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Quick Crossword 43 – Halloween in Doctor WhooOOOooo!
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 annual Halloween crossword, you will find many creepy things to send a shiver up your spine… but what is that in the corner of your Read more…
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Crossword 126 – Halloween
BOO! Did I scare you? It’s Halloween again – one of your erstwhile compiler’s favourite times of the year. It is the annual excuse to curl up on crisp Autumnal nights with a glass of something nice to watch a good old horror movie or two… or a spooky Doctor Who. Our favourite programme does the spooky and unnerving so well. It is not without cause that Blink is one of those most popular episodes Read more…
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Quick Crossword 42 – Black History Month
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 actors in Doctor Who have gone on to great things – Earl Cameron was way ahead of his time and went on to earn a Read more…
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Crossword 125 – Black History Month
October is Black History Month, so Cryptic Who saw it as a good opportunity to highlight the black and minority ethnic characters and actors in Doctor Who. Classic Who was predominantly White, reflecting the times in which it was made, but modern Who has gone a long way to redress this balance in recent times. Historical figures such as Rosa Parks and Mary Seacole have been featured, and we now have two black Doctors (both Read more…
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Hello to all my new and existing followers! Just a quick note to tell you where to get updates every week about the crosswords. You can catch us on BlueSky under the hashtag #CrypticWho or on Reddit in the subreddit thread r/DoctorWhoCrosswords. If you have any suggestions as to where else to post, give me a shout! – Code Nine x