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Tag Archives: Doctor Who
Doctor Who documentary from 1986
YouTube.com: Doctor Who’s Who’s Who 1986 – EDITED!: A fun watch for the Doctor Who off-season.
My Favorite Classic Doctor Who Episodes
This is a handy list of older Doctor Who episodes to watch while waiting for the new season to start. For new fans, if you can get past the special effects, and imagine a series where most episodes were more … Continue reading
Missing Doctor Who 2: What to Watch: The Caves of Androzani
Continuing my series of posts on what Doctor Who episodes to watch while it isn’t on the air, I give you “The Caves of Androzani”. Voted the top Doctor Who episode ever by fans back in 2009, it is claustrophobic, … Continue reading
Star Wars versus Doctor Who
Philip Sandifer, “A hopeless geek with a PhD in English focusing on media studies”, compares Star Wars and Doctor Who in “Pop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 21 (Star Wars)”. A long read, but worth it.
Missing Doctor Who 1: What to Watch: The City of Death
So, you’re fan of the new Doctor Who series and are missing your weekly Doctor Who fix, this post is the start of a series just for you. There are a lot of posts out there that introduce you to … Continue reading
Elisabeth Sladen, “Sarah Jane Smith”, Rest In Peace
Elisabeth Sladen, the actress who was Sarah Jane Smith on “Doctor Who” and the spin off children’s show, “The Sarah Jane Adventures”, passed away on Wednesday the 20th, at 63 from cancer. I could probably write quite a bit about … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, TV, Radio, Comics, Books
Tagged Doctor Who, heroes, sarah-jane-smith, scifi, television, tv
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The Twelve Doctors of Christmas
Tor.com ran a great series of essays on each of the Doctors titled “The Twelve Doctors of Christmas” that has some good reads. My favorite essays out of the bunch: “The Third Doctor” “Born to be an Alien” “Shifting into … Continue reading
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Tagged Doctor Who, lessons, scifi, storytelling
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Four interesting Doctor Who links for the day
BBC: “The Changing Face of the Doctor” The A.V. Club: “Doctor Who Primer” My Tardis Years: “The Tom Baker Years” BBC News: “Doctor Who regeneration was ‘modelled on LSD trips’”
Clip from the new Doctor Who + I Kissed Rose Tyler, and I liked it
Bleeding Cool: VIDEO: Doctor Who Clip From 5.6! Vampires In Venice! I Kissed Rose Tyler – Katy Perry TROCK cover
Doctor Who: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks
YouTube: Doctor Who: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks (The Peter Jones-y Edit): Related: The Master’s Facebook Page The Doctor’s Facebook Page Rich’s The Ten Doctors – a fantastic fan made graphic novel.