Survival’s Remorse
The recent news from Mount Moffat was such pure catnip (pun intended) that the Tour Brain Wizards simply couldn’t pass it up. It dribbled out this week that amongst the…
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Robert Holmes
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The Bitter Bystander
When Eric Saward was script editor during the JN-T era the scripts for The Caves of Androzani were a revelation in so many ways. Despite having some script credits to…
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50 for 50 — Missing … Presumed Dread
The thing about putting together a personal list of the 50 Greatest Stories in Doctor Who history is that something, rather several somethings, always fall through the cracks. My list…
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50 for 50 — The Greatest Stories in Doctor Who History — #2
My final story in the regular 50 for 50 Countdown rotation is an acknowledged classic, perhaps the foremost example of the pseudo-Historical ever done in the series, and the fitting…
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The Snark … in Spades
Most first stories for a particular Doctor are usually atypical of the the era in general. Spearhead From Space looks and feels nothing like the rest of the Pertwee era.…
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