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 hand in the hour of need… and don’t get to travel in the TARDIS. Friends and allies, we salute you! – Code Nine x
“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 enterprise in Dragonfire. As commercial space travel in the real world quite literally takes off, could it be that Doctor Who has predicted the future Read more…
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 man, angry over a large tax bill eating into his finances. Nowadays, the evils of powerful businessmen are reflected in Jack Robertson, and how large 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 other medical professionals, and it is these practitioners we’re considering this week. It’s time for a consultation. Oooh, Matron! – Dr. Code Nine x
Paging Doctor Who! Our favourite Time Lord has said he’s “a Doctor of everything” (including cheese making), but he also studied medicine under Joseph Lister in Glasgow. According to River Song, he’s the reason we have the word “Doctor” in the first place, to mean “wise man” or “healer”. This week, we are looking at other Doctors – and Nurses – the original Doctor has met on his travels. Look out, too, for associated medical Read more…
