Unearthly Times

The Seventh Doctor: Sylvester McCoy

1987–89, 1996

Doctor Who's first webcast is a curious beast …


Aug
14
2021
Story
156

Twenty-five years ago today I would've been popping in the VHS tape of Doctor Who: The Movie and watching what would've been my first proper full-length Doctor Who story since becoming a "fan" …


May
22
2021

While in Doctor Who terms, it may be little more than a pantomime runaround that makes very little sense, I could never hate Dimensions in Time …


Feb
13
2021

When the Doctor told Ace they had work to do, is this what he meant? …


Dec
12
2020

Whilst I know that strictly speaking this isn't the end for the Seventh Doctor, let's just say (if I may paraphrase the Fourth Doctor) that the moment is being prepared for …


Nov
23
2020
Story
155

In a neat parallel with An Unearthly Child, the Doctor's travels, for the time being at least, end with him back in contemporary London …


Nov
21
2020
Story
154

I almost watched The Curse of Fenric when it was first broadcast …


Nov
07
2020
Story
153

Even in a show as literate as Doctor Who has been over the decades, Ghost Light stands out as one of its most richly allusive stories …


Oct
31
2020
Story
152

Although it's not without its flaws, one thing I really like about Battlefield is how it handles its big revelation …


Oct
24
2020
Story
151

You hear tales of people running away to join the circus, but running away from the circus? …


Oct
10
2020
Story
150

Although I like a lot of music that is jazz-influenced, I long ago reached the age where it's OK for me to say 'you know what, I don't really like jazz all that much' …


Sep
26
2020
Story
149

In The Happiness Patrol, the Doctor displays a degree of ruthless efficiency worthy of the Spanish Inquisition …


Sep
19
2020
Story
148

With Remembrance of the Daleks it feels as though many of the most promising aspects of the previous season's Seventh Doctor stories have clicked into place …


Sep
12
2020
Story
147

Ah, Ace! The quaint swearing, the inability to remember that the Doctor's title is not Professor, the teenage terrorism …


Aug
01
2020
Story
146

Delta and the Bannermen, as with Paradise Towers before it, shows a lot of promise, although, much like its predecessor, it suffers from a clash of tones at times. …


Jul
04
2020
Story
145

At almost no point does the incidental music complement the action in Paradise Towers. And yet …


Jun
27
2020
Story
144

Why does the Doctor regenerate at the beginning of Time and The Rani? Too much carrot juice? …


Jun
13
2020