Month: October 2013

Dr Who: The Power of Kroll

The search for the fifth segment of the Key to Time takes the Doctor and Romana to the swamp-covered third moon of Delta Magna, where a conflict between the crew of a methane refinery and the tribal natives called “Swampies”…

Dr Who: The Androids of Tara

This is a really fun story, and may be the best of the Key to Time season so far. It’s a lighthearted adventure cheerfully ripped off from— er, a cheerful homage to— The Prisoner of Zenda, as the search for…

Dr Who: The Stones of Blood

The search for the third segment of the Key to Time leads the Doctor, Romana and K-9 to the Doctor’s favorite planet, Earth, in a story that is a complete opposite from last week’s. While The Pirate Planet featured the…

Dr Who: The Pirate Planet

I’m of two minds about this story. On the one hand, it’s an entirely comical episode of Dr Who, and that’s fun. On the other hand, it’s an entirely comical episode of Dr Who, and that’s kind of annoying. The…