'Doctor Who' and the Perfect Antagonist
The first episode of the fifty-year-old series Doctor Who had established a unique set of parameters. The juxtaposition of...
'Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child' 2
The rest of the first adventure of Doctor Who, commonly known by its opening episode ‘An Unearthly Child’, is comparatively...
'Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child' 1
The nature of the Doctor, the shape of the story and the social context - these are the three pillars upon which Doctor Who is built....
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 9
Nine years passed between the failed television movie in 1996 and the beginning of a new series of Doctor Who. When it was announced that...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 8
So the three pillars which had supported Doctor Who for so long had been undermined to the point where the show had finally been...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 7
When Sylvester McCoy took over as the Doctor in 1987, it is difficult to fathom the producer’s thinking. Doctor Who was continuing to...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 6
Peter Davison, famous for playing veterinarian Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, wore an Edwardian cricketers’ uniform and...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 5
As we have seen, there had been many changes of direction, mood and purpose in Doctor Who in its first twenty years, usually coinciding...
The BBC and the Spirit of Ariel
Prospero and his spiritual servant Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest appear prominently on the BBC’s Broadcasting House building....
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 4
Having overtly replaced its lead actor (Hartnell to Troughton) in 1966 using an invented plot mechanism which opened the door to a...