Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 36 – Season 18
Season 18 is a series of changes. The Fourth Doctor is on his way out and the sense of foreboding builds and builds to the climax in Logopolis. Much-loved companions leave and new ones join the TARDIS crew. Entropy even comes for the TARDIS, and eventually, the whole universe. Season 18 is so jam-packed with themes, it even has time for a whole trilogy in the middle! Ripe material for a crossword, I’d say! Can Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 119 – Season 18
This month, we sadly lost Christopher H Bidmead, former script editor and writer of Season 18 of Doctor Who. I have always liked Season 18, particularly its intention to stride out on a different direction in Tom Baker’s final year. That takes guts, I think. More to the point, Bidmead used science and maths as a springboard into adventure and storytelling. It wasn’t the whole point but it was essential. So, in his honour, this Read more…
Bonus Crossword
Bonus Crossword – The Dalek Films @ 60
The 1960s Daleks films are 60 years old this year! Adapted from the television series, they starred Peter Cushing as the inventor Dr Who – creator of Tardis and foe of the evil Daleks. How thrilling it must have been as a child to see Dr Who and the Daleks on the big screen! Nowadays, they have wonderful kitsch cult value. I, for one, am disappointed that so few lava lamps and Sugar Puffs adverts Read more…
Quick Crossword
Quick crossword 35 – The Tenth Doctor Era
Arguably, David Tennant is to modern Doctor Who what Tom Baker was to Classic Doctor Who – he’s that iconic. His charm and good looks and long swishing coat soon captured the imagination of the nation. There’s no wonder they brought him back not once, but twice… to date. Who knows… we might get more of him in the future, although it’s likely we will see the Fourteenth Doctor rather than the Tenth. This quick Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 118 – The Tenth Doctor Era
The thing with Doctor Who is that it is messy. Even the numbering of the series don’t make any sense – there are three Series One at least… and that’s before you even get to the Doctor numbering. Once upon a time, numbering Doctors was easy – one followed the other and they were numbered accordingly. Now, we have inserted Doctors, and in the case of David Tennant, two regenerations who looked exactly the same Read more…
