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Doctor Who art: Who daring! by Delphyne

Who daring! 1991  SF art by Delphyne Thank you Delphyne for permission to republish the above SF art. Delphyne is a well-known artist and fan artist. Wikipedia says: Delphyne Joan Hanke-Woods won the...

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Doctor Who s07e07: The Bells of St John

season 7 part 2 A review by Nalini Haynes An evil high-tech business, run by Miss Kizlet played by Celia Imrie, uses unsecured WiFi connections to tap into freeloaders’ minds before uploading them –...

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Doctor Who s07e08: The Rings of Akhaten

 A review by Nalini Haynes The Doctor (Matt Smith) stalks Clara (Jenna Coleman) through time in the beginning of the Rings of Akhaten. He watches Clara’s parents meet, fall in love and play with Clara...

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Doctor Who art: Who elder by Delphyne

Thank you Delphyne for permission to republish the above SF art. Delphyne is a well-known artist and fan artist. Wikipedia says: Delphyne Joan Hanke-Woods won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in...

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Doctor Who art: Who elegant! by delphyne

Thank you Delphyne for permission to republish the above SF art. Delphyne is a well-known artist and fan artist. Wikipedia says: Delphyne Joan Hanke-Woods won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in...

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Doctor Who s07e08: Cold War

Episode 4, season 7, part 2 A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Cold War’ is set in 1983, apparently a crucial time in the real cold war. A Russian submarine frees a creature from the Arctic ice, storing it on...

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Doctor Who (1967): The Ice Warriors

a review by Nalini Haynes The Ice Warriors (1967) is out on DVD today, 28 August 2013. Patrick Troughton is the Doctor (sans flute), accompanied by Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Victoria (Deborah Watling)....

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Doctor Who (2003): Scream of the Shalka

a review by Nalini Haynes Scream of the Shalka features Richard E Grant as the (non-canonical) ninth Doctor, looking quite vampiric, Derek Jacobi as the Master and Sophie Okonedo as prospective...

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Doctor Who s07e10: Hide

A review by Nalini Haynes I suspect the title ‘Hide’ is a warning to the kiddies that they’ll be following the family tradition of hiding behind the couch for this episode. A rambling mansion situated...

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Doctor Who (1975): Terror of the Zygons

A review by Nalini Haynes Terror of the Zygons is a four-part Doctor Who story. The Doctor (Tom Baker), Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) and Sarah Jane (Elizabeth Sladen) arrive in Scotland to help UNIT...

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Doctor Who (1966): The Tenth Planet

A review by Nalini Haynes The Doctor (William Hartnell), Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) arrive on the South Pole of Earth near a Houston-like space center in 1986, twenty years after the...

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Doctor Who (1964): The Aztecs

The Doctors Revisited, part 1 disc 1 A review by Nalini Haynes An epic bundle – eleven discs in all – arrived last week for review. The Doctors Revisited will be available on 20 November 2013, in time...

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Doctor Who (1967): The Tomb of the Cybermen

The Doctors Revisited volume I part ii of iv A review by Nalini Haynes Foolish humans search for the tomb of the cybermen in the hope of unlocking treasures. Bickering establishes that Kaftan (Shirley...

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Doctor Who (1967): Enemy of the World

A review by Nalini Haynes To be released on 27 November 2013 Missing for 45 years, most of ‘The Enemy of the World’ episodes were found in Nigeria recently, allowing a new release in time for the 50th...

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Doctor Who (1970): Spearhead from Space

The Doctors Revisited vol 1 part iii A review by Nalini Haynes ‘The Spearhead from Space’ is Jon Pertwee’s first appearance as the Doctor. Arriving on Earth without a companion, he collapses unremarked...

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Doctor Who s01e01: Rose

A review by Nalini Haynes After a hiatus, in 2005 Doctor Who returned with a new series, new creators and a new Doctor. Christopher Eccleston played the Doctor to Billy Piper’s Rose, the new companion....

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Wholock: the best Doctor Who/Sherlock mashup EVER

Wholock mashes Doctor Who and Sherlock. This is the BEST fanfic I’ve seen in quite a while. ‘Nuff said. Who is this John Smith? The post Wholock: the best Doctor Who/Sherlock mashup EVER appeared first...

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Peter Capaldi – the next Doctor Who – was a teenage fan

Apparently Peter Capaldi, the next Doctor in Doctor Who after Matt Smith regenerates, was a teenage fan. Not only that, but his fan-mail was published....

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An Adventure in Space and Time

A review by Nalini Haynes An Adventure in Space and Time is a romanticised history – a dramatary – of the birth of Doctor Who up until William Hartnell, the first doctor, was sacked and replaced by...

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Doctor Who (1975): Pyramids of Mars

Doctors Revisited vol 1 part iv A review by Nalini Haynes Feature: ★★★★ Extras: ★★★ ‘The Pyramids of Mars’ was one of the oft-repeated episodes of Doctor Who while I was growing up. Re-watching it...

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