Season 2 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by Dennis Spooner After last week’s transitional serial, it’s time to settle back into the typical format and the first historical of the new season. Maybe typical format isn’t the right term though … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E04 “The Romans”

Season 2 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by David Whitaker “The Dalek Invasion of Earth” saw the biggest change to the series when it saw the departure of an original companion and granddaughter of the lead at that. After plans … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E03 “The Rescue”

Season 2 Directed by Richard Martin Written by Terry Nation Like “Planet of the Giants”, this was filmed as part of the first season, and can very well be considered the end of that season. It is the last episode … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E02 “The Dalek Invasion of Earth”

Season 2 Directed by Mervyn Pinfield (1,2), Douglas Camfield (3) Written by Louis Marks Welcome to Season 2 of Doctor Who with a look at a serial so dull they had to reedit the last two episodes into one in … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E01 “Planet of Giants”

Season 1 Directed by Henric Hirsch Written by Dennis Spooner The serial starts off with The Doctor angrily intending to drop off Ian and Barbara before once again failing miserably (this time landing in Paris during the Reign of Terror … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E08 “The Reign of Terror”

Season 1 Directed by Mervyn Pinfield (Episodes 1-4), Frank Cox (Episodes 5-6) Written by Peter R. Newman When you produce 42 episode in a year, it is very difficult to maintain quality throughout especially when there is no real formula … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E07 “The Sensorites”

Season 1 Directed by John Crockett Written by John Lucarotti Six serials in and we are starting to get into a pattern of alternating historicals with sci-fi episode a trend which would continue through the end of the year. Unlike … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E06 “The Aztecs”

Season 1 Directed by John Gorrie Written by Terry Nation After an experiment in missing episodes and historicals, we are back to the realm of the extant and the sci-fi. We also return to a more episodic structure after last … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E05 “The Keys of Marinus”

Season 1 Directed by Waris Hussein (Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), John Crockett (Episode 4) Written by John Lucarotti We have finally come to the point, though very temporarily, where we have broken from the AV Club Classic … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E04 “Marco Polo”

Season 1 Directed by Richard Martin (Episode 1), Frank Cox (Episode 2) Written by David Whitaker After Friday’s seven episode serial, we get a big change of pace with a two episode long bottle episode that is almost the very … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E03 “The Edge of Destruction”

Season 1 Directed by Christopher Barry (Episode 1, 2, 4, and 5), Richard Martin (Episodes 3, 6, and 7) Written by Terry Nation If we were to point to a moment that explains Doctor Who’s popularity and existence today, it’s … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E02 “The Daleks”

Season 1 Directed by Waris Hussein Written by Anthony Coburn When talking about the early days of Doctor Who the first thing that always comes up is just how old the show is. It has been on the air in … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S01E01 “An Unearthly Child”

While I’m sure there are many here more qualified to do the reviews of the classic run of Doctor Who (both in terms of talent and the fact that my experience with the show is limited to Seasons 1-5 and … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): Intro