Michael Craze

Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Faceless Ones is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes 2, 4, 5 & 6.  This version employs the […]

155 – 160. The Faceless Ones

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Previously on Doctor Who… The Macra Terror episodes 1 & 2. The Macra Terror is a 4-part early Doctor Who adventure that is completely missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the adventure.  This version employs the audio […]

153 & 154. The Macra Terror, episode 3 & 4

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Previously on Doctor Who… The Moonbase. The Macra Terror is a 4-part early Doctor Who adventure that is completely missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the adventure.  This version employs the audio of the story matched against […]

151 & 152. The Macra Terror, episode 1 & 2

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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 Underwater Menace is another one of those early Doctor Who adventures that is missing some episodes from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve discovered the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes 1 & 4.  This version employs […]

143 – 146. The Underwater Menace

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Highlanders is another one of those early Doctor Who adventures that is missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve discovered the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version.  This version employs the audio of the story matched against telesnap (still images), […]

139 – 142. The Highlanders

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Power of the Daleks really kicks in with the final four episodes, and we get an adventure of rebels vs the colonists with both sides trying to use the Daleks whilst the Daleks bide their time, ready to take over when the dust […]

135 – 138. The Power of The Daleks, episode 3 ...

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Power of the Daleks is another one of those early Doctor Who adventures that is missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve discovered the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version.  This version employs the audio of the story matched against […]

133 & 134. The Power of The Daleks, episode 1 ...

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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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Doctor Who, season 4 begins … The Smugglers is another one of those early Doctor Who adventures that is missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve discovered the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version.  This version employs the audio of the story matched against telesnap (still images), […]

125 – 128. The Smugglers

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Doctor Who, season 3 concludes … The War Machines is an adventure that benefits hugely from a much stronger and more central role for the Doctor.  The story is only really let down by the realisation of the War Machines themselves – great hulking things with a floppy wheel at […]

121 – 124. The War Machines

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