Tag Archives: Barbara Wright

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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Planet of Giants on DVD!

The third of this summer’s recently confirmed Doctor Who DVD releases is Planet of Giants, the 1964 serial starring William Hartnell! Written by Louis Marks, Planet of Giants sees our…

The Sensorites of the eponymous Doctor Who serial

Introducing: The Sensorites

The Sensorites is important. Modern audiences are beginning to appreciate these gems; frankly, any surviving black-and-white stories should be treasured. It’s amazing that we’re still able to see the spectacular…

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The Sensorites DVD Reviewed

Telepathy, creepy monsters and Peter Glaze – yes it’s The Sensorites, that often over-looked gem from the first run of adventures starring William Hartnell. Never an adventure to trouble anyone’s…