Where would Doctor Who be without its scary monsters? There’s a reason for the old trope of hiding behind the sofa whilst watching it – we love to be scared! In this week’s cryptic crossword, find you can find a whole carnival of monsters from across the years! When I Read more…
This week, we’re taking a trip around the world, taking in the sights of Doctor Who locations. In this crossword, you will find Doctor Who locations both real and fictional, from Europe to Asia to America and back to dear old Blighty in time for tea. You don’t need a Read more…
Happy New Year! Code Nine hopes that you had a lovely festive season and that the return to normality won’t be too arduous for you all. Here to help cushion our way into 2025 is the Key to Time crossword – that brilliant Tom Baker season from way back when. Read more…
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! This week, your compiler is feeling all festive. He’s gorging himself on mince pies, goose, and has a vat of mulled wine to hand. Very soon, he will be comatose on the sofa mainlining Joy to the World, this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special! While I slip Read more…
The Doctor is on trial, fighting for his life aboard an impressive Gallifreyan space station. Luckily, he has his companions and his wits to help him. This week, I intend to adumbrate two typical instances from separate epistolic interfaces of the spectrum, but can you identify the people, places, and Read more…
Invasions from space (and otherwise) are a staple of Doctor Who, so this week, Cryptic Who is turning its attention to incursions – from other worlds and different shores. In this week’s crossword, you will find the names of many Space Invaders foiled by the Doctor and his friends over Read more…
To celebrate the recent news about the colourisation of The War Games, this week’s interactive Cryptic Who crossword is all about the Second Doctor era! It’s time to feel the late 60s vibes as we venture into the Land of Fiction and play The War Games! Oh my giddy Aunt! Read more…
We all love a good story, and your compiler is no exception. Over the years, Doctor Who has borrowed from our own myths and legends, often giving them a science-fiction twist or explanation. In this week’s crossword, the answers are all “real world” myths and legends which have appeared in Read more…
To celebrate the release of the Blakes 7 Series A Blu-ray box set, this bonus crossword explores that dystopian future of the Federation and Blake’s band of freedom fighters! The answers are (mostly) about Series A, and there may well be more Blakes 7 crosswords in time… Code Nine x
What is it about the Daleks that continues to hold our imagination? Perhaps it’s their sheer weirdness and inhumanity – there’s nothing for us to identify with them on the outside… and even inside, they’re grotesque mutants who only know hate and death. This week, your erstwhile compiler salutes those Read more…