The Invisible Enemy

It is a very occasion when I can legitimately use the title of a Doctor Who story (admittedly a terrible one) as a springboard for an entry, perhaps at some point in the future I can use "Meglos" or "The Faceless Ones". What I am referring to of course is Covid-19 and how it has …

Meanders

My feet may be a little on the nippy side but I have a nice cup of Chai on the side so things aren't too bad, I have a made for me Spotify list playing as I type, I will highlight a few tracks as I go on. As previously said I am back at …

The Big Apple

"Ah New York, the city so good they named it twice," said the Doctor with a small giggle. "I didn't think we'd see it again, and so soon," Stated Vicki. "Well my dear the ship can be a curious piece of equipment at times," He rose a finger to his lip and paused, "I wonder …

RDP: Welcome to the Library

"Where are we professor?” “We are in one of the 700 wonders of the Universe, the library of Lady Constance. It is the oldest and newest place in the Universe.” “How does that work?” “Words my dear,” “Words?” “They exist in a state of flux, they are well known yet brand new for someone to …

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 18

The theme from your favourite television show growing up. I think I will go for several. First up: Doctor Who and since there are many versions of the theme I am going with my favourite Doctor. https://youtu.be/FFpuIqDKErk Next is the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. https://youtu.be/zV0hwZwNQZc The Avengers. Tara King was/is my favourite Avenger girl https://youtu.be/U8OyQ3e9SqY …

FOWC: Building High for Happiness, Looking back on Paradise Towers

This is a draft of an ultimately rejected article on the Doctor Who story "Paradise Towers" I pitched for Celestial Toyroom, the DWAS official newsletter Paradise Towers is something of a nostalgic guilty pleasure for me, principally because it is the first story I had strong memories of and probably was what started me on my course …

Please Mind the Gap

Christmas Day has been and gone and now I am stuck in that weird Limbo period before New Year and everything can go back to normal, well for however normal lasts until the UK disintegrates under the fall out from Brexit, still least we don't have Trumpty-Dumpty... yet. It's been a mixed affair at in …

FOWC: Dead on Target

Being an old school fan of Doctor Who (as in was there for the primary run albeit at the tail end) I was in the situation where although video recorders were becoming more widespread commercial video releases were mostly films and they were expensive and most likely VHS (we were a Betamax family), so my …

FOWC: Whitaker’s World

Doctor Who's first script editor was a man named David Whitaker and was probably the bridge between the Drama Department and the BBC's intent for Doctor Who as a partially educational series for children. In comparison to the Dennis Spooner script edited season 2, the dialogue leans to a more mature level of speech, if …

Doctor Who: No Man’s Land. A Review

Doctor Who: No Man's Land (big finish 89) Written by Martin Day Starring Slyvester McCoy as the Doctor, with Sophie Aldred as Ace, Philip Olivier as Hex and guest starring Michael Cochrane as Brooke. From the back cover: It is 1917 and the Doctor, Hex and Ace find themselves in a      military hospital …