Last week, we looked at the worlds of Robert Holmes, which prompted me to think of the Autons as a subject for crosswords. To my amazement, this is the first time the Autons will be the theme on this blog. Three years in (or thereabouts) and we’re still plundering new Read more…
It is funny how themes emerge when you’re analysing data about a particular writer. Robert Holmes is, quite rightly, remembered for his outstanding contribution to Doctor Who, and for being right up there with Terrance Dicks. Look a bit further and there are common threads – valuable substances being fought Read more…
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 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
