It’s not unusual, in the world of Doctor Who, for the same actor to play more than one role on screen. From classic to modern Doctor Who, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, Lalla Ward, Jaqueline Hill, Jean Marsh, Adjoa Andoh, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Vinette Robinson and more have all played multiple parts in the whoniverse. Before she debuted as companion Martha Jones, Freema Agyeman was a Torchwood employee who fell foul of the Cybermen in series two’s ‘Army of Ghosts’. Karen Gillan was a seer in series four episode ‘The Fires of Pompeii’ before she recurred as Eleven’s companion Amy Pond. Even the Doctor has had test runs. Colin Baker played a Gallifreyan commander in season twenty before taking over from Peter Davison. Peter Capaldi appeared in ‘The Fires of Pompeii’ as well as playing John Frobisher on Torchwood before taking up residence in the Tardis.
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- 9/21/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Mark Harrison Sep 26, 2019
“Is no one interested in history?!” 40 years on, we revisit Douglas Adams’ hugely influential Doctor Who serial, City of Death.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
“Well, I suppose the best way to find out where you've come from is to find out where you're going and then work backwards.”
To this day, "City Of Death" holds the highest viewing figures for any Doctor Who story on UK TV. Due to a technician’s strike that knocked out ITV for several weeks, plenty of programs on the two BBC television channels enjoyed increased ratings, but it’s auspicious that this particular Tom Baker serial wound up being seen by an average of 14.5 million viewers across its four instalments. Completely by accident, this Douglas Adams-penned escapade happens to be the ideal story for introducing new viewers to classic Who.
read more: A Celebration of Tom...
“Is no one interested in history?!” 40 years on, we revisit Douglas Adams’ hugely influential Doctor Who serial, City of Death.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
“Well, I suppose the best way to find out where you've come from is to find out where you're going and then work backwards.”
To this day, "City Of Death" holds the highest viewing figures for any Doctor Who story on UK TV. Due to a technician’s strike that knocked out ITV for several weeks, plenty of programs on the two BBC television channels enjoyed increased ratings, but it’s auspicious that this particular Tom Baker serial wound up being seen by an average of 14.5 million viewers across its four instalments. Completely by accident, this Douglas Adams-penned escapade happens to be the ideal story for introducing new viewers to classic Who.
read more: A Celebration of Tom...
- 9/26/2019
- Den of Geek
For a very long time, Tom Baker was the iconic Doctor. With his striking scarf, twinkling eyes and anti-authoritarian demeanor, the Fourth Doctor has gone on to influence the character more than almost any other. The Doctor Who revival series can’t seem to resist referencing him, either, whether it be folks donning his iconic scarf, references to Jelly Babies or simply having him pop up as the mysterious Curator in the 50th anniversary special.
Despite this love, fans have been waiting a pretty damn long time to see Tom Baker’s final season – season 18 – hit Blu-ray. Broadcast from August 30th, 1980 to March 21st, 1981, it’s an especially interesting season because it marks a transition period for the series as it switched showrunners from Graham Williams to John Nathan-Turner, thus setting the tone of the show from then until its cancellation in the late 80s.
The BBC Are Finally Releasing...
Despite this love, fans have been waiting a pretty damn long time to see Tom Baker’s final season – season 18 – hit Blu-ray. Broadcast from August 30th, 1980 to March 21st, 1981, it’s an especially interesting season because it marks a transition period for the series as it switched showrunners from Graham Williams to John Nathan-Turner, thus setting the tone of the show from then until its cancellation in the late 80s.
The BBC Are Finally Releasing...
- 11/28/2018
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Chris Cummins Kirsten Howard Oct 12, 2017
A Doctor Who episode from legendary author Douglas Adams will be finished via animation, featuring the voices of the original actors...
When Douglas Adams unexpectedly died in 2001, he left a monumental void in the world of science fiction. Through works like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency he established himself as a literary idol for an entire generation who would grow up to see many of his seemingly far-out ideas come to fruition. That phone you might be reading this article on is basically a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide, and a small reminder that as bad as things are right now, they aren't entirely terrible.
See related The path to The Evil Within
As you are probably well aware, a pre-fame Adams was a script editor for Doctor Who during Tom Baker's tenure on that series. Along with giving the show some,...
A Doctor Who episode from legendary author Douglas Adams will be finished via animation, featuring the voices of the original actors...
When Douglas Adams unexpectedly died in 2001, he left a monumental void in the world of science fiction. Through works like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency he established himself as a literary idol for an entire generation who would grow up to see many of his seemingly far-out ideas come to fruition. That phone you might be reading this article on is basically a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide, and a small reminder that as bad as things are right now, they aren't entirely terrible.
See related The path to The Evil Within
As you are probably well aware, a pre-fame Adams was a script editor for Doctor Who during Tom Baker's tenure on that series. Along with giving the show some,...
- 10/12/2017
- Den of Geek
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Big Finish’s The Fourth Doctor Adventures continue this month with a lovely trip to Budapest… complete with vampires! The second release of the range’s fifth series stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, getting into the Season 17 vibe. But there’s no such thing as vampires, right? The Doctor and Romana...
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Big Finish’s The Fourth Doctor Adventures continue this month with a lovely trip to Budapest… complete with vampires! The second release of the range’s fifth series stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, getting into the Season 17 vibe. But there’s no such thing as vampires, right? The Doctor and Romana...
The post Out Now: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/21/2016
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Series 5 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures hasn’t even debuted yet, but Series 6 of the Big Finish audio stories has already been recorded! Starring Tom Baker as the Doctor, alongside Lalla Ward’s Romana and John Leeson as K9, the tales are still to be announced, but he company has revealed the writers who have...
The post Writers Announced for Big Finish’s Fourth Doctor Series 6 appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Series 5 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures hasn’t even debuted yet, but Series 6 of the Big Finish audio stories has already been recorded! Starring Tom Baker as the Doctor, alongside Lalla Ward’s Romana and John Leeson as K9, the tales are still to be announced, but he company has revealed the writers who have...
The post Writers Announced for Big Finish’s Fourth Doctor Series 6 appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 12/19/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Remember the days when we were all pining for Tom Baker to join Big Finish? At the start of 2016 (which is very soon), the fifth series of the Fourth Doctor Adventures begins! Can you believe it? Tom is joined by Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as K9 for this run of stories....
The post Big Finish Reveal Details of Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 5 appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Remember the days when we were all pining for Tom Baker to join Big Finish? At the start of 2016 (which is very soon), the fifth series of the Fourth Doctor Adventures begins! Can you believe it? Tom is joined by Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as K9 for this run of stories....
The post Big Finish Reveal Details of Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 5 appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 12/17/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
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We speculate on who Peter Capaldi's Doctor might encounter in the series 9 finale, Hell Bent. Spoilers for Heaven Sent...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Doctor Who series nine, episode eleven, Heaven Sent. Don't scroll below the Spoiler Squirrel if you don't want to find out more...
So after a couple of years of searching, the Doctor has finally found his way back to Gallifrey. Having been practically off-limits for the last ten years, there’s a rich seam of Doctor Who continuity hidden in plain sight on Gallifrey just waiting to be mined. With that in mind, here’s a run down of some of the characters who could potentially appear in next week’s episode, Hell Bent...
The General
Played by Ken Bones, the General first appeared in The Day Of The Doctor, and was the man who ultimately sanctioned the Doctors’ attempt to...
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We speculate on who Peter Capaldi's Doctor might encounter in the series 9 finale, Hell Bent. Spoilers for Heaven Sent...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Doctor Who series nine, episode eleven, Heaven Sent. Don't scroll below the Spoiler Squirrel if you don't want to find out more...
So after a couple of years of searching, the Doctor has finally found his way back to Gallifrey. Having been practically off-limits for the last ten years, there’s a rich seam of Doctor Who continuity hidden in plain sight on Gallifrey just waiting to be mined. With that in mind, here’s a run down of some of the characters who could potentially appear in next week’s episode, Hell Bent...
The General
Played by Ken Bones, the General first appeared in The Day Of The Doctor, and was the man who ultimately sanctioned the Doctors’ attempt to...
- 11/27/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Billy Garratt-John is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Big Finish have announced the first story in the fifth series of their Fourth Doctor Adventures range. Wave of Destruction is penned by Doctor Who stalwart Justin Richards and is due for release in January 2016. Starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, the audio concerns the strange goings on on-board a pirate radio station. Set...
The post Coming Soon from Big Finish: Wave of Destruction Starring Tom Baker appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Big Finish have announced the first story in the fifth series of their Fourth Doctor Adventures range. Wave of Destruction is penned by Doctor Who stalwart Justin Richards and is due for release in January 2016. Starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, the audio concerns the strange goings on on-board a pirate radio station. Set...
The post Coming Soon from Big Finish: Wave of Destruction Starring Tom Baker appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 6/23/2015
- by Billy Garratt-John
- Kasterborous.com
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
To celebrate Towel Day, Lovarzi has released an infographic examining just a few reasons we love City of Death. Though he also wrote The Pirate Planet, and was Script Editor for Season 17, Douglas Adam’s jewel in the Doctor Who crown is this 1979 serial in which Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward’s Romana battled Scaroth, last...
The post Why We Love City of Death! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
To celebrate Towel Day, Lovarzi has released an infographic examining just a few reasons we love City of Death. Though he also wrote The Pirate Planet, and was Script Editor for Season 17, Douglas Adam’s jewel in the Doctor Who crown is this 1979 serial in which Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor and Lalla Ward’s Romana battled Scaroth, last...
The post Why We Love City of Death! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 5/23/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Jonathan Appleton is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Lalla Ward has made a very welcome to the role of Romana recently in three well-received adaptations of Gareth Roberts novels for Big Finish. Time, then for a quick trip through the archives to visit some clips and curiosities featuring Lalla on screen… If you watch a more bizarre YouTube clip than this today I’ll...
The post Watch a Young Lalla Ward in These Archive Clips appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Lalla Ward has made a very welcome to the role of Romana recently in three well-received adaptations of Gareth Roberts novels for Big Finish. Time, then for a quick trip through the archives to visit some clips and curiosities featuring Lalla on screen… If you watch a more bizarre YouTube clip than this today I’ll...
The post Watch a Young Lalla Ward in These Archive Clips appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 5/6/2015
- by Jonathan Appleton
- Kasterborous.com
Douglas Adams's Doctor Who script 'City of Death' is being adapted into a novel by author James Goss.
The serial aired on TV in 1979, and featured Tom Baker as the Time Lord and Lalla Ward as his companion Romana.
'City of Death' saw the Doctor and Romana in Paris before encountering Count Scarlioni - who is trying to finance experiments in time travel so that he can go back in time and save his alien ship.
Goss has previously written two Doctor Who novels and produced a BBC radio adaptation of Adams's story 'Shada'.
"It's a book Douglas Adams was supposed to write," he said (via The Guardian).
"In the '80s, they wrote to him and asked if he would like to write [his scripts] as novels. They even said they'd pay double. But he thanked them politely and declined, and used his ideas in other books."
Goss added that...
The serial aired on TV in 1979, and featured Tom Baker as the Time Lord and Lalla Ward as his companion Romana.
'City of Death' saw the Doctor and Romana in Paris before encountering Count Scarlioni - who is trying to finance experiments in time travel so that he can go back in time and save his alien ship.
Goss has previously written two Doctor Who novels and produced a BBC radio adaptation of Adams's story 'Shada'.
"It's a book Douglas Adams was supposed to write," he said (via The Guardian).
"In the '80s, they wrote to him and asked if he would like to write [his scripts] as novels. They even said they'd pay double. But he thanked them politely and declined, and used his ideas in other books."
Goss added that...
- 3/22/2015
- Digital Spy
Iconic Hammer actresses Martine Beswick, Veronica Carlson and Caroline Munro. (All photos copyright Adrian Smith. All rights reserved.)
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(The following article was originally run in November, 2014)
By Adrian Smith
With around sixty special guests in attendance, the Westminster Central Hall on Saturday the 7th of November was packed to its domed roof with excited Hammer film fans.
Familiar faces including Caroline Munro, Valerie Leon, Madeline Smith and Martine Beswick were providing some glamour, but the organisers managed to make the event extra-memorable by securing the presence of Edina Ronay, George Cole, Freddie Jones and others who had not signed autographs at a fan event before. At times queues to meet them ran out of the building and down the street! Other rare UK appearances were made from Veronica Carlson and Linda Hayden, flown in from the Us to meet their fans. It was...
Retro-active: The Best From Cinema Retro's Archives
(The following article was originally run in November, 2014)
By Adrian Smith
With around sixty special guests in attendance, the Westminster Central Hall on Saturday the 7th of November was packed to its domed roof with excited Hammer film fans.
Familiar faces including Caroline Munro, Valerie Leon, Madeline Smith and Martine Beswick were providing some glamour, but the organisers managed to make the event extra-memorable by securing the presence of Edina Ronay, George Cole, Freddie Jones and others who had not signed autographs at a fan event before. At times queues to meet them ran out of the building and down the street! Other rare UK appearances were made from Veronica Carlson and Linda Hayden, flown in from the Us to meet their fans. It was...
- 3/4/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Doctor Who Experience has regenerated.
The Cardiff attraction temporarily closed its doors last month and re-opened to the public on Friday (October 24) - just in time for half term.
In the near two-month hiatus, the Experience team have been hard at work, not only updating the Exhibition Hall but installing a revamped interactive walkthrough.
The exhibition alone is worth the price of admission. Split across two levels, it offers an abundance of original Doctor Who props and costumes - the largest such collection in the world - with replicas surprisingly scarce.
Here you'll find prized items dating all the way back to the early '60s, with original scripts, props (including several full-size Daleks) and vintage costumes. Reproductions stand in for the first two Doctor's costumes, but there's a restored Jon Pertwee outfit on display - all the way from 1970.
The latest update also means that fans can get...
The Cardiff attraction temporarily closed its doors last month and re-opened to the public on Friday (October 24) - just in time for half term.
In the near two-month hiatus, the Experience team have been hard at work, not only updating the Exhibition Hall but installing a revamped interactive walkthrough.
The exhibition alone is worth the price of admission. Split across two levels, it offers an abundance of original Doctor Who props and costumes - the largest such collection in the world - with replicas surprisingly scarce.
Here you'll find prized items dating all the way back to the early '60s, with original scripts, props (including several full-size Daleks) and vintage costumes. Reproductions stand in for the first two Doctor's costumes, but there's a restored Jon Pertwee outfit on display - all the way from 1970.
The latest update also means that fans can get...
- 10/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Change is afoot at the Doctor Who Experience, with the arrival of a new exhibit: The Gallifrey Museum! What’s it all about? We don’t really know too much at this stage, but the Gallifrey Museum trailer here should help. It features Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana! Yeah, we thought that...
The post See The Gallifrey Museum At The Doctor Who Experience appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Change is afoot at the Doctor Who Experience, with the arrival of a new exhibit: The Gallifrey Museum! What’s it all about? We don’t really know too much at this stage, but the Gallifrey Museum trailer here should help. It features Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana! Yeah, we thought that...
The post See The Gallifrey Museum At The Doctor Who Experience appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 10/25/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
See, I told you he was good.
Peter Capaldi is off and flying in the role he’s been practicing for since he was four years old. The Paternoster gang is here to cushion the blow of the wild turns in tone and character, there’s a well-hidden piece of chalk, and a dinosaur explodes.
Mind your handles, watch the spoilers and take a…
Deep Breath
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
So, there’s this dinosaur in Victorian London. The Paternoster Gang appear to investigate, and are only slightly surprised to learn that The Doctor is involved, by dint of watching said dinosaur cough the Tardis up like Elizabeth Taylor hocking up a chicken bone. The Doctor has regenerated, and as is traditional after sais process, his mental faculties, including the ability to pilot his time capsule, are a bit dodgy. He exits both the ship and consciousness in rapid succession,...
Peter Capaldi is off and flying in the role he’s been practicing for since he was four years old. The Paternoster gang is here to cushion the blow of the wild turns in tone and character, there’s a well-hidden piece of chalk, and a dinosaur explodes.
Mind your handles, watch the spoilers and take a…
Deep Breath
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
So, there’s this dinosaur in Victorian London. The Paternoster Gang appear to investigate, and are only slightly surprised to learn that The Doctor is involved, by dint of watching said dinosaur cough the Tardis up like Elizabeth Taylor hocking up a chicken bone. The Doctor has regenerated, and as is traditional after sais process, his mental faculties, including the ability to pilot his time capsule, are a bit dodgy. He exits both the ship and consciousness in rapid succession,...
- 8/25/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Peter Capaldi is far from the only Doctor Who actor to appear in multiple roles. Mark talks us through the many others to have done so...
It's been just over a year since the BBC announced that Peter Capaldi would play the Twelfth Doctor. There were rumblings of his casting in the week before the announcement was made, to the point where bookies stopped taking bets on it.
We've spent the last twelve months in anticipation of what seems like dream casting for the Time Lord, but some of us were a little sceptical that an actor of his profile and standing would take the role until it was actually announced, but “he's been in it before” was not atop the list of reasons why we thought it was too good to be true.
Over the course of 50 years, Doctor Who has inevitably reused actors as different characters- there are...
It's been just over a year since the BBC announced that Peter Capaldi would play the Twelfth Doctor. There were rumblings of his casting in the week before the announcement was made, to the point where bookies stopped taking bets on it.
We've spent the last twelve months in anticipation of what seems like dream casting for the Time Lord, but some of us were a little sceptical that an actor of his profile and standing would take the role until it was actually announced, but “he's been in it before” was not atop the list of reasons why we thought it was too good to be true.
Over the course of 50 years, Doctor Who has inevitably reused actors as different characters- there are...
- 8/12/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Letter, about the early life of Tom Baker, is heading for production soon. Here are some details...
Comfortably one of the funniest autobiographies we've ever had the pleasure is Tom Baker's Who On Earth Is Tom Baker?, which we talked about in the Den Of Geek Book Club (which is a thing), right here.
Now, however, news has reached us, via The Digital Fix, that there's a one-off drama heading to our screens that tells the story of Tom Baker's early life. A casting call for a project called The Letter has appeared online, with the focus on "how a chance letter to the BBC when working as a builder's labourer lead to him becoming the most iconic Doctor Who".
The following roles, lists the casting call, are all required for a single day of filming. Given that contracts are on a "deferred profit share" basis and...
Comfortably one of the funniest autobiographies we've ever had the pleasure is Tom Baker's Who On Earth Is Tom Baker?, which we talked about in the Den Of Geek Book Club (which is a thing), right here.
Now, however, news has reached us, via The Digital Fix, that there's a one-off drama heading to our screens that tells the story of Tom Baker's early life. A casting call for a project called The Letter has appeared online, with the focus on "how a chance letter to the BBC when working as a builder's labourer lead to him becoming the most iconic Doctor Who".
The following roles, lists the casting call, are all required for a single day of filming. Given that contracts are on a "deferred profit share" basis and...
- 8/11/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
It’s not every day a lost Doctor Who gem like this pops up on YouTube, but when it happens, we want to share it, even it is nearly a year late! Uploaded by YouTube user stanleylodge1908, on September 19, 2013, this is a piece of footage of Tom Baker and Lalla Ward on location shooting
The post Unique Shada Cine Doctor Who Location Footage [Video] appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
It’s not every day a lost Doctor Who gem like this pops up on YouTube, but when it happens, we want to share it, even it is nearly a year late! Uploaded by YouTube user stanleylodge1908, on September 19, 2013, this is a piece of footage of Tom Baker and Lalla Ward on location shooting
The post Unique Shada Cine Doctor Who Location Footage [Video] appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 7/20/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
Alex Skerratt is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Former companion Lalla Ward and her husband Richard Dawkins will be sharing memories of the former Doctor Who script editor Douglas Adams at an upcoming memorial. Entitled Douglas Adams: A Conversation at the End of the Universe, the event will take place at London’s Highgate Cemetery on 11th March 2014, on what would have been Adams’ 62nd
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Former companion Lalla Ward and her husband Richard Dawkins will be sharing memories of the former Doctor Who script editor Douglas Adams at an upcoming memorial. Entitled Douglas Adams: A Conversation at the End of the Universe, the event will take place at London’s Highgate Cemetery on 11th March 2014, on what would have been Adams’ 62nd
The post Lalla Ward to Share Memories of Douglas Adams appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/12/2014
- by Alex Skerratt
- Kasterborous.com
Regular followers are probably aware that we here are at Sound on Sight are more than a little fond of an obscure British science fiction program that celebrated an anniversary of some kind last weekend. Anniversaries are always an excellent time to reflect upon and celebrate a show’s history and the lead up to last Saturday’s “The Day of the Doctor” saw the entire Whoniverse coming together to share their thoughts on everything from their favourite episodes, most beloved eras, and of course, “their” Doctor. I just love that a top ten list can be the beginning of a good conversation or a great fight, and I find that the most heat, and some of the best light, is generated when Whovians start talking about their favourite Companions. A Companion is more than just our surrogate, they’re a gateway and guide to the series who helps us...
- 11/29/2013
- by Derek Gladu
- SoundOnSight
Romana II
Portrayed by: Lalla Ward
Doctor(s): Fourth Doctor
Tenure: 10 stories, from Destiny of the Daleks (Sept, 1979) to Warriors’ Gate (Jan, 1981)
Background: Romana is a Time Lady first assigned to travel with the Doctor by the White Guardian* (*Spoilers!). After traveling with him for the Key to Time season, she chooses to regenerate, with fans distinguishing between these incarnations by calling her Romana I or Romana II. Just like the Doctor, she has a distinctly different personality in her new regeneration and she and the Doctor have a distinctly different rapport.
Family/Friends: For information about her past, see Romana I. Romana II has a close relationship with the Doctor and the two are incredibly playful with each other. She’s also close with Adric, for the brief span that they overlap in the Tardis, and when she leaves, she takes K-9 with her.
Personality: Romana II, in contrast to her earlier regeneration,...
Portrayed by: Lalla Ward
Doctor(s): Fourth Doctor
Tenure: 10 stories, from Destiny of the Daleks (Sept, 1979) to Warriors’ Gate (Jan, 1981)
Background: Romana is a Time Lady first assigned to travel with the Doctor by the White Guardian* (*Spoilers!). After traveling with him for the Key to Time season, she chooses to regenerate, with fans distinguishing between these incarnations by calling her Romana I or Romana II. Just like the Doctor, she has a distinctly different personality in her new regeneration and she and the Doctor have a distinctly different rapport.
Family/Friends: For information about her past, see Romana I. Romana II has a close relationship with the Doctor and the two are incredibly playful with each other. She’s also close with Adric, for the brief span that they overlap in the Tardis, and when she leaves, she takes K-9 with her.
Personality: Romana II, in contrast to her earlier regeneration,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Who better to reveal the secrets of Doctor Who than an actual doctor? Meet Doctor Who expert Dr. Piers D. Britton. He might sound a Doctor Who expert we just totally made up, but he’s a real person who wrote a book on Doctor Who titled TARDISbound and teaches a class on the iconic show at the University of Redlands in California (if you’re a hardcore Doctor Who fan who had to sit through dull college electives, you’re probably feeling a surge of envy for Redlands students right now). With Doctor Who’s eagerly awaited 50th Anniversary...
- 11/22/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Meredith Burdett is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
They say that time heals all wounds…which seems especially true with regards to Tom Baker and Lalla Ward! The duo, who portrayed the Fourth Doctor and the Second Romana on-screen in the late 1970’s, have agreed with Big Finish to record all new Doctor Who adventures to start from 2015! After so many years of
The post Tom Baker and Lalla Ward Reunited at Big Finish! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
They say that time heals all wounds…which seems especially true with regards to Tom Baker and Lalla Ward! The duo, who portrayed the Fourth Doctor and the Second Romana on-screen in the late 1970’s, have agreed with Big Finish to record all new Doctor Who adventures to start from 2015! After so many years of
The post Tom Baker and Lalla Ward Reunited at Big Finish! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 11/18/2013
- by Meredith Burdett
- Kasterborous.com
Romana I
Portrayed by: Mary Tamm
Doctor(s): Fourth Doctor
Tenure: 6 stories (the Key to Time season), from The Ribos Operation (Sept, 1978) to The Armageddon Factor (Feb, 1979)
Background: Romanadvoratrelundar (the Doctor dubs her Romana) is a Time Lady who is foisted upon the then-Companionless Fourth Doctor (and vice versa) by the White Guardian* to help him in his search for the Key to Time, a highly powerful item broken into six parts and scattered throughout the universe. She’s fresh from the Academy and incredibly intelligent, more so even than the Doctor. Romana is also much younger than the Doctor and, having just left Gallifrey for presumably the first time, he’s a far more experienced adventurer.
Family/Friends: Aside from hearing a bit about Romana’s teachers at school, we know little about her family or past. It’s implied she had very few friends at school. Despite...
Portrayed by: Mary Tamm
Doctor(s): Fourth Doctor
Tenure: 6 stories (the Key to Time season), from The Ribos Operation (Sept, 1978) to The Armageddon Factor (Feb, 1979)
Background: Romanadvoratrelundar (the Doctor dubs her Romana) is a Time Lady who is foisted upon the then-Companionless Fourth Doctor (and vice versa) by the White Guardian* to help him in his search for the Key to Time, a highly powerful item broken into six parts and scattered throughout the universe. She’s fresh from the Academy and incredibly intelligent, more so even than the Doctor. Romana is also much younger than the Doctor and, having just left Gallifrey for presumably the first time, he’s a far more experienced adventurer.
Family/Friends: Aside from hearing a bit about Romana’s teachers at school, we know little about her family or past. It’s implied she had very few friends at school. Despite...
- 11/3/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
New details of BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who 50th Celebration have been announced.
Peter Davison is the latest star to be added to the guest-list for the three-day event, which takes place at ExCeL London from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24.
The fifth Doctor actor joins Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in attending the celebration.
It has also been confirmed that 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor' will be screened, in 2D and free of charge, on the evening of Saturday, November 23.
The screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with Saturday attendees due to be e-mailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat.
The full guest list for all three days is as follow:
Friday, November, 22:
Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O'Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse,...
Peter Davison is the latest star to be added to the guest-list for the three-day event, which takes place at ExCeL London from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24.
The fifth Doctor actor joins Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in attending the celebration.
It has also been confirmed that 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor' will be screened, in 2D and free of charge, on the evening of Saturday, November 23.
The screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with Saturday attendees due to be e-mailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat.
The full guest list for all three days is as follow:
Friday, November, 22:
Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O'Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse,...
- 11/1/2013
- Digital Spy
It’s always super important to try to convert as many people as possible to the Doctor Who fandom, so that we always have lots of new friends that we can vehemently disagree with. To these ends, we might find ourselves obliged to use a bit of deceit, to trick people into liking our favorite show. Well, deceit is a strong word. I prefer to phrase it as “selectively choosing episodes which show Doctor Who in the best possible light so nothing with the Rani or the Space Museum and really the Sixth Doctor’s era is out as well no that’s not fair he’s actually really underrated and a very sweet gentleman if you meet him in person”…but that seemed a bit long.
Anyway, when it comes to turning a friend into a Who fanatic, it’s really more of an art form. It works best...
Anyway, when it comes to turning a friend into a Who fanatic, it’s really more of an art form. It works best...
- 7/7/2013
- by Audrey Fox
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Who among us hasn’t sat around watching late-Pertwee Who and thought to themselves, “What is the origin of Mike Yates? Clearly he can’t just be some guy who got assigned to Unit. No, there must be something bigger and more grand! A large, epic, origin story! Yeah!” Who ever thought of that?
Right. None of us. None of us ever thought that. None of us ever really wanted a Mike Yates origin story. We all assumed that he was just this guy, you know? That he was there, and did a job and turned traitor, which was the most interesting thing his character ever did. But we didn’t really need nor want to know exactly how it was he came to be with Unit.
What makes this story, the third in the Destiny of the Doctor series, so terribly interesting is that it...
Who among us hasn’t sat around watching late-Pertwee Who and thought to themselves, “What is the origin of Mike Yates? Clearly he can’t just be some guy who got assigned to Unit. No, there must be something bigger and more grand! A large, epic, origin story! Yeah!” Who ever thought of that?
Right. None of us. None of us ever thought that. None of us ever really wanted a Mike Yates origin story. We all assumed that he was just this guy, you know? That he was there, and did a job and turned traitor, which was the most interesting thing his character ever did. But we didn’t really need nor want to know exactly how it was he came to be with Unit.
What makes this story, the third in the Destiny of the Doctor series, so terribly interesting is that it...
- 3/21/2013
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Feature Cameron K McEwan 22 Mar 2013 - 07:00
Cameron talks us through the classic Doctor Who monsters due for a return to the screen, feat. plantoids, spiders, woodlice and more...
With Doctor Who series seven part two seeing the return of the The Ice Warriors (well, one at least), thoughts turn to which other monsters from the classic era of the show should return to face Gallifrey's finest for the first time in the new era. Here are nine of the best and my apologies to fans of The Monoids, the Sensorites and the Mandrels - so very close!
Vervoids
Their first and only telly appearance* came in the Colin Baker story (no, stick with us), Terror of the Vervoids; which formed part of the larger story arc, The Trial of a Time Lord. Considering the turmoil the show was in and the poor production values of the time, these Plantoids (that's a word,...
Cameron talks us through the classic Doctor Who monsters due for a return to the screen, feat. plantoids, spiders, woodlice and more...
With Doctor Who series seven part two seeing the return of the The Ice Warriors (well, one at least), thoughts turn to which other monsters from the classic era of the show should return to face Gallifrey's finest for the first time in the new era. Here are nine of the best and my apologies to fans of The Monoids, the Sensorites and the Mandrels - so very close!
Vervoids
Their first and only telly appearance* came in the Colin Baker story (no, stick with us), Terror of the Vervoids; which formed part of the larger story arc, The Trial of a Time Lord. Considering the turmoil the show was in and the poor production values of the time, these Plantoids (that's a word,...
- 3/21/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Andrew Blair Feb 14, 2013
Based on the unaired Douglas Adams Doctor Who 1979 serial, Gareth Roberts' novelisation of Shada is a brisk, entertaining read...
Shada is a challenge for a writer. Firstly, it's based on a Douglas Adams script, rush written in 1979 (the show's production was never finished due to industrial action), that its author was not hugely enamoured of anyway. Those aspects Adams did like he used in other stories, most notably in the first Dirk Gently novel. Footage from Shada was used to represent the Fourth Doctor and Romana in The Five Doctors (Tom Baker having declined a return to the role), and what was shot was released on VHS in 1992 with linking narration by Tom Baker.
There have been several fan adaptations, including a Target-style novelisation by Paul Scoones which is available as an E-book, and in 2003 Big Finish and the BBC produced an audioplay with Paul McGann as the Doctor,...
Based on the unaired Douglas Adams Doctor Who 1979 serial, Gareth Roberts' novelisation of Shada is a brisk, entertaining read...
Shada is a challenge for a writer. Firstly, it's based on a Douglas Adams script, rush written in 1979 (the show's production was never finished due to industrial action), that its author was not hugely enamoured of anyway. Those aspects Adams did like he used in other stories, most notably in the first Dirk Gently novel. Footage from Shada was used to represent the Fourth Doctor and Romana in The Five Doctors (Tom Baker having declined a return to the role), and what was shot was released on VHS in 1992 with linking narration by Tom Baker.
There have been several fan adaptations, including a Target-style novelisation by Paul Scoones which is available as an E-book, and in 2003 Big Finish and the BBC produced an audioplay with Paul McGann as the Doctor,...
- 2/13/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
[rating 3]
(Warning: Significant spoilers follow!)
Leela (Louise Jameson) has had an interesting story arc within Big Finish’s line of Doctor Who stories. She’s a featured player, along with Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as two versions of K-9, in the Gallifrey series, she’s recently started to appear alongside Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor in his series of stories, and she’s had a very fascinating set of stories within the Companion Chronicles series.
This is the latest chapter in that Companion Chronicles series. To recap: Leela apparently somehow survived the Time War mentioned extensively in the new series. But during her time on Gallifrey, she’d aged very slowly, and as soon as she left, she began aging at the rate of one year per day. Eventually, she wound up dying. Parts of this story take place after her death.
In this story, we have...
(Warning: Significant spoilers follow!)
Leela (Louise Jameson) has had an interesting story arc within Big Finish’s line of Doctor Who stories. She’s a featured player, along with Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as two versions of K-9, in the Gallifrey series, she’s recently started to appear alongside Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor in his series of stories, and she’s had a very fascinating set of stories within the Companion Chronicles series.
This is the latest chapter in that Companion Chronicles series. To recap: Leela apparently somehow survived the Time War mentioned extensively in the new series. But during her time on Gallifrey, she’d aged very slowly, and as soon as she left, she began aging at the rate of one year per day. Eventually, she wound up dying. Parts of this story take place after her death.
In this story, we have...
- 1/17/2013
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Like many people associated with Doctor Who for its nearly 49 years of existence, actors who’ve played companions to the wandering Doctor may choose depart from show, but they never fully leave it.
Yes, fandom is sometimes difficult. Science fiction fans are loyal, adoring and sometimes over the top, but in the end, they love the character as much as they love the actor who plays them, which is why, at this time, our hearts hurt to learn of their passing. And the fact that is, in the last eighteen months, Doctor Who has lost four beloved actors who played enduring roles on the cult show in the 1970s –Nicholas Courtney, Elizabeth Sladen, Caroline John and now Mary Tamm.
Tamm, who joined the show for season sixteen as Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana for short), passed away on July 26, after an 18 month battle with cancer. She was 62. Like Elizabeth Sladen, like Caroline John,...
Yes, fandom is sometimes difficult. Science fiction fans are loyal, adoring and sometimes over the top, but in the end, they love the character as much as they love the actor who plays them, which is why, at this time, our hearts hurt to learn of their passing. And the fact that is, in the last eighteen months, Doctor Who has lost four beloved actors who played enduring roles on the cult show in the 1970s –Nicholas Courtney, Elizabeth Sladen, Caroline John and now Mary Tamm.
Tamm, who joined the show for season sixteen as Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana for short), passed away on July 26, after an 18 month battle with cancer. She was 62. Like Elizabeth Sladen, like Caroline John,...
- 7/26/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
Tributes have been paid to Doctor Who actress Mary Tamm, who died in a London hospital today at the age of 62 after an 18-month battle with cancer.
She played Romana (pictured above and below), a Time Lady who was companion to Tom Baker's fourth Doctor from 1978 to 1979. Tamm opted not to return for another series and the role was recast with Lalla Ward.
The daughter of Estonian refugees, Bradford-born Tamm trained at Rada. Her first professional job was at the new Birmingham Repertory theatre where she spent nine months working alongside Derek Jacobi, Joan Sims and Ronnie Barker.
She also appeared on the big screen in The Odessa File and The Likely Lads and after leaving Doctor Who was in numerous other TV shows including EastEnders, Brookside and Wire in the Blood.
Doctor Who returns to our living rooms for a seventh series in August, with guest stars including Stratford-upon-Avon actor David Bradley,...
She played Romana (pictured above and below), a Time Lady who was companion to Tom Baker's fourth Doctor from 1978 to 1979. Tamm opted not to return for another series and the role was recast with Lalla Ward.
The daughter of Estonian refugees, Bradford-born Tamm trained at Rada. Her first professional job was at the new Birmingham Repertory theatre where she spent nine months working alongside Derek Jacobi, Joan Sims and Ronnie Barker.
She also appeared on the big screen in The Odessa File and The Likely Lads and after leaving Doctor Who was in numerous other TV shows including EastEnders, Brookside and Wire in the Blood.
Doctor Who returns to our living rooms for a seventh series in August, with guest stars including Stratford-upon-Avon actor David Bradley,...
- 7/26/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
.I like doing the impossible.. Social issues have not been immune to Doctor Who, you just have to set them on a space liner and have some monsters involved. Drug addiction and smuggling are given the Who twist thanks to the writer having done research on the subject for another show. The results are given more oomph thanks to Tom Baker. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) arrive on the space liner Empress, captained by Rigg (David Daker), which has become locked together with a private ship, the Hecate piloted by Dymond (Geoffrey Bateman), after colliding with it on emerging from hyperspace. They meet the zoologist Tryst (Lewis Fiander), who has with him a Continuous Event...
- 5/21/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Don’t be fooled by the fans. Doctor Who is not a sacred text. There is nothing wrong with watching our favourite Timelord with a healthy sense of fun, frivolity and irony. Tease, mock and make with the funny!
Even myself as a seasoned fan since the Pertwee era have had more fun exploring the show this way. I have also had a much better conversion rate for finding new fans jump on board the property this way. It’s a balancing act. You need something visually appealing (we eat with our eyes) and provide plenty of fun poking opportunities. Repeated phrases, quirky characters, outrageous costumes and more camp accents than an Are you Being Served Christmas special.
With this in mind, relax. Gather a group of witty folks, pour some wine or other dis-inhibiting substance of your choice and enjoy my Top 5 list of Who stories to watch for the LOLs.
Even myself as a seasoned fan since the Pertwee era have had more fun exploring the show this way. I have also had a much better conversion rate for finding new fans jump on board the property this way. It’s a balancing act. You need something visually appealing (we eat with our eyes) and provide plenty of fun poking opportunities. Repeated phrases, quirky characters, outrageous costumes and more camp accents than an Are you Being Served Christmas special.
With this in mind, relax. Gather a group of witty folks, pour some wine or other dis-inhibiting substance of your choice and enjoy my Top 5 list of Who stories to watch for the LOLs.
- 2/19/2012
- by James Caldwell
- Obsessed with Film
If you’re familiar with the television program and science fiction phenomenon that is Doctor Who, you probably know who and what exactly the “Daleks” are. However, for those unfortunate few who have never seen or heard of Doctor Who, first stop everything you are doing and read Tom Salinsky’s excellent beginners piece for where you should start!
After you’ve done that, read on…
Doctor Who centers on a Timelord, aka The Doctor, who travels through time and space in a 1960s police box called the Tardis, which stands for “Time and Relative Dimension In Space.” First shown on British TV in 1963, Doctor Who has become a cultural phenomenon in this country, and since the series was rebooted eight years ago, has taken America by storm. Series Six was shown on BBC America last year to great ratings, and Doctor Who was also the number one most downloaded...
After you’ve done that, read on…
Doctor Who centers on a Timelord, aka The Doctor, who travels through time and space in a 1960s police box called the Tardis, which stands for “Time and Relative Dimension In Space.” First shown on British TV in 1963, Doctor Who has become a cultural phenomenon in this country, and since the series was rebooted eight years ago, has taken America by storm. Series Six was shown on BBC America last year to great ratings, and Doctor Who was also the number one most downloaded...
- 2/16/2012
- by Brad Christensen
- Obsessed with Film
The second story of Tom Baker.s last season as the Doctor allowed a rare chance to flex some acting muscle in two roles. The makeup is pretty top notch as Baker transforms into a living cactus for his villainous turn. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Ramona (Lalla Ward) are invited to visit the planet Tigella by its leader Zastor (Edward Underdown), who has become concerned about disputes between his people's two opposing factions, the Deons and the Savants, over the planets power supply dubbed the Dodecahedron. The Deons, led by high priestess Lexa (Jacqueline Hill), worship the Dodecahedron, but the scientific Savants see it as a power source and not a religion. The Dodecahedron appears to be...
- 1/14/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Some comments on my review of the Doctor Who Christmas Special 'A Christmas Carol' got me thinking about how it came to be that everyone's favourite Time Lord can never seem to get any 'action', romantically speaking. It's not been for want of attention or admirers; even back in the William Hartnell days, The Doctor was capable of flirting and even having a matrimonial 'near-miss' in the 1964 Who outing 'The Aztecs', so Matt Smith's Doctor is breaking no new ground in running away from connubial bliss with the 1957 version of Marilyn Monroe in 'A Christmas Carol'.
Can 47 years of sexual tension ever be released without killing the fundamental dynamic of the show? I've come to believe that it probably can't - which, if true, puts the Gallifreyan rogue at least neck-and-neck with Star Trek's Mr. Spock in terms of 'attractive unavailability'.
When the show...
Can 47 years of sexual tension ever be released without killing the fundamental dynamic of the show? I've come to believe that it probably can't - which, if true, puts the Gallifreyan rogue at least neck-and-neck with Star Trek's Mr. Spock in terms of 'attractive unavailability'.
When the show...
- 12/27/2010
- Shadowlocked
During Doctor Who's 47 years, companions have come and gone and have stuck by the good Doctor through thick and thin. We've had all sorts of companions, from plucky journalists through to shifty non-public school boys; leggy swinging 60s dolls through to haughty Time Lady ice-maidens and trusty schoolteachers through to – erm, Adric.
For completism's sake, I'm including all the companions of The Doctor, so that means one-offs too, like Adelaide and Christina – they were described in the BBC press releases as companions, so they're fair game. There'll be the equivalents of bronze, silver and gold for each category, so let the tournament commence!
Best Journey
3. Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury)
But after she's stowed away in the Tardis, Zoe goes from being Spock poster-girl through to a much more warm-hearted and caring companion. She still uses her total recall and whizzkid brain for defeating Cybermen fleets and finding her way through claustrophobic tunnels,...
For completism's sake, I'm including all the companions of The Doctor, so that means one-offs too, like Adelaide and Christina – they were described in the BBC press releases as companions, so they're fair game. There'll be the equivalents of bronze, silver and gold for each category, so let the tournament commence!
Best Journey
3. Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury)
But after she's stowed away in the Tardis, Zoe goes from being Spock poster-girl through to a much more warm-hearted and caring companion. She still uses her total recall and whizzkid brain for defeating Cybermen fleets and finding her way through claustrophobic tunnels,...
- 12/24/2010
- Shadowlocked
Pondering topics for a column, I indulged in a thought exercise of wish fulfillment: if I had the chance to time-travel to the greatest moments in sports, when and where would I go? Inevitably, thoughts of time travel take my mind to Doctor Who, and with the imminent return of the Doctor in only ten days, I imagined sports-related destinations for the Doctor. He would not necessarily guide the Tardis to my preferred events, but without a doubt he would visit those athletic events that had some measure of intergalactic peril in the mix. Thus, I give you the untold sporting adventures of Doctor Who.
June 22, 1986
His experience in "The Lodger" gave The Doctor (Matt Smith) a taste for football (just this once I'll spare the European sporting fans my insistence in using the "S" word), so he decides to treat Craig and Sophie to a honeymoon in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup,...
June 22, 1986
His experience in "The Lodger" gave The Doctor (Matt Smith) a taste for football (just this once I'll spare the European sporting fans my insistence in using the "S" word), so he decides to treat Craig and Sophie to a honeymoon in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup,...
- 12/15/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Nothing. What’s all that about? What do we mean when we define the word Nothing? Maybe Nothing could refer to the most pointless show on TV, The One Show, an inane vacuum of dull reports and vacuous donkey-faced presenters. Or maybe it refers to the contents of my brain first thing in the morning. Or any time for that matter.
It’s also the destination of the E-Space final chapter, Warriors’ Gate, an enigmatic tale that finally frees the Doctor from the constraints of the Exo-Space continuum, and sadly bidding adieu to both Romana and K9. It’s an odd tale, which relies more on visual set-pieces rather than a straightforward, coherent story. But somehow it all comes together to form one of the best stories of the season.
Ambiguous though it may be, Warriors’ Gate’s main plot is a simple one. A ragtag bunch of disgruntled workers...
It’s also the destination of the E-Space final chapter, Warriors’ Gate, an enigmatic tale that finally frees the Doctor from the constraints of the Exo-Space continuum, and sadly bidding adieu to both Romana and K9. It’s an odd tale, which relies more on visual set-pieces rather than a straightforward, coherent story. But somehow it all comes together to form one of the best stories of the season.
Ambiguous though it may be, Warriors’ Gate’s main plot is a simple one. A ragtag bunch of disgruntled workers...
- 12/10/2010
- Shadowlocked
The older I get, the younger teenagers seem to get. Just look at this year's horrendous X Factor line-up, which seems to have been tailor-made for under-fives. Most of the acts are apparently around the 18 mark, including a Dot Cotton lookalike with a head that's about five times bigger than her body; a smug Todd Landers lookalike from Neighbours, and what appears to be a group of boy scouts from about 1977 (it's the crap haircuts, you see).
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
- 12/5/2010
- Shadowlocked
The older I get, the younger teenagers seem to get. Just look at this year's horrendous X Factor line-up, which seems to have been tailor-made for under-fives. Most of the acts are apparently around the 18 mark, including a Dot Cotton lookalike with a head that's about five times bigger than her body; a smug Todd Landers lookalike from Neighbours, and what appears to be a group of boy scouts from about 1977 (it's the crap haircuts, you see).
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
- 12/5/2010
- Shadowlocked
The older I get, the younger teenagers seem to get. Just look at this year's horrendous X Factor line-up, which seems to have been tailor-made for under-fives. Most of the acts are apparently around the 18 mark, including a Dot Cotton lookalike with a head that's about five times bigger than her body; a smug Todd Landers lookalike from Neighbours, and what appears to be a group of boy scouts from about 1977 (it's the crap haircuts, you see).
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
- 12/5/2010
- Shadowlocked
The older I get, the younger teenagers seem to get. Just look at this year's horrendous X Factor line-up, which seems to have been tailor-made for under-fives. Most of the acts are apparently around the 18 mark, including a Dot Cotton lookalike with a head that's about five times bigger than her body; a smug Todd Landers lookalike from Neighbours, and what appears to be a group of boy scouts from about 1977 (it's the crap haircuts, you see).
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
Still, this is nothing new, and even in Doctor Who, 18 year-olds seem to have overtaken the building. Take Full Circle, the first story of the E-Space trilogy. The author is a highly talented young chap called Andrew Smith, who was one of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead's real finds. Despite being only 18 years of age, Smith turned in a script that was detailed, thought-provoking and highly entertaining to boot. It deals with a whole manner of weighty subjects,...
- 12/5/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
Pantomimes: I hate 'em. Let me count the ways: The forced jollity. The cheesy music. The gaudy sets and costumes which could melt the eyeballs from a million miles away. And don't even get me started on the strained attempts at audience participation.
Plus there's the fact that panto season means Christmas, a time of year that depresses the hell out of me because of the empty bank account, the turkey, the freezing weather, the fact that summer seems like a dot on the horizon, the X Factor winner getting to number one, Cliff - or the fact that I am a great big Scrooge who makes the Grinch seem like Ronald McDonald.
So it's with trepidation that I approach The Horns Of Nimon, a Doctor Who story that can only be described as pantomime. Appropriately, it originally went out during the Christmas period of 1979, and as a result, it...
Plus there's the fact that panto season means Christmas, a time of year that depresses the hell out of me because of the empty bank account, the turkey, the freezing weather, the fact that summer seems like a dot on the horizon, the X Factor winner getting to number one, Cliff - or the fact that I am a great big Scrooge who makes the Grinch seem like Ronald McDonald.
So it's with trepidation that I approach The Horns Of Nimon, a Doctor Who story that can only be described as pantomime. Appropriately, it originally went out during the Christmas period of 1979, and as a result, it...
- 11/26/2010
- Shadowlocked
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