I was out of the UK for the Christmas of 2008/09, so spoilers – and a certain Doctor Who Confidential announcement in the New Year – meant I knew David Morrissey was not the next doctor by the time I sat down to watch, ahem, The Next Doctor. …
After watching Cyberwoman, my son turned to me and said 'Well, that was definitely the worst episode so far!' …
You can call me a sour old grumpy puss if you like, but I've never really believed the Doctor and Rose were in love …
It had to happen. There had to be a dip in quality at some point …
Real Time is, much like its predecessor (understandably, given broadband speeds at the time) of the limited animation ilk …
In retrospect, given Destiny of the Doctors features Anthony Ainley's final performance as the Master, perhaps we should imagine this directly precedes the events that lead to his trial on Skaro and transformation into a kind of ectoplasmic slime …
Doctor Who — The Ultimate Adventure is my last so-called sidestep of the show's classic run …
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' …
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 …
They say familiarity breeds contempt, in which case The Five Doctors should be my least favourite Doctor Who story and yet, for all its flaws, it's far too much fun for me ever to tire of watching it …
Unfortunately, thanks to the many magazines and Doctor Who reference books that litter the house, my son knew all of the major plot points of Earthshock going in …
For the third story in a row, the title gives away the main foe …
For this story, I was happy to have with me as guest blogger my son, who'd wanted to watch The Invasion for some time …
It's almost twenty minutes before we see anybody else in The Wheel in Space – before that it's just the Doctor, Jamie and a robot …
I stopped watching Doctor Who in 1983, not because I stopped liking it, but because I moved away from the UK …
That it's taken me four attempts to get through The Moonbase should tell you just how enthralling I found it …