Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 70 – The TARDIS
Who doesn’t love the TARDIS? I particularly like TARDIS-centric episodes where we get to see extra rooms and corridors of the Doctor’s vast time machine. It’s always intriguing what’s in there – wardrobe rooms, bedrooms, a swimming pool, a library, an art gallery, the cloisters… It’s why Castrovalva Part One is way up there for me because we get to spend so much time in it! I also like the idea that the TARDIS is Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 152 – The TARDIS
One of the enduring icons of Doctor Who is the TARDIS. Once upon a time, Police Boxes were solely identified with law enforcement, but from 1963, they’ve become time machines in the public consciousness. Has the meaning of an ordinary object ever been changed quite so much by a television programme? Then there’s the concept of something being bigger on the inside than it first appears. The word “TARDIS” has become synonymous with this perception. Read more…
Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 69 – The Cybermen
There’s something deeply unnerving about the Cybermen. They are us but not us. There is a scene in Rise of the Cybermen where one of them thinks they are still human and about to get married. It’s heart breaking. Then there’s the scene where the Cyberman in Earthshock doesn’t understand the pleasure of a “well-prepared meal”. Like Daleks, the Cybermen are humanoids who have chosen, or have been forced, to live in their own little Read more…