Weekly thread on Doctor Who
I’m a doctor. But probably not the one you’re expecting. Those were the first uttered by the 8th Doctor since his 17 year screen absence after the 1996 movie. The show has put up a lot of punches for its … Continue reading Weekly Who: “The Night of The Doctor” (Modern Who Retrospective)
My first exposure to Doctor Who came on November 23, 2013, when I first catch glimpses of the 50th anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor”. Impressed by the special, I decided to watched it on Netflix (back where the … Continue reading Weekly Who: “The Eleventh Hour” S05E01 (Modern Who Retrospective)
I guess I should get this out there up front: I’m not a real Doctor Who fan. Now, I don’t mean to prompt a gatekeeping debate about what constitutes a “real Doctor Who fan,” and I’m not trying to downplay … Continue reading Doctor Who (Modern): S02E10 “Love & Monsters”
Hello! Welcome back to Weekly Who. It’s been a while a lot has happened including me discovering something absolutely delightful that I hope to share with you all today! So back in the 1980s Japanese publisher Hayakawa Bunko published five … Continue reading Weekly Who #24 Judges Books By Their Covers
With Modern Doctor Who’s 12th season being over and lucky 13 being delayed due to the ongoing pandemic there isn’t a lot of new Doctor Who on TV at least for a while. I figured to fill the gaps in … Continue reading Weekly Who Return and Doctor Who Review Signups
Weekly Who is back with another lore article. Today’s topic owing to how they may very well be relevant to the show again in a few weeks is the early history of Gallifrey and The Time Lords. Prehistory: Way way … Continue reading Weekly Who #23 Gives A History On The Early Days Of The Time Lords
This week in Weekly Who I am going to layout some fan theories about the surprise developments from the episode Fugitive Of The Judoon. This means that today’s column is full of spoilers. If you haven’t seen the episode yet … Continue reading Weekly Who #22 Has Fan Theories
Tom Baker was born January 20th 1934. He is now 86 years old. His most well known role (obviously) is The Fourth Regeneration of Doctor Who and would later reprise the role for Big Finish in a series of Fourth … Continue reading Weekly Who #21 Tom Baker’s Birthday Edition
This week on Weekly Who after some shocking events taking place at the end of Spyfall Part 2 your intrepid host thought now would be a good time to give a quick explanation on and her brief opinion of Gallifreyan … Continue reading Weekly Who Number 20 is Looming
Holiday Break is over and a new season is upon us! It is a high time to get back in the swing of things with Weekly Who. This weeks topic is the first Gay Asian BBC Drama Director Waris Hussein. … Continue reading Weekly Who #19 Celebrates Waris Hussein
Way back in the year 1965 smack dab in the middle of The Dalek’s Master Plan there was an episode of Doctor Who that was decidedly less serious than the events preceding and following involving Mavic Chen and the nefarious Daleks. … Continue reading Weekly Who #18 Goes To The Feast Of Steven
It’s been a long time coming and here it is. Your intrepid host of Weekly Who is going to give her ranking of all 14 Doctors (just the ones on the tv show. David Warner and Peter Cushing are great … Continue reading Weekly Who #17 Ranks All The Doctors (So Far)
The Doctor who fandom is prolific. There are a lot of fan works being made in the Whoniverse. My aim this week is to highlight some more interesting corners of this wide world. Fan Films: Downtime: An unofficial 1995 sequel … Continue reading Weekly Who #16 Is a Fan Production
It is Halloween Week! This week finishes what last week started as I recount my 5 picks for the scariest pieces of Doctor Who Expanded Universe Content. Readers beware you are in for a scare. (Shoutout to Goosebumps!) Also, I … Continue reading Weekly Who #15 Brings The Scariest Expanded Universe Stories
Halloween is next week. So to celebrate the next two columns will be all listy. This list is my top 5 picks for scariest Doctor Who TV stories. Next week will be the scariest Doctor Who audios from Big Finish … Continue reading Weekly Who #14 is Scary TV
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
If you or someone you know is interested in getting into the long-running and massive franchise known as Doctor Who it can be a little daunting. Have no fear though as your intrepid guide (me!) is creating a handy list … Continue reading Weekly Who #12 is For Beginners
It is the first day of Halloween! To celebrate I want to run down a list of my favorite underrated monsters and foes from Doctor Who’s 50+ year history! This list is unranked. Ice Warriors: Probably the least underrated on … Continue reading Weekly Who #11 is Monstrous
During the wild era for Doctor Who known as The Wilderness Years The BBC and other rights holders were looking for a way to bring the show back and bring it back in a way that would appeal to Canadian … Continue reading Weekly Who Number 10 Is Brought To You By Nelvana
Shipping or Relastionshipping is the fandom act of wishing two (or more!) Characters are in a (usually) romantic relationship with each other. The practice was invented depending on the source either by Sherlock Holmes fans wishing to see Watson just kiss the man already! Or by Trekkies fighting over whether Bones or Spock truly deserved Kirk’s heart. Doctor Who with its fandom of 50+ years is no stranger to shipping. That’s why today’s thread is devoted to talking about the fleet of ships this franchise has lost. (Feel free to talk about shipping vis a vis Doctor Who in the … Continue reading Weekly Who #9 Ships Anywhere and Anywhen
Series 12 is coming to the airwaves next year and filming is underway. So in honor of that (and because your intrepid guide couldn’t think of a topic.) I will provide some speculation (baselessness will vary) as to the contents … Continue reading Weekly Who #8 Is Speculative
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