Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Happy New Year, everybody! I’m ringing in 2017 with possibly the most crowd-pleasing concept possible: weekly write-ups on The Simpsons! With these write-ups, I hope to create a space where we can come together to quote The Simpsons incessantly, because … Continue reading The Simpsons: “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire” S01E01
Season 4 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by David Whitaker With the end of one era, another must take its place. We may have gotten our first look at the face of a newly regenerated Doctor, but now is the … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E03 “The Power of the Daleks”
Season 4 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis 134 episodes in and we have the biggest and most important moment of the show’s history. Doctor Who was no stranger to turnover by this point with … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E02 “The Tenth Planet”
Season 4 Directed by Julia Smith Written by Brian Hayles Welcome to a “new” season of Doctor Who as we head into the home stretch of William Hartnell’s run. While the new companions were introduced throughout the next serial, this … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E01 “The Smugglers”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Ferguson Written by Ian Stuart Black As we come to the end of another season of Doctor Who, it’s important to look back at the season as a whole and frankly there has been a … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E10 “The War Machines”
Season 3 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by Ian Stuart Black Hey everyone, it’s been a while but it’s time for more adventures in Doctor Who Classic. Ok, I know we had been through a bit of a rough spell … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E09 “The Savages”
Season 3 Directed by Rex Tucker Written by Donald Cotton Good news everyone! This week we are rebounding from a lackluster installment in “The Celestial Toymaker” with a completely intact serial. The bad news is that serial is “The Gunfighters”. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E08 “The Gunfighters”
Season 3 Directed by Bill Sellars Written by Brian Hayles After a brief reprieve, here we are back at the realm of the missing serial, or mostly missing as the final one has been recovered. We’ve been dealing with a … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E07 “The Celestial Toymaker”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Imison Written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott It’s sure felt like a while since we had a complete series and I admit that it was starting to wear me down a bit even with … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E06 “The Ark”
Season 3 Directed by Paddy Russell Written by John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh After last week’s marathon of a serial it is nice to return to the land of the four episode serial where we will remain for the rest … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E05 “The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve”
Season 3 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Terry Nation (episodes 1-5,7), Dennis Spooner (episodes 6, 8-12) Here it is, the big one. At twelve episodes long, “The Daleks’ Master Plan” is the longest Doctor Who serial (depending on if … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E04 “The Daleks’ Master Plan”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith Written by Donald Cotton At this point, the notion of changing companions on Doctor Who is well established. This is only the second full length serial of Season 3 and yet once again we … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E03 “The Myth Makers”
Season 3 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Terry Nation I’ve talked about just how big the Daleks were before and at this point they already had three serials (where no other villain had more than one) and a movie … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E02 “Mission to the Unknown”
Season 3 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by William Emms Welcome to Season 3 of Doctor Who Classic and we’ve come a long way. ¾ of the original cast is gone and despite being only two seasons in, we are … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E01 “Galaxy 4”
Season 2 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Dennis Spooner When Season 2 started, we had four leads in The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara but with the season coming to a close, only The Doctor remains with Vicki and … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E09 “The Time Meddler”
Season 2 Directed by Richard Martin Written by Terry Nation After all the teasing in “The Space Museum” and of course that great cliffhanger, The Daleks return this time after only being gone for the better part of 5 serials … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E08 “The Chase”
Season 2 Directed by Mervyn Pinfield Written by Glyn Jones I’ve given Doctor Who a lot of crap for its very similar and frequently awkward openings before, but this week just shows how much better they can do. The typical … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E07 “The Space Museum”
Season 2 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by David Whitaker Of the first two incarnations of The Doctor (the only two Doctors who have missing episodes). Season 2 of Doctor Who is easily the most complete (and shortest) with 37 … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E06 “The Crusade”
Season 2 Directed by Richard Martin Written by Bill Strutton After a couple serial of The Doctor and his companions voluntarily exploring, we are back to the old TARDIS is trapped and so the serial happens because they are unable … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E05 “The Web Planet”
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”
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