The Fourth Doctor tries his hand at a James Bond movie in a story that waits until the climax for the alien monster to take center stage, while spending most of its time in action-hero fight scenes, chases, and undercover…
Month: June 2013
Dr Who: The Brain of Morbius
Here in the heart of Dr Who’s “Tribute to Classic Horror Movies” era, we get a homage to “Frankenstein” that is probably the most clear and direct such borrowing Dr Who has done yet. Pyramids of Mars had mummies but…
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Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
It’s getting hard to find new ways to say “another great episode” but that’s par for the course as we work our way through Doctor Who’s Golden Age. Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen are at the peak of their collaboration…
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Thinking About Superman
Superman is my favorite superhero. With the new movie coming out tomorrow (as I type this), I’ve been thinking about that lately. What follows is a ramble through those thoughts— I’m not writing from an outline to produce a well-constructed…
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Dr Who: Pyramids of Mars
Egyptian mummies building a missile to destroy a pyramid on Mars in order to free an imprisoned extraterrestrial Egyptian god so that he can destroy all life in the Universe. Only in Dr Who! This is another delicious episode from…
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An Unoriginal Beginning
I wonder how many thousands of Doctor Who fans have blogs or pages or image galleries called “Bigger on the Inside.” Not to mention the various official sites that probably have a page or a header by that name, or…
