026 The Savages
Writer Ian Stuart Black’s first story for Doctor Who contains a pure science-fiction premise as straightforward as they come. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo visit a seemingly-idyllic, advanced society on a distant…
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BFI: See Air Lock in Full
Previously believed lost Season Three episode, Air Lock, is heading to the big screen next month in London as part of the BFI’s annual Missing Believed Wiped event. The episode…
025 The Gunfighters
It may seem unremarkable, but The Gunfighters is important. Why? Oh, so many reasons, layered on top of one another to provide a fun, twisting adventure instantaneously and a fulfilling,…
024 The Celestial Toymaker
When I was a new Doctor Who fan in 1983, The Five Doctors was my first story(!). That little clip of Hartnell at the start of that story was the…
Steven Taylor and the Return of the Rocket Men
Big Finish put their best foot forward in November 2012 with Return of the Rocket Men, a sequel to 2011’s The Rocket Men by John Dorney. But this time, writer…
023 The Ark
I started watching Doctor Who when Peter Davison was in his middle season. Saw a lot of Doctors three, four and five before I got a chance to see the…
022 The Massacre
Against a backdrop of religious persecution in 16th Century Paris, Steven is separated from the Doctor, who then reappears in the guise of an Abbott and is then murdered on…
