Doctor Who: here’s the trailer for the Shada release

BBC Worldwide is finally releasing this week its reassembled version of the infamously unfinished Doctor Who adventure, Shada. It’s been a long time coming, and is likely to be the closest we’ll get to a definitive version of the tale. The story, penned by Douglas Adams, began filming in 1979 with Tom Baker in the … >

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Doctor Who Subterranea review

After last month’s ghostly goings on at Malkin Place, the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) are back in space on a new planet, and in Jonathan Morris’s Subterranea, they are actually inside the planet’s crust. Packed with imagination, Jonathan Morris paints a world where the human inhabitants live inside so-called Drill-towns, desperate … >

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Classic Doctors New Monsters 2

Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 2 review

In their second set of stories blending so-called classic Doctors with new series monsters, Big Finish has mixed things up to an extent. There are still four stories, but a slight change to the set of Doctors, and one monster appearing twice. First up John Dorney brings us Night of the Vashta Nerada, bringing the … >

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The Movellan Grave

Doctor Who: The Movellan Grave review (Big Finish Audio)

In The Movellan Grave, writer Andrew Smith makes light work of fitting an entire four-part 1970s style story into a single disc release for the Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures range. Starring Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor, and Lalla Ward as the second Romana, this time our heroes are up against the Movellans. If … >

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5 reasons why Tom Baker’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 Fourth Doctor should be your answer…   That scarf.   That hair.   That voice.   Tom Baker’s performance is truly mad, constantly walking the line between childishly silly, … >

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‘Doctor Who’ revisited: 40 years since ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’

‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ was the final serial of Doctor Who‘s fourteenth season. The six-part story originally aired from 26 February to 2 April 1977. Buy ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ on DVD on Amazon here.   The story The Doctor and Leela arrive in Victorian London, whereupon they stumble upon an investigation into a series of strange … >

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