When it comes to sci-fi universes, Doctor Who can claim to have one of the biggest. Beyond its 60 years and counting of TV adventures, the show has three spin-off series (so far), two animated stories, one failed pilot, and a collection of licensed Doctor-less adventures, countless audios, comics, books, board games, tabletop RPGs, and that’s not including the stuff we missed which people are going to remind us about in the comments.
But there is one area where the Tardis just can’t quite seem to properly land – the world of video games.
If we look at Doctor Who’s compatriots in the Holy Triumvirate of Science Fiction Mega Franchises, Stars both Trek and Wars, this has never been as much of an issue. Star Wars was one of the first licenses to really fully embrace video games as a medium, and even if we only count the pure...
But there is one area where the Tardis just can’t quite seem to properly land – the world of video games.
If we look at Doctor Who’s compatriots in the Holy Triumvirate of Science Fiction Mega Franchises, Stars both Trek and Wars, this has never been as much of an issue. Star Wars was one of the first licenses to really fully embrace video games as a medium, and even if we only count the pure...
- 3/13/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who season 15 comes to Blu-ray, with Horror Of Fang Rock leading the six-story collection. More here.
Never mind the fact that the entirety of Doctor Who – well, save for an episode or two – is available to watch on the BBC’s iPlayer service. There’s also the not-so-small matter of Doctor Who physical media releases, which continue thanks to the genuinely brilliant line of Blu-ray sets.
Next in line? Some Tom Baker magic, thanks to series 15 of Doctor Who becoming the subject of the latest set. This one runs to seven discs, dating all the way back to 1977, and includes the following stories…
Horror Of Fang Rock
The Invisible Enemy
Image Of The Fendahl
The Sun Makers
Underworld
The Invasion Of Time
Tom Baker is accompanied by Louise Jameson’s Leela in these tales, and we also get the introduction of K9 in there too. Plus, of course, Horror...
Never mind the fact that the entirety of Doctor Who – well, save for an episode or two – is available to watch on the BBC’s iPlayer service. There’s also the not-so-small matter of Doctor Who physical media releases, which continue thanks to the genuinely brilliant line of Blu-ray sets.
Next in line? Some Tom Baker magic, thanks to series 15 of Doctor Who becoming the subject of the latest set. This one runs to seven discs, dating all the way back to 1977, and includes the following stories…
Horror Of Fang Rock
The Invisible Enemy
Image Of The Fendahl
The Sun Makers
Underworld
The Invasion Of Time
Tom Baker is accompanied by Louise Jameson’s Leela in these tales, and we also get the introduction of K9 in there too. Plus, of course, Horror...
- 1/11/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
In terms of baseline quality, the Seventies is probably the most consistent Doctor Who has been until the 21st Century. There’s a classic story in nearly every season, and fondly-thought-of stories throughout. The long-list for this one was very long, the certainty of not including someone’s favourite even more certain than usual.
Producer Barry Letts and Script Editor Terrance Dicks took a show with the potential for cancellation and moved it from Quatermass homage to the cosiest of nightmare fuel: a family show on and off-screen with the reassuringly haughty Jon Pertwee ruffling hearts and minds at the head of a regular ensemble cast.
After five seasons the family was breaking up, and the show was revitalised by incoming Producer Philip Hinchcliffe and Script Editor Robert Holmes. Aiming at an older audience (Holmes in The Daily Express in 1977: ‘I wouldn’t let any child under ten see...
Producer Barry Letts and Script Editor Terrance Dicks took a show with the potential for cancellation and moved it from Quatermass homage to the cosiest of nightmare fuel: a family show on and off-screen with the reassuringly haughty Jon Pertwee ruffling hearts and minds at the head of a regular ensemble cast.
After five seasons the family was breaking up, and the show was revitalised by incoming Producer Philip Hinchcliffe and Script Editor Robert Holmes. Aiming at an older audience (Holmes in The Daily Express in 1977: ‘I wouldn’t let any child under ten see...
- 11/27/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Katie Gribble is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Anthony Read at the age of 80. Anthony played a key role as script editor of Doctor Who during Graham Williams time as producer in 1978. He also wrote the story The Horns of Nimon (How many Nimons have you seen today?) and collaborated with Williams to...
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Anthony Read at the age of 80. Anthony played a key role as script editor of Doctor Who during Graham Williams time as producer in 1978. He also wrote the story The Horns of Nimon (How many Nimons have you seen today?) and collaborated with Williams to...
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- 11/26/2015
- by Katie Gribble
- Kasterborous.com
BBC/Disney
When the first Star Wars film was released in 1977, the Doctor Who production team were thrown for the proverbial loop. Producer Graham Williams, who had just taken over from Philip Hinchcliffe, looked at the ground-breaking effects in the film and was concerned his own programme might no longer be able to compete. The audience expectations of what constituted a convincing alien environment had changed massively thanks to the new techniques in the blockbuster film.
Although Star Wars came out during May 1977 in the United States, the theatrical release in the UK occurred in December, meaning that film goers were thrilling to the exploits of Luke Skywalker at roughly the same time the Doctor was battling an alien tax collector in The Sun Makers and was wandering around exceptionally dodgy tunnels in Underworld. By February 1978, matters had hardly improved with Sontarans wearing unusually poor masks invading Gallifrey in The Invasion of Time.
When the first Star Wars film was released in 1977, the Doctor Who production team were thrown for the proverbial loop. Producer Graham Williams, who had just taken over from Philip Hinchcliffe, looked at the ground-breaking effects in the film and was concerned his own programme might no longer be able to compete. The audience expectations of what constituted a convincing alien environment had changed massively thanks to the new techniques in the blockbuster film.
Although Star Wars came out during May 1977 in the United States, the theatrical release in the UK occurred in December, meaning that film goers were thrilling to the exploits of Luke Skywalker at roughly the same time the Doctor was battling an alien tax collector in The Sun Makers and was wandering around exceptionally dodgy tunnels in Underworld. By February 1978, matters had hardly improved with Sontarans wearing unusually poor masks invading Gallifrey in The Invasion of Time.
- 1/5/2015
- by Mike Morgan
- Obsessed with Film
Meredith Burdett is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
The Abandoned is certainly an oddball tale for Doctor Who. Less of an adventure that can comfortably sit in the ‘Graham Williams era’ that this series of Fourth Doctor Adventures is trying to, the story is one that feels more suited to the Fourth Doctor’s last season or even the Fifth Doctor’s first. This story
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The Abandoned is certainly an oddball tale for Doctor Who. Less of an adventure that can comfortably sit in the ‘Graham Williams era’ that this series of Fourth Doctor Adventures is trying to, the story is one that feels more suited to the Fourth Doctor’s last season or even the Fifth Doctor’s first. This story
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- 9/22/2014
- by Meredith Burdett
- Kasterborous.com
Andrew examines what it really means for Capaldi era Doctor Who to be described as going 'back to basics'...
Feature
“It seems to me the episodes that we're doing now seem more like classic Who. We're going back to that style.”
So says Ben Wheatley in an interview with io9. The Capaldi era is being styled as a 'Back to Basics' approach (those words being used by Capaldi to describe his costume), with the Radio Times reporting 'a clean slate' of storylines for series eight, and a Doctor who – in the words of Steven Moffat - “is not apologising, he's not flirting with you – that's over.”
Do you have salt ready? Take a pinch. What does 'Back to Basics' mean, anyway, for a show that's fifty years old and is built around regular upheaval? Is Capaldi going to kidnap some teachers in monochrome? Are there bases under siege? Shall we rip off Quatermass some more?...
Feature
“It seems to me the episodes that we're doing now seem more like classic Who. We're going back to that style.”
So says Ben Wheatley in an interview with io9. The Capaldi era is being styled as a 'Back to Basics' approach (those words being used by Capaldi to describe his costume), with the Radio Times reporting 'a clean slate' of storylines for series eight, and a Doctor who – in the words of Steven Moffat - “is not apologising, he's not flirting with you – that's over.”
Do you have salt ready? Take a pinch. What does 'Back to Basics' mean, anyway, for a show that's fifty years old and is built around regular upheaval? Is Capaldi going to kidnap some teachers in monochrome? Are there bases under siege? Shall we rip off Quatermass some more?...
- 7/17/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
BBC
It It has been cited on more than a couple occasions that one of the greatest strengths that Doctor Who has as a program is its ability to radically transform itself on a regular basis. Over the course of the show’s five+ decades it’s changed not only its lead actor, but also its entire tone. To illustrate, the feeling of an episode from ‘The Hinchcliff Era’ is palpably and radically different even from an episode of the ‘Graham Williams Era’, despite having the exact same cast and most of the same production crew.
It’s with that in mind that we find ourselves with an opportunity. The Matt Smith era, whatever you may have thought of its tone, is officially at a close and while the change of lead actor doesn’t necessarily require that the tone of the program changes, it does at least provide a...
It It has been cited on more than a couple occasions that one of the greatest strengths that Doctor Who has as a program is its ability to radically transform itself on a regular basis. Over the course of the show’s five+ decades it’s changed not only its lead actor, but also its entire tone. To illustrate, the feeling of an episode from ‘The Hinchcliff Era’ is palpably and radically different even from an episode of the ‘Graham Williams Era’, despite having the exact same cast and most of the same production crew.
It’s with that in mind that we find ourselves with an opportunity. The Matt Smith era, whatever you may have thought of its tone, is officially at a close and while the change of lead actor doesn’t necessarily require that the tone of the program changes, it does at least provide a...
- 5/6/2014
- by Mikey Heinrich
- Obsessed with Film
Classic Doctor Who is returning to British television. Courtesy of the Horror Channel, episodes from the '60s, '70s and '80s will air on UK screens from Friday, April 18.
At a launch in central London, the Week in Geek had the privilege of sitting down with arguably the show's most iconic star - 80-year-old acting veteran and national treasure Tom Baker - for a frank discussion about his seven-year Who stint.
Tom talks landing his dream part, shares fond memories of Elisabeth Sladen, reveals his favourite period of Doctor Who from his tenure, plus makes a surprising admission.
Tom Baker open to Doctor Who return: 'Capaldi might ask for me!'
"Doctor Who hoisted me out of oblivion..."
"I had done several films before that - I'd been a leading actor with Maggie Smith in The Millionairess on television and then there was a lull. I was very down,...
At a launch in central London, the Week in Geek had the privilege of sitting down with arguably the show's most iconic star - 80-year-old acting veteran and national treasure Tom Baker - for a frank discussion about his seven-year Who stint.
Tom talks landing his dream part, shares fond memories of Elisabeth Sladen, reveals his favourite period of Doctor Who from his tenure, plus makes a surprising admission.
Tom Baker open to Doctor Who return: 'Capaldi might ask for me!'
"Doctor Who hoisted me out of oblivion..."
"I had done several films before that - I'd been a leading actor with Maggie Smith in The Millionairess on television and then there was a lull. I was very down,...
- 4/15/2014
- Digital Spy
Feature Alex Westthorp 16 Apr 2014 - 07:00
Alex's trek through the film roles of actors who've played the Doctor reaches Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy...
Read the previous part in this series, Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker, here.
In March 1981, as he made his Doctor Who debut, Peter Davison was already one the best known faces on British television. Not only was he the star of both a BBC and an ITV sitcom - Sink Or Swim and Holding The Fort - but as the young and slightly reckless Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, about the often humorous cases of Yorkshire vet James Herriot and his colleagues, he had cemented his stardom. The part led, indirectly, to his casting as the venerable Time Lord.
The recently installed Doctor Who producer, John Nathan-Turner, had been the Production Unit Manager on...
Alex's trek through the film roles of actors who've played the Doctor reaches Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy...
Read the previous part in this series, Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker, here.
In March 1981, as he made his Doctor Who debut, Peter Davison was already one the best known faces on British television. Not only was he the star of both a BBC and an ITV sitcom - Sink Or Swim and Holding The Fort - but as the young and slightly reckless Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, about the often humorous cases of Yorkshire vet James Herriot and his colleagues, he had cemented his stardom. The part led, indirectly, to his casting as the venerable Time Lord.
The recently installed Doctor Who producer, John Nathan-Turner, had been the Production Unit Manager on...
- 4/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Alex Westthorp 9 Apr 2014 - 07:00
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
- 4/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Andrew Blair 19 Nov 2013 - 06:39
In this week of Doctor Who celebration, Andrew salutes just a few of the individuals whose talent and hard work made the show what it is...
In the history of Doctor Who there are many names in the end credits that always seem to stand out. For some reason, I always look out for Alec Wheal in Eighties Who credits or, since 2005, the Script Editor. Over the years there have been hundreds of unsung contributors behind the scenes, and this article seeks to celebrate a handful of those who put in one helluva slog for our benefit.
Oh, and in researching this article I discovered that Dorka Nieradzik – who worked on Logopolis, Revelation of the Daleks and Silver Nemesis to name but a few – now appears to be Clive Owen's personal Hair and Make Up Artist.
It's not really relevant or anything, but...
In this week of Doctor Who celebration, Andrew salutes just a few of the individuals whose talent and hard work made the show what it is...
In the history of Doctor Who there are many names in the end credits that always seem to stand out. For some reason, I always look out for Alec Wheal in Eighties Who credits or, since 2005, the Script Editor. Over the years there have been hundreds of unsung contributors behind the scenes, and this article seeks to celebrate a handful of those who put in one helluva slog for our benefit.
Oh, and in researching this article I discovered that Dorka Nieradzik – who worked on Logopolis, Revelation of the Daleks and Silver Nemesis to name but a few – now appears to be Clive Owen's personal Hair and Make Up Artist.
It's not really relevant or anything, but...
- 11/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
November 23rd, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the debut of Doctor Who. This is a remarkable achievement shared by only a few properties (in the Us: Face The Nation, The Tonight Show, As the World Turns, General Hospital) and unmatched in nighttime scripted television. The longevity of the series from a practical standpoint comes from its protagonist’s ability to regenerate, which allows the series to continue unhampered by cast comings and goings. A brilliant solution to the failing health of William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor and was eventually too sickly to continue in the role, regeneration gave the show a creative solution to aging itself out of relevance, but this alone didn’t assure the series’ continuing place in pop culture- in the ‘90s, after being all but run into the ground by the BBC, the show went on hiatus for 16 years, with only a Fox-produced...
- 11/1/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Review Andrew Blair 23 Apr 2013 - 11:00
Here's what Andrew made of Philip Reeve's Fourth Doctor Puffin ebook, The Roots of Evil...
Philip Reeve's Fourth Doctor ebook feels very much like a new series episode in terms of pacing and content, although it does have overlap with other Tom Baker stories. It's interesting reading Reeve's blog, describing mixed feelings for the current era of Doctor Who and a patchy knowledge of the show, as he ends up embarking on a combination of new series-romp and spectacle against an early Graham Williams-era Doctor, using elements of The Face of Evil (which Reeve believes to be the first story he ever watched), a smidgen of The Seeds of Doom and Alien 3's unused 'Wooden Planet' concept.
The Fourth Doctor is, frankly, a bugger to write dialogue for. Like Patrick Troughton before him, Tom Baker was a great interpreter of other people's scripts.
Here's what Andrew made of Philip Reeve's Fourth Doctor Puffin ebook, The Roots of Evil...
Philip Reeve's Fourth Doctor ebook feels very much like a new series episode in terms of pacing and content, although it does have overlap with other Tom Baker stories. It's interesting reading Reeve's blog, describing mixed feelings for the current era of Doctor Who and a patchy knowledge of the show, as he ends up embarking on a combination of new series-romp and spectacle against an early Graham Williams-era Doctor, using elements of The Face of Evil (which Reeve believes to be the first story he ever watched), a smidgen of The Seeds of Doom and Alien 3's unused 'Wooden Planet' concept.
The Fourth Doctor is, frankly, a bugger to write dialogue for. Like Patrick Troughton before him, Tom Baker was a great interpreter of other people's scripts.
- 5/23/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Andrew Blair Feb 14, 2013
Based on the unaired Douglas Adams Doctor Who 1979 serial, Gareth Roberts' novelisation of Shada is a brisk, entertaining read...
Shada is a challenge for a writer. Firstly, it's based on a Douglas Adams script, rush written in 1979 (the show's production was never finished due to industrial action), that its author was not hugely enamoured of anyway. Those aspects Adams did like he used in other stories, most notably in the first Dirk Gently novel. Footage from Shada was used to represent the Fourth Doctor and Romana in The Five Doctors (Tom Baker having declined a return to the role), and what was shot was released on VHS in 1992 with linking narration by Tom Baker.
There have been several fan adaptations, including a Target-style novelisation by Paul Scoones which is available as an E-book, and in 2003 Big Finish and the BBC produced an audioplay with Paul McGann as the Doctor,...
Based on the unaired Douglas Adams Doctor Who 1979 serial, Gareth Roberts' novelisation of Shada is a brisk, entertaining read...
Shada is a challenge for a writer. Firstly, it's based on a Douglas Adams script, rush written in 1979 (the show's production was never finished due to industrial action), that its author was not hugely enamoured of anyway. Those aspects Adams did like he used in other stories, most notably in the first Dirk Gently novel. Footage from Shada was used to represent the Fourth Doctor and Romana in The Five Doctors (Tom Baker having declined a return to the role), and what was shot was released on VHS in 1992 with linking narration by Tom Baker.
There have been several fan adaptations, including a Target-style novelisation by Paul Scoones which is available as an E-book, and in 2003 Big Finish and the BBC produced an audioplay with Paul McGann as the Doctor,...
- 2/13/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Like many people associated with Doctor Who for its nearly 49 years of existence, actors who’ve played companions to the wandering Doctor may choose depart from show, but they never fully leave it.
Yes, fandom is sometimes difficult. Science fiction fans are loyal, adoring and sometimes over the top, but in the end, they love the character as much as they love the actor who plays them, which is why, at this time, our hearts hurt to learn of their passing. And the fact that is, in the last eighteen months, Doctor Who has lost four beloved actors who played enduring roles on the cult show in the 1970s –Nicholas Courtney, Elizabeth Sladen, Caroline John and now Mary Tamm.
Tamm, who joined the show for season sixteen as Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana for short), passed away on July 26, after an 18 month battle with cancer. She was 62. Like Elizabeth Sladen, like Caroline John,...
Yes, fandom is sometimes difficult. Science fiction fans are loyal, adoring and sometimes over the top, but in the end, they love the character as much as they love the actor who plays them, which is why, at this time, our hearts hurt to learn of their passing. And the fact that is, in the last eighteen months, Doctor Who has lost four beloved actors who played enduring roles on the cult show in the 1970s –Nicholas Courtney, Elizabeth Sladen, Caroline John and now Mary Tamm.
Tamm, who joined the show for season sixteen as Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana for short), passed away on July 26, after an 18 month battle with cancer. She was 62. Like Elizabeth Sladen, like Caroline John,...
- 7/26/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
Reboot number three.
No, I'm not talking about my slow and sluggish and slovenly and sleepy computer which is near causing me the death of a thousand head bangs against the desk. I am of course talking about the third reboot of the 21st century incarnation of everybody's favourite Time Lord. This can normally be categorised by the way in which the BBC1 window goes straight into the title sequence. I forgot to mention this last time, but the title music's been slightly tweaked so that it now sounds like Big Country have teamed up with the National Orchestra Of Wales to provide their own interpretation. It's Ok – I like the bah bah bah baaaahhh nod to the Peter Howell arrangement, although I kind of wish that they'd just stuck with the original Delia Derbyshire theme sometimes.
"It's a welcome return to the companions of yesteryear. You know, the ones...
No, I'm not talking about my slow and sluggish and slovenly and sleepy computer which is near causing me the death of a thousand head bangs against the desk. I am of course talking about the third reboot of the 21st century incarnation of everybody's favourite Time Lord. This can normally be categorised by the way in which the BBC1 window goes straight into the title sequence. I forgot to mention this last time, but the title music's been slightly tweaked so that it now sounds like Big Country have teamed up with the National Orchestra Of Wales to provide their own interpretation. It's Ok – I like the bah bah bah baaaahhh nod to the Peter Howell arrangement, although I kind of wish that they'd just stuck with the original Delia Derbyshire theme sometimes.
"It's a welcome return to the companions of yesteryear. You know, the ones...
- 7/20/2011
- Shadowlocked
Like it or not, Star Wars has always been a steadying influence on sci-fi telly since its debut in 1977. You can picture the exasperated look on Graham Williams' face as he realised that he now had to compete with a big-budget blockbuster that threw more visual trickery in your face than you could shake a magic stick at. Interestingly, despite the frugal budgets available, some of the results were not half bad. The Invasion Of Time pays homage to the film convincingly in its opening moments, while the spaceship scenes of Underworld and The Invisible Enemy are very very good indeed.
And since then, there's been the merchandise (kids today now have the Star Wars figure effect with the many Doctor Who figures), sly visual references (The End Of Time bar scene) and of course, Kamelion.
It's a nice idea, but in practice, the concept of Kamelion became a bit botched.
And since then, there's been the merchandise (kids today now have the Star Wars figure effect with the many Doctor Who figures), sly visual references (The End Of Time bar scene) and of course, Kamelion.
It's a nice idea, but in practice, the concept of Kamelion became a bit botched.
- 1/14/2011
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
By the prickliness of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
Yup, it can only be Meglos, the talking cactus who wants to rule the world. Oh, you can imagine Christopher Hamilton Bidmead crying buckets into his state-of-the-art 1980 word processor at such a concept.
Meglos is an interesting one in that it feels somewhat out of place in a season that's full of sombre mumblings about entropy, decay and other cheery concepts. What's more interesting is that we're only at story number two in the season, and after the relatively heavy-going Leisure Hive, Meglos is comparatively upbeat in tone. Along with State Of Decay, Meglos is about the only story of the season which feels more like the Doctor Who of old. And while State could have passed for a Hinchcliffe story, Meglos feels a bit like a season 17 story but with classier production values. We have a more light-hearted Doctor,...
- 12/3/2010
- Shadowlocked
Like The Mona Lisa, City Of Death has been seen, admired and commented on by millions. On its original transmission, it managed to achieve over 16 million viewing figures for the last episode alone. Yeah, this may be partly down to the ITV strike of Autumn 1979, but don’t forget, no one forced people to watch City Of Death part four at gunpoint.
So it’s a hell of an achievement, and what’s more, City has been acclaimed as one of the very best Doctor Who stories ever. Like a good wine it has a bouquet, even if 1979 isn’t exactly a vintage year in most fans’ eyes.
We also know that it’s strikingly different to your average Doctor Who story. It’s the first story to be filmed overseas, as the cast and crew take to Paris for a few days. The end result is a Doctor Who...
So it’s a hell of an achievement, and what’s more, City has been acclaimed as one of the very best Doctor Who stories ever. Like a good wine it has a bouquet, even if 1979 isn’t exactly a vintage year in most fans’ eyes.
We also know that it’s strikingly different to your average Doctor Who story. It’s the first story to be filmed overseas, as the cast and crew take to Paris for a few days. The end result is a Doctor Who...
- 11/19/2010
- Shadowlocked
After the 26-episode story arc of The Key To Time, things get free and easy for season 17, a season that’s paradoxically had something of a turbulent press.
On the production front alone, six stories are whittled down to five, as the dreaded strike action kicks in for the season finale. Behind the scenes, the main man Tom Baker is starting to rule the roost, allegedly booming at Graham Williams, who himself is plagued by last-minute script rewrites, cost problems and directors going Awol.
No wonder the behind-the-scenes friction shows in some of the final results. Season 17 has not had the best press from fans, who have taken brickbats to some of the stories for being too lightweight and flippant or shoddily made. However, the dust has settled, as fans have recently started to reappraise the season. Looking at the stories again, the season contains a frustrating mix of genius and ineptitude.
On the production front alone, six stories are whittled down to five, as the dreaded strike action kicks in for the season finale. Behind the scenes, the main man Tom Baker is starting to rule the roost, allegedly booming at Graham Williams, who himself is plagued by last-minute script rewrites, cost problems and directors going Awol.
No wonder the behind-the-scenes friction shows in some of the final results. Season 17 has not had the best press from fans, who have taken brickbats to some of the stories for being too lightweight and flippant or shoddily made. However, the dust has settled, as fans have recently started to reappraise the season. Looking at the stories again, the season contains a frustrating mix of genius and ineptitude.
- 11/17/2010
- Shadowlocked
The Armageddon Factor. Hmmphh. Sounds a bit like a cross between Gladiators and The X Factor in which Simon Cowell, Many Faces Of Louis Walsh, a Minogue Sister and People’s Pop Princess Cheryl Cole decide which bicep-bulging goons go head to head in mortal combat. In fact, it turns out to be both an orchestrated war between the planets of Zeos and Atrios.
Oh, and more crucially, it’s the last instalment in the Key To Time saga.
The past 26 weeks have boasted some of the best examples of late 1970s Who - witty snowbound Hustle prototype The Ribos Operation, explosion in imagination factory The Pirate Planet and summery Zenda update The Androids Of Tara. One of the good things about the season is that the linking theme isn’t always crowbarred in at inopportune moments. That’s the great thing about the quest motif - you simply start...
Oh, and more crucially, it’s the last instalment in the Key To Time saga.
The past 26 weeks have boasted some of the best examples of late 1970s Who - witty snowbound Hustle prototype The Ribos Operation, explosion in imagination factory The Pirate Planet and summery Zenda update The Androids Of Tara. One of the good things about the season is that the linking theme isn’t always crowbarred in at inopportune moments. That’s the great thing about the quest motif - you simply start...
- 11/15/2010
- Shadowlocked
Five Albums You Should Be Listening To Right Now This week's curator: Graham Williams, founder of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. By Graham Williams Every two weeks, titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week: Graham Williams, concert promoter and founder of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot It took awhile, but while Andre 3000 was working on his acting career, Big Boi was laboring on his first real solo record. Now that it's finally out, I love this record. It's right up there with most Outkast records, filled with an awesome, eclectic mix of special guests (Janelle Monae, Too Short, B.O.B., and more) backed with amazing production. Even the skits are funny, which is rare on hip-hop records. Bad Religion, the first five records Maybe it's nostalgia, but I've been listening to [...]...
- 11/3/2010
- by Graham Williams
- Nerve
Austin's Fun Fun Fest added a third day to it's usual two day program, just when you thought there was no more room on Austin's calendar. The line up is decidedly more noteworthy than past years too, with The Hold Steady and de-evolution pioneer Mark Mothersbaugh and crew on board. I'm not sure about spoof master Weird Al headlining opening night, but hey, if you're going to go for weird, go all the way. I look forward to the children's book he grandly announced on twitter [New yorker].
Weird Al Twittered: "Like Madonna, Hitler and @michaelianblack, I've written a children's book. Out next year on HarperCollins."
Other notables on the line up this year at Fff Fest include: Mgmt, Dirty Projectors, Best Coast, Man Man, Bad Religion, Gwar, Mastodon and RJD2.
Founder Graham Williams has proclaimed, "My cup funneth over." The festival is held November 5 - 7, 2010 at Waterloo Park in Austin, TX.
Weird Al Twittered: "Like Madonna, Hitler and @michaelianblack, I've written a children's book. Out next year on HarperCollins."
Other notables on the line up this year at Fff Fest include: Mgmt, Dirty Projectors, Best Coast, Man Man, Bad Religion, Gwar, Mastodon and RJD2.
Founder Graham Williams has proclaimed, "My cup funneth over." The festival is held November 5 - 7, 2010 at Waterloo Park in Austin, TX.
- 8/5/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Big Finish have announced a new range of audio adventures based on "lost stories" of Doctor Who - the series has launched this month with audio adaptions of the Sixth Doctor's adventures after Revelation of the Daleks, the unmade Season 23, kicking off with Graham Williams' The Nightmare Fair.
Big Finish plan to release another series of stories next year, following the Seventh Doctor's adventures post-Survival - these are made in collaboration with the then script editor Andrew Cartmel. Says range producer David Richardson:Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989, but the production team already had plans for the following year. It’s been my pleasure to collaborate with script editor Andrew Cartmel, who is rebooting those original storylines together with the writers who had been pencilled in for the season. Script writing is underway – in fact, the second story is nearly finished - and we hope to record these...
Big Finish plan to release another series of stories next year, following the Seventh Doctor's adventures post-Survival - these are made in collaboration with the then script editor Andrew Cartmel. Says range producer David Richardson:Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989, but the production team already had plans for the following year. It’s been my pleasure to collaborate with script editor Andrew Cartmel, who is rebooting those original storylines together with the writers who had been pencilled in for the season. Script writing is underway – in fact, the second story is nearly finished - and we hope to record these...
- 11/12/2009
- by Chuck Foster
- The Doctor Who News Page
First in the series of upcoming audio adaptations of TV scripts that never made it past the pre-production stage before Doctor Who was put on ice for 18 months in 1985, in November Big Finish bring to life The Nightmare Fair, a story by former series producer Graham Williams. Adapted for audio by Big Finish' John Ainsworth, The Nightmare Fair stars Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri and David Bailie as The Celestial Toymaker. Bailie is well-known to Doctor Who fans...
- 8/23/2009
- by Brian A. Terranova info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
News from Big Finish of the guest star of the audio version of the abandoned 1986 serial The Nightmare Fair... Production on The Lost Stories, the audio versions of unmade scripts from the 1980s era of Doctor Who, continues with The Nightmare Fair by Graham Williams which is recording on March 9 and 10. The story, which is set in Blackpool, finds the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) threatened by the Celestial Toymaker, an immortal being who makes playthings of those he defeats...
- 3/10/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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