“A man is the sum of his memories, you know— a Time Lord even more so.” In the barbaric ancient history of the Time Lords, in the early days of their control over time, they used the “Time Scoop” to…
Category: Dr Who from the Beginning
Dr Who: The King’s Demons
The TARDIS materializes in England in 1215, right before the eyes of an astonished crowd who were watching a joust (an unusual move for the TARDIS, which normally manages to arrive out of sight, though friendly guest characters are often…
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Dr Who: Enlightenment
“You are a Time Lord, a lord of time. Are there lords in such a small domain?” The Black Guardian trilogy concludes with a far stronger outing than last week’s Terminus. The Doctor learns of the Black Guardian’s influence over…
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Dr Who: Terminus
“There is no return. This is Terminus.” Terminus is definitely the weak link in season 20’s Black Guardian trilogy, and a below par episode for Dr Who in general. It’s often the case that the weaker episodes of Classic Dr…
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Dr Who: Mawdryn Undead
“Sometimes you have to live with the consequences of your actions.” –The Doctor Both an old villain and an old friend return in Mawdryn Undead, a distinctly “timey-wimey” story of the sort the new series loves but Classic did only…
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Dr Who: Snakedance
When Tegan unconsciously sets the TARDIS coordinates for Manussa, a planet once ruled by the Mara (the snake creature from last season’s Kinda), the Doctor realizes the creature still has possession of her mind. His early attempts to prevent it…
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Dr Who: Arc of Infinity
Fan Conventional Wisdom (FCW) calls this another poor story, following right on the disappointing Time-flight. I remember finding it pretty weak when I originally saw it back in the day, and as a result haven’t taken a look at it…
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Dr Who: Time-Flight
At present-day Heathrow airport, a Concorde on landing approach vanishes in mid-air— it doesn’t crash, it just disappears. While en route to the Great Exhibition of 1851, the TARDIS encounters a “time contour” and makes a forced landing, ending up…
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Dr Who: Earthshock
It’s the 26th century on Earth. A team of commandos (it’s never explained whether they’re soldiers or police) is heading down into a cave where a group of scientists on a research survey were attacked, leaving only one survivor. As…
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Dr Who: Black Orchid
Addendum to Last Week’s Post: Your humble Dr Who columnist is embarrassed to admit leaving out an event of enormous significance in last week’s discussion of The Visitation. It should have gone in the “details” section, as follows: At one point…
