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Susan and her Grandfather. But who is he?

Monthly BFI Screenings for Doctor Who’s 50th!

To celebrate the 50th anniversary next year, the BFI have announced monthly screenings of Doctor Who! Curated by Dick Fiddy and Justin Johnson, the BFI will screen one serial per…

We meet the Cybermen for the first time in The Tenth Planet

029 The Tenth Planet

The Tenth Planet…. Or, the ninth planet, now that Pluto has been reclassified. Or would it be Niburu/Planet X, the “Wandering Planet”? If it’s not, strictly speaking, part of the…

The Doctor is threatened by Cherub in The Smugglers

028 The Smugglers

This series of reviews has given our contributors the chance to cast an unfamiliar eye on some classic Doctor Who stories as we head to the show’s 50th anniversary. I…

The War Machines introduces Ben Jackson and Polly Wright, played by Michael Craze and Anneke Wills

027 The War Machines

Doctor Who’s first producer, Verity Lambert, said in interviews long after she left the show that she didn’t approve of Jon Pertwee’s Doctor, that he’d made the character part of…

Doctor Who: The Savages

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…

Dalek voice and Big Finish honcho Nicholas Briggs
Air Lock 3

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…