“Do you feel like arguing with a can of deodorant that registers nine on the Richter scale?” —Ace Story The Doctor pilots the TARDIS to Iceworld, the name of a spaceport/trading center on the permanent dark side of the planet…
Category: Dr Who from the Beginning
Dr Who: Delta and the Bannermen
“I can’t condone this foolishness” —The Doctor Story The Bannermen— it’s not clear whether that’s the name of an army or a species or an empire, but they carry banners attached to their backpacks— led by the evil Gavrok, are…
Dr Who: Time and the Rani
“The more I know me, the less I like me.” —The Seventh Doctor Story Time Lady/Mad Scientist the Rani forces the TARDIS down on the planet Lakertya, knocking the Doctor and Mel unconscious and, for some reason, triggering the Doctor…
Dr Who: Trial of a Time Lord— The Ultimate Foe
“There is nothing you can do to prevent the catharsis of spurious morality!” —The Valeyard [WARNING: complete spoilers in this post] Story Picking up where we left off, the Doctor is facing the new charge of genocide and has no…
Dr Who: Trial of a Time Lord— Terror of the Vervoids
“Is it to be the Doctor’s defense that he improves?” —The Valeyard Story The prosecution has rested its case and it’s the Doctor’s turn to present his defense. Like the Valeyard, he chooses to do it by using the Matrix…
Dr Who: Trial of a Time Lord— Mindwarp
“Gentlemen, may I remind you this is a court of law, not a debating society for maladjusted, psychotic sociopaths.” [WARNING: this post includes complete spoilers about the ending of the story] Story The Inquisitor is clearly getting impatient with the…
Dr Who: The Trial of a Time Lord— The Mysterious Planet
“I was trying to help.” —The Doctor Story The TARDIS is pulled into a giant space station where the Doctor (arriving alone) finds himself being tried once again for interfering in the affairs of other world. The prosecutor, called the…
Dr Who: Revelation of the Daleks
It’s official: Classic Dr Who is not even trying to have Dalek story titles make sense any more. “You called us?” —The Daleks (really). Story Hearing that a famed scientist of his acquaintance has died, the Doctor decides to pay…
Dr Who: Timelash
Program Note: Apologies to my loyal reader(s) for the lapse in this series. The past few weeks have had various sorts of busy-ness about them. And now, on with the post: The Story The planet Karfel is ruled by a…
Dr Who: The Two Doctors
“If anything happens to myself because of this, I will never forgive himself.” The Story The Second Doctor and Jaime visit a space station / research institute at the behest of the Time Lords, who are concerned about dangerous time…