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Harlots series 1 DVD: 5 times it got the seedier side of history right

Harlots got the less salubrious side of London’s history a lot more right than you may think…

The Top 5 ‘Doctor Who’ Monks

The Timelord’s latest foe are not the first characters he’s encountered with that name, here are our Top 5 Doctor Who Monks

Top 5 ‘Doctor Who’ religious figures

In a change from rubbing shoulders with political figures like Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon, this week’s episode of Doctor Who, ‘Extremis’, sees the Time Lord recruited by none other than the Pope. While Doctor Who generally has little time for religion – although the Third Doctor famously took some inspiration from Buddhist teachings – it does...

Here are the 5 ‘Doctor Who’ space stations we’d least like to get stuck on

After this week’s breathless events on the mining station Chasm Forge, we thought we might consider some of the other space station environments the Doctor has visited in his travels. And there have been plenty, from W3 (‘The Wheel in Space’), which suffered a nasty Cybermat infestation, to ‘Terminus’, final destination for those suffering from...

5 of the spookiest houses ever in ‘Doctor Who’

The latest Doctor Who story ‘Knock Knock’ took place in a wonderfully creaky house which concealed a rather nasty secret. Of course, it is not the first such place the Time Lord has visited – he often finds himself in less than desirable residences with a spooky reputation. From his lengthy career of time travelling, here’s...

20 actors from ‘Star Wars’ who’ve appeared in ‘Doctor Who’

Here we take a look at some of the actors who’ve appeared in both the Star Wars universe and Doctor Who… > Buy the complete Star Wars saga box set on Amazon.   Hugh Quarshie as Captain Panaka in Episode I and as Solomon in ‘Evolution of the Daleks’ and ‘Daleks in Manhattan’   Celia...

‘Doctor Who’ vs ‘Star Wars’ characters ultimate face-off: Who wins?

Doctor Who and Star Wars; Star Wars and Doctor Who. One’s a decades-old, globally popular sci-fi adventure featuring a wise old man, a feisty young woman, aliens, robots, spaceships, and interstellar villains with a thirst for destruction and conquest. And the other is… err, also that. No, of course they are very different! But that...

5 reasons why Peter Capaldi’s Doctor should be your favourite

As a life-long Doctor Who fan, the hardest and most annoying question to answer is, “Who’s your favourite Doctor?” Here Liam South provides five reasons why the Twelfth Doctor should be your answer…   Finally a Scottish Doctor that sounds Scottish.   Those eyebrows.   Peter Capaldi is a return to an older Doctor, helping...

All the ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas specials, ranked from worst to best

Since 2005, Doctor Who has given us a Christmas special every year. While some have been the perfect gift, there are some that we’ve wanted to exchange for something else in the Boxing Day sales. Yes, it’s currently May, but it’s always a suitable time for a Christmas feature when you have a TARDIS. Here’s how...

5 ‘Doctor Who’ stories with an ingenious use of time travel

The idea of time travel is a crucial staple of Doctor Who. But often the stories don’t tend be about time travel so much as simply include time travel. Here are five stories that have a stronger focus on time travel than most and provide some interesting uses of it along the way…   ‘The...