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...
Reassessing Bond
Before James Bond became the most successful cinematic series in history, he was the protagonist of twelve novels set during the time of...
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 History of Comics 1
We are all born into an already existing culture, much of which we take completely for granted. Take ‘comics’, for example. They have...
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...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' 3
The era of the Second Doctor had generated much warmth: Troughton and Hines had worked so well together on screen that the goodbye scene...
The Context of 'Doctor Who' Part 2
When Patrick Troughton took over as the Doctor in Doctor Who in 1966, the producers probably thought that they would be wrapping up the...