The Doctor’s adventures are usually on dry land, but occasionally, he does get his feet wet under the sea. The Sea Devils, Warriors of the Deep, and Cold War spring to mind. This week, to coincide with the new version of The Sea Devils and The War Between the Land Read more…
Making the Autons the first monsters in the revived Doctor Who in 2005 was a masterstroke because it reintroduced Doctor Who’s modus operandi of making the everyday scary. After all, having immobile humanlike figures standing around shops in the latest fashions is kind of creepy… and that’s just the sales Read more…
Doctor Who would be a poorer place without the imagination of Robert Holmes. He has taken us to distant galaxies in the company of nefarious Space Pirates and duplicitous Time Lords, and right back down to Earth with ancient gods and window shop dummies coming to life! You can always Read more…
“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…
“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…
“You may be a Doctor, but I’m the Doctor!” We may get the word from our titular hero, but plenty of well qualified people have travelled with the Time Lord – Harry, Martha, and Rory to name but a few. The Doctor has also visited many hospitals and met many Read more…
Doctor Who does love to scare us with monsters and ghosts and ghouls and things that go bump in the night! I rewatched Midnight recently and it was genuinely unnerving, the idea of a nameless unseen monster banging on the walls and possessing one of your number… *shudder*! In this Read more…
This week, Cryptic Who is celebrating black actors and characters in Doctor Who, from Earl Cameron in The Tenth Planet to Ncuti Gatwa and Jo Martin in recent times. Who can forget the fabulous Adjoa Andoh as Francine and that slap she landed on the Doctor? Of course, the Black Read more…
I loved Ghost Light as a kid. It was one of the stories that made me a fan in an outstanding final classic season. It was intelligent and bonkers, and crucially, didn’t talk down to its audience. As we enter Halloween season, it is only fitting that we explore the Read more…
“I’m a conman!” admitted Captain Jack once his “self-cleaning con” blew up in his face on his very own Volcano Day. It is surprising how many criminals the Doctor does befriend – Glitz, Dibber, and Drax among this number. Of course, plucky young rebels could also be considered to be Read more…