The classic incarnation of the long running British sci-fi staple starring The Doctor. This incarnation ran from 1963 to 1989 (and 1996) and is being very slowly reviewed by A Winged Potato
What do The Beatles and Daleks have in common (besides both popping up in the serial The Chase?) In the 60s they both had massive waves of popularity given the -mania suffix. The Daleks created by Terry Nation were originally … Continue reading Weekly Who #13 is suffering from Dalekmania
Season 7 Directed by Timothy Combe Written by Malcolm Hulke After last week’s standout serial, we head into the back half of this season with another seven-episode story. It was also a serial that ended in a way that would typically … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S07E03 “The Ambassadors of Death”
Season 7 Directed by Timothy Combe Written by Malcolm Hulke Last time, Doctor Who took its first steps into reinventing itself in colour and more relevantly to the plot as an Earthbound show. It was an effective serial both on its … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S07E02 “Doctor Who and the Silurians”
Season 7 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Robert Holmes The show had been avoiding proper story ending cliffhangers for a while, but “The War Games” left us on a heck of a doozy. The Doctor was mid-regeneration, a punishment for … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S07E01 “Spearhead from Space”
Season 6 Directed by David Maloney Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke Last time out we wrapped up one important era when we finished with the missing episodes, but that was more of a retroactively relevant serial. Quality wise … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E07 “The War Games”
Season 6 Directed by Michael Hart Written by Robert Holmes After ninety-seven arduous episodes, we have finally come to the end. Not of the season or of the Second Doctor’s era (I’d hardly call them arduous, but we have one … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E06 “The Space Pirates”
Season 6 Directed by Michael Ferguson Written by Brian Hayles, Terrance Dicks (uncredited) It’s been a long while since we last checked in, but I’ve been sitting on this half-finished review ever since. Since that time, the modern series has wrapped … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E05 “The Seeds of Death”
Season 6 Directed by David Maloney Written by Robert Holmes After a lengthy serial on Earth that would presage the next era of the show, it was time to head back into outer space. It’s a much shorter serial this … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E04 “The Krotons”
Season 6 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Derrick Sherwin, Story by Kit Pedler While that last serial was a brisk five episodes, we are afforded no such luxury here. At eight episodes, it is the longest serial of the … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E03 “The Invasion”
Season 6 Directed by David Maloney Written by Derrick Sherwin (Episode 1), Peter Ling Welcome back to classic coverage of Doctor Who and where we last left off (not counting a brief detour into THE FUTURE), I was just wrapping up where … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E02 “The Mind Robber”
Season 17 Directed by Pennant Roberts (1979) and Charles Norton (2017) Written by Douglas Adams It’s been a while since I last checked in with Doctor Who and it will be a little bit longer before regular coverage returns I’m sorry to … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S17E06* “Shada”
Season 6 Directed by Morris Barry Written by Norman Ashby It’s been a long road, hasn’t it? Back when the channel first started and the possibility of doing classic reviews on our own and filling in the AVC gaps, I … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E01 “The Dominators”
Directed by Gordon Flemyng Written by Milton Subotsky Following up Dr. Who and the Daleks, Amicus released its second and final color film based on Doctor Who with Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.. While the first film was based … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Good evening and Happy Friday, everyone, I’m your host LibraryLass and this is the Great Frinkiac Challenge! The rules are simple, just go to Frinkiac.com, Morbotron.com, or Masterofallscience.com, find a Simpsons, Futurama, or Rick and Morty screencap, and add a quote from our weekly … Continue reading The Great Frinkiac Challenge: Now Bigger on the Inside!
Directed by Gordon Flemyng Written by Milton Subotsky I’ve talked plenty in the past about just how big the Daleks were for a period in Britain (not from first-hand experience obviously as my dad was actually born during the period … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): Dr. Who and the Daleks
Season 5 Directed by Tristan de Vere Cole Written by David Whitaker If it feels like this season has lasted forever, it’s not just you. I started this season way back on March 13th with the classic serial “The Tomb … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E07 “The Wheel in Space”
Season 5 Directed by Hugh David Written by Victor Pemberton After a nice run of a combined three missing episodes over the past three serials, we move back further into the realm of the missing. “Fury from the Deep” is … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E06 “Fury from the Deep”
Season 5 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln Like the serial that directly precedes it, “The Enemy of the World”, 2013 was very good to “The Web of Fear”. Before that year, five of the … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E05 “The Web of Fear”
Season 5 Directed by David Whitaker Written by Barry Letts “The Enemy of the World” is a bit of an odd duck in Season 5 of Doctor Who, in a season which saw the emphasis on alien races and especially … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E04 “The Enemy of the World”
Season 5 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Brian Hayles I’ve talked a lot over the past couple weeks about the move towards recurring villains and this time out we are introduced to another new recurring villain, the titular Ice … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E03 “The Ice Warriors”
Season 5 Directed by Gerald Blake Written by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln In my discussions of the Cybermen including last week, in my discussions about the temporary end of the Daleks, and elsewhere I’ve drawn plenty of attention to … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S05E02 “The Abominable Snowmen”
