Tag Archives: First Doctor

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…

Doctor Who Magazine 448 interviews William Russell

William Russell in DWM 448

Original companion William Russell features in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, in which he recalls the days working on the show in 1963, leaving and of course his…

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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…

Doctor Who DVD collection nears completion in summer 2012

Doctor Who DVDs for Summer 2012!

BBC Worldwide have provided confirmation of the release schedule of three classic Doctor Who DVDs this summer! Featuring the first, second and seventh Doctors, these DVDs will help to fill…