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Reviewed: Gallifrey One 2013

So Gallifrey One – one of, if not THE largest Doctor Who convention in the world, – has come and gone again. A massive weekend filled with costumes, panels, past…

The Trial of a Time Lord 15

The Trial of a Mel Lover

The atmosphere in the living room come courtroom is tense. Major events will be decided here today, once and for all, and it’s been a long time coming. Present in…

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Reviewed: Assimilation² Doctor Who/Star Trek Crossover

So lets be clear. I’m a Doctor Who fan. Always have been, always will be. But Star Trek…. Ahhhh, Star Trek. She’s like that straight-laced church-going girl who lives nearby…

We meet the Cybermen for the first time in The Tenth Planet

029 The Tenth Planet

The Tenth Planet…. Or, the ninth planet, now that Pluto has been reclassified. Or would it be Niburu/Planet X, the “Wandering Planet”? If it’s not, strictly speaking, part of the…

Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks

Dalek Ringtones and Sounds for Your Smartphone

So the other night, while waiting for a build of the latest game I am working on, I was playing with the iOS BBC app that allows you to record…

The Gelth-controlled grandma in 2005's The Unquiet Dead

Being Scared

My daughter is deathly afraid of the house two doors down. Not the people in it, no, the house itself. Why? Because flanking the front door are what she thinks…

Lee Evans as Malcolm in Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

No Longer a Nerd!

Jake Simpson is 44, and was once what might be described as “a nerd”. A lover of Doctor Who and other sci-fi, he discusses here how the new Doctor Who and other popular shows have become so cool that he’s been able to emigrate from Nerdistan.