In the first few years of the 21st century, being a Doctor Who Fan had roughly the same amount of street cred as being a Train Spotter or a Crown Green Bowling enthusiast and if anyone ever tells you different, … Continue reading Return of the King: Russell T. Davies
With the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine focusing on features about the various Doctor Who exhibitions of yesteryear, I thought this might be a good opportunity to reprint this feature from Strange Skins #5 in which our crazed correspondent … Continue reading ‘Fear & Loathing in Lytham St Annes’ by Claire ‘Moth’ Harris (née White)
This feature is a companion piece to not only my reviews of Doctor Who Season 24 and Season 26, but also my earlier feature about the curious little renaissance the series enjoyed in the late ‘80s. In it, I shall … Continue reading Doctor Who Season 27: A Missed Opportunity?
“I stepped from the TARDIS onto a bleak planet; all around the ground was ravaged, no vegetation, banks of chilling fog swirling through the air – why had I been brought here?” Anyone of a certain age will certainly recognise … Continue reading Genesis of the Daleks (Also Available on Cassette)
Patrick Troughton’s first year as the star of Doctor Who is a season of extremes; on the one hand you’ve solid gold classics like Power of the Daleks, The Highlanders and The Moonbase and on the other, you’ve got The … Continue reading Something Fishy This Way Comes: The Underwater Menace Revisited
If you’re reading this on the day it was posted (and why should you?) it has been exactly 57 years since Doctor Who was first broadcast. 57 years! That’s two generations! So, in celebration of this milestone, I’ll be taking … Continue reading An Unearthly Child: Unaired Pilot vs. Broadcast Version
When it was first announced by the BBC that Doctor Who had cast the first woman in the title role, a great many ridiculous assertions were made on the internet. One of the silliest among them was that the casting … Continue reading The Infinite Compassion of the Doctor
This is not a critique of the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie. In fact, as a one-off adventure, I rather like it; Paul McGann is an excellent Doctor and his sole full-length TV appearance is fun, fast-paced and remarkably cinematic. … Continue reading ‘6 Reasons Why Doctor Who Dodged a Bullet in the 90s’ by Bob Sheppard
A personal tribute to the author Terrance Dicks, who died recently. When I was a boy growing up in Sunderland, I used to walk with my Mother to the public library, which was roughly half way between our house and … Continue reading Growing Up and Growing Old with Terrance Dicks
Originally published in Strange Skins 2013 #3 Who-oo-oo-oo is Dr Who? Where is he from? What does he do? These are the questions posed by Frazer Hines on his 1968 ‘hit’ record Who’s Doctor Who. A question to which the … Continue reading The Other Dr. Who
