1974–81
The Pirate Planet is jam-packed with the kind of wild and wonderful ideas we came to expect from Douglas Adams …
I've often wondered whether the doubt and moral handwringing that accompanies Star Trek's encountering of so-called less-developed societies is due in part to the United States itself having grown out of a colony …
It's not exactly a whole-hearted compliment to say that The Invasion of Time is a lot like the kind of big end-of-season finale we've come to expect of 21st century Doctor Who …
Arguably the most interesting thing about Underworld is its attempt to create a world almost entirely on blue screen …
The Sun Makers might well be the best indicator so far of where Doctor Who was headed under Graham Williams's watch …
For a couple of episodes Image of the Fendahl seems like a return to form …
Shortly after the last of the lighthouse keepers meets his end, my daughter turned to me and said ‘I can see why it's called "Horror".’ …
On the surface, The Talons of Weng-Chiang is as sumptuous a piece of melodrama as any you might have expected from the BBC's 1970's classic serial department …
Chris Boucher is one of a rare subset of Doctor Who writers that has received an onscreen writing credit for two consecutively transmitted serials …
It's a pity they didn't go with the original title for The Face of Evil …
This is the point at which my childhood memories of Doctor Who begin, if not exactly to kick in, at least to fade in …
The Hand of Fear is classic Bob Baker and Dave Martin Doctor Who. It's crammed full of ideas – some of them great, some of them silly …
This curio warrants its place in this marathon by virtue of its being Doctor Who's first radio broadcast …
It's Doctor Who pretending to be Shakespeare again. Well, sort-of …
The first thing my son and I noticed about Doctor Who and the Pescatons was its use of the original theme tune …
There's a moment in The Seeds of Doom where you're convinced the Doctor has deliberately broken someone's neck …
It's surely no coincidence that Steven Moffat chose to bring his previously unseen Doctor to life on Karn …
The Android Invasion is much better than I remembered, but since the extent of my memory of it was the revelation of Sarah having been replaced by a goggle-eyed android, this is perhaps not surprising …
You can't outrun a mummy, no matter how slowly it comes after you …
