Cybermen

Previously … Fear of the Daleks … If there’s a traditional “monster” on TV that the 3rd Doctor missed battling, it was the Cybermen.  Sure his era created the Sontarans, and he had a few battles with the Daleks, and he encountered everything from Sea Devils to Silurians and Ice […]

CC1.03 The Blue Tooth

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Moonbase is a 4-part early Doctor Who adventure that is missing some episodes from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes 1 & 3.  This version employs the audio of […]

147 – 150. The Moonbase

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The third episode of The Tenth Planet is a curious one.  Despite being at full-strength and the best of health for the first two episodes (and the preceding adventure), the third episode begins with the Doctor collapsing.  Hartnell is absent from the rest of the […]

131 & 132. The Tenth Planet, episode 3 & 4

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The previous story, The Smugglers, leads well into the first two episodes of The Tenth Planet.  The contrast in stories is stark, but that’s a good thing.  We again have some great set design, particularly with the snowy frozen tundra. William Hartnell is again […]

129 & 130. The Tenth Planet, episode 1 & 2

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I listened to the first part of Spare Parts from Big Finish last night and really enjoyed it.  Spare Parts is the 34th story in their Doctor Who: Main Range series and features Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, accompanied by Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.  This is a full-cast adventure […]

34. Spare Parts, episode 1

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