Unearthly Times

The Sixth Doctor: Colin Baker

1984–86

Real Time is, much like its predecessor (understandably, given broadband speeds at the time) of the limited animation ilk …


Aug
21
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

Doctor Who — The Ultimate Adventure is my last so-called sidestep of the show's classic run  …


Oct
17
2020

Unfairly maligned seems to be the description I go to when discussing the Sixth Doctor's era …


May
18
2020
Story
143

The opening shot to The Trial of a Time Lord is still magnificent, even over thirty years later …


May
16
2020

Is there a parallel universe in which Slipback does not exist? …


Apr
18
2020
Story
142

Probably because I'd first seen Revelation of the Daleks in its four-part version, by the time Orcini's leg got blown off, I'd forgotten it was an artificial limb …


Apr
11
2020
Story
141

For some reason, I had read the novelisation of Timelash long before seeing the episodes themselves …


Apr
04
2020
Story
140

In many ways, The Two Doctors marked the beginning of the end for classic Doctor Who …


Mar
28
2020
Story
139

There aren't many openings in Doctor Who as good as the first couple of minutes of The Mark of The Rani …


Mar
14
2020
Story
138

The Sixth Doctor's character is certainly a contrast with his predecessors. Watching Doctor Who in 1985 must have been an unusual experience for long-term fans …


Mar
07
2020
Story
137

Attack of the Cybermen feels like another example of the style of brutal, action-packed, seat-of-the-pants storytelling that Eric Saward employed in Earthshock and Resurrection of the Daleks …


Feb
22
2020
Story
136

You can't fault Colin Baker for effort in The Twin Dilemma …


Jan
25
2020