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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … So the end of Tomb of the Cybermen effectively boils down to “they didn’t get out of the hole in the ground, so went back into deep freeze instead”. Any drama and suspense built up before the finale is thrown completely away by the […]

172. The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 4


Doctor Who, season 5 continues … Episode 3 of The Tomb of the Cybermen and I’ve just got to comment on those Cybermats.  Who came up with that idea?  The version that came later, in Revenge of the Cybermen at least looked the part. It’s clear what they’re trying to […]

171. The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 3


Doctor Who, season 5 begins … Season 5 begins with The Tomb of the Cybermen.  It lacks the strength of previous stories like The Evil of the Daleks, largely due to its setting.  These alien planet scifi-heavy stories that would become the show’s strength do pale a little next to […]

169 & 170, The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 1 ...



Doctor Who, season 4 concludes … The Evil of the Daleks is a 7-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 (all episodes except episode 2).  This version […]

162 – 167. The Evil of the Daleks, episode 2 ...


Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Evil of the Daleks is a 7-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 (all episodes except episode 2).  This version […]

161. The Evil of the Daleks, episode 1


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



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


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


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



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


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


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 ...