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The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 – Crossword
Regular visitors to this blog might be interested to know that The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 (courtesy of DWAS) features a crossword by your trusty compiler. This year’s theme is the Fifth Doctor, and I can tell you that it features some lovely art and great articles too. Keep an Read more…
Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 46 – Friends & Allies
“I never forget a face,” the Doctor once lied. He has met – and saved – many people in his centuries of travelling and not all of them have been nasty out for their own ends. This week, we take a look at those brave people who have helped the Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 129 – Friends & Allies
The Doctor has had many companions but he wouldn’t get far with just their help alone. On his travels, he has met helpful people and collaborators with whom he has joined forces to defeat alien invaders and malevolent shenanigans. This week’s crossword focuses on those helpful souls who lend a Read more…
Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 45 – Capitalism
“Late stage capitalism” is a phrase bandied about the internet to describe our current times, implying that this mode of society is about to come to an end. In Doctor Who, however, commercial interests continue far into the future. Consider the company in The Sun Makers, for example, or Kane’s Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 128 – Capitalists
Good science fiction reflects the world in which we live, so it is perhaps inevitable that some of the antagonists in Doctor Who will be big companies and greedy CEOs out to bleed the proles dry. Famously, Robert Holmes wrote The Sun Makers as a way to stick to the Read more…
