doctor signalling 800 transmitted episodes of Doctor Who. This is that very article. And yes, if you click out the image on the left there are 800 copies of the TARDIS; and yes, it would have…
Victoria and the Great Space Elevator
The Great Space Elevator by Jonathan Morris (directed by Nigel Fairs) is a Second Doctor Companion Chronicle for Victoria Waterfield as played by Deborah Watling. It being a Companion Chronicle there is a second actor, this being Helen Goldwyn playing Security Officer Tara Kerley. I picked this up in a sale vaguely aware that it was popular…
Red Rocket Rising 