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Crossword 128 – Capitalists
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…
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Crossword 127 – Doctors & Nurses
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…
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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 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 Read more…
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Crossword 124 – The Victorians
It has been argued that the Victorian era is Doctor Who’s natural home, and that is true to a certain extent. That era is now characterised by tumultuous change and social inequalities which speak to Doctor Who’s core ethos – especially our modern idea of its dark, dangerous alleyways and Read more…