Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
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”
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
