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September 2020

September 18, 2020

Blogging the Fourth Doctor

Here's a round up of my blogging about Tom Baker's era as the Doctor, the...

September 16, 2020

Doctor Who: Logopolis

I did not plan it to reach its finale in precisely this manner, when I...

September 14, 2020

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

This episode, the penultimate of the Tom Baker era, introduced two new characters: Nyssa, who...

September 09, 2020

Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate

Warriors' Gate is the final episode in the E-space trilogy. It is also the one...

August 2020

August 15, 2020

Doctor Who: State of Decay

"State of Decay" continues what would turn out to be a trilogy of stories set...

August 02, 2020

Doctor Who: Full Circle

The Doctor Who episode "Full Circle" is the first story in the E-Space trilogy, and...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

Doctor Who: Meglos

The episode Meglos is easily distinguished in every fan's mind from all other episodes, with...

November 2019

November 24, 2019

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

Time to get back into blogging through classic Doctor Who episodes. Apologies for the long...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

Time to get back to (and hopefully wrap up) blogging through the classic series of...

March 2019

March 04, 2019

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

This episode is an important precursor to the modern era, as well as a successor...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor is the episode that brings the Key to Time sequence of episodes...

December 2018

December 07, 2018

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

The Doctor Who episode "The Androids of Tara" is part of the Key to Time...

August 2016

August 20, 2016

Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time

The Invasion of Time is a true classic of the Tom Baker era. It is...

August 05, 2015

Doctor Who: The Horror of Fang Rock

Horror of Fang Rock sees the Doctor and Leela arrive on the coast of England...

August 01, 2015

#GenCon 2015 Costumes

  Since Saturday is the day of the costume parade and contest, I decided to...

March 2015

March 21, 2015

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng Chiang

The Talons of Weng-Chiang is an episode that one could discuss from many perspectives -...

March 20, 2015

To the Rational Mind

I came across an image on Twitter with the quote from the Doctor Who episode...

March 18, 2015

Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

The Doctor Who episode The Deadly Assassin offered another glimpse of the Doctor's home planet,...

March 17, 2015

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

The Doctor Who episode The Hand of Fear is probably best known as the episode...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

The Seeds of Doom is an episode which explores yet another widespread sci-fi trope, namely...

January 19, 2015

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

The "brain in a vat" scenario is a famous philosophical thought experiment, as well as...

January 18, 2015

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

The Android Invasion is another Doctor Who version of a widespread science fiction trope, this...

January 17, 2015

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Pyramids of Mars is one of the great classic examples of the ancient aliens trope...

January 16, 2015

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

Planet of Evil is one of those episodes of Doctor Who that makes no sense,...

January 13, 2015

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

"Genesis of the Daleks" is arguably one of the greatest episodes in Doctor Who history....

January 12, 2015

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

The episode "The Sontaran Experiment" is an interesting one when treated as a companion to...

January 10, 2015

The Doctor Who Scarf is Completed!

Tonight, my wife finished the Doctor Who scarf she has been making me, and so I...

January 10, 2015

Doctor Who: Robot

Tom Baker's time as the Doctor is arguably the most iconic in the show's history,...

January 01, 2015

A Christmas Present Still In The Works

One of my Christmas presents for 2014 is still being made. Here's a photo indicating...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Doctor Who Infographic

  Kasterborus shared the above infographic (click through if the size doesn't appear correct here)....

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