Doctor Who @ 50

Reviews of the classic series of Doctor Who from 1963 to 1996.

Arbitan sets the travellers a quest in Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

The Keys of Marinus

A quest-based serial that takes some of the themes from The Daleks and spins them out in a new direction, The Keys of Marinus has a mixed reputation. It is…

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…

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The Edge of Destruction

Most of us who are regular readers of this or similar Doctor Who sites have at one point or another wanted to write our own on-screen adventure or two about…

Doctor Who's greatest monsters, the Daleks, in their first appearance

The Daleks

The Daleks.  Something almost as old as Doctor Who itself.  As Doctor Who is approaching its 50th anniversary, so are the Daleks themselves.  They’ve appeared with every incarnation of the…

The time travellers narrowly escape their first adventure in 100,000 BC

An Unearthly Child/100,000 BC

So, back to the beginning. Remarkably, after 7 years of Kasterborous, this is the first time that anyone has reviewed the very first episode, the one that started it all…

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Doctor Who @ 50 Begins…

Later today, dear Kasterborite, we will be presenting you with the first of 80 reviews of classic Doctor Who that will run between now and November 23rd, 2013 in honour…