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Toby Hadoke's latest show, My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver reviewed

Toby Hadoke’s My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver

Toby Hadoke returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with what is generally described as a sequel to his hugely popular hit of some years ago now, Moths Ate My Doctor Who…

Beware the Drahvin in Doctor Who classic Galaxy 4!

018 Galaxy 4

The Doctor finds himself caught up in the struggle between two shipwrecked and ideologically different alien space crews on a planet facing imminent disintegration (presumably somewhere in a galaxy numbered…

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013 The Web Planet

Caught up in the struggle to free a once magnificent world from the cancerous clutches of a life-sucking spider, the Doctor and his companions are set upon and aided by…

River Song loves the Doctor - but not as much as we do.

Kisses to the Future (a vision for the 50th anniversary)

A few months ago, I had a bit of a brainwave about Doctor Who’s impending 50th anniversary.  People were beginning to wonder how the series might best celebrate itself within…

Mark Eden and William Hartnell in Doctor Who: Marco Polo

Marco Polo

After 13 episodes of (essentially) sci-fi adventure, the time travellers find themselves in the 13th Century, where TARDIS (no definite article) is taken as a prize for the mighty Kublai…

Patrick Troughton as the Doctor

Missing Believed Wiped?

I was at the BFI last Sunday (December 11, 2011), for the annual Missing Believed Wiped event, where recently recovered ‘lost’ TV gems are shown to a live audience.  I…

The Wedding of River Song Reviewed

As usual, I came to The Wedding of River Song with no knowledge of what to expect, so I had no wild imaginings as to what this season finale might…