Unearthly Times

The Third Doctor: Jon Pertwee

1970–74

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British rural horror meets Doctor Who in The Dæmons. There's witchcraft, demons, satanic rituals, a village in thrall to a new arrival and, most terrifying of all, traditional English folk dancing …


Jun
18
2016
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For the first time since The Space Pirates I had one of my memory blind spots with Colony in Space, remembering almost nothing …


Jun
11
2016
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057

Like the dedicated Doctor Who fans we are, my son and I watched the full studio recording of the first and second episodes of The Claws of Axos …


May
28
2016
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056

There's more than a hint of A Clockwork Orange's Ludivico technique in the Keller process  …


May
21
2016
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055

Terror of the Autons kicks off the eighth season of Doctor Who with much the same blend of violence and mordant wit that characterised the previous run, whilst at the same time ringing in the changes …


May
14
2016
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054

I didn't make too many notes watching Inferno, which goes to show how the suspense is pretty much relentless …


Feb
06
2016
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053

It seems a minor miracle that we can pop a DVD in and watch The Ambassadors of Death in full colour throughout …


Jan
16
2016
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052

OK, so it's fair to say its palæontology and geology are a teeny bit wonky, resulting in another inaccurately named race courtesy of what I now call the Chumbley effect …


Jan
02
2016
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051

Doctor Who returns! In colour! And, at the time of writing, as far as the classic series goes, uniquely available on high-definition Blu-ray disc. …


Dec
19
2015
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