Contains spoilers for Tales of the Tardis, ‘Earthshock’, ‘The Three Doctors’, ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’, ‘The War Games’, ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’, ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’, ‘Survival’ and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
It’s not even November 25th and already we’re looking for Easter Eggs. Then again time has no meaning in a Remembered Tardis, the enigmatic location for Tales of the Tardis. What is Tales of the Tardis? I’m glad you asked. There are no stupid questions here, despite the best efforts of the comments section (I’m joking. Probably). Tales of the Tardis (I should probably put that on my clipboard now) is a new series of Doctor Who stories, edited to omnibus length with no episode breaks and bookended by appearances from characters connected to the stories. We went into more detail about it here.
A Remembered Tardis appears to be some...
It’s not even November 25th and already we’re looking for Easter Eggs. Then again time has no meaning in a Remembered Tardis, the enigmatic location for Tales of the Tardis. What is Tales of the Tardis? I’m glad you asked. There are no stupid questions here, despite the best efforts of the comments section (I’m joking. Probably). Tales of the Tardis (I should probably put that on my clipboard now) is a new series of Doctor Who stories, edited to omnibus length with no episode breaks and bookended by appearances from characters connected to the stories. We went into more detail about it here.
A Remembered Tardis appears to be some...
- 11/3/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
If Doctor Who fans ever felt hard done by during any of the show’s previous big anniversaries then the 60th is here to soothe spirits, hand out cherished gifts, and generally make a bloody big hair-ruffling fuss of the lot of us.
First came news of David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s return in three anniversary specials, then came the ‘roughly 8 million episodes of Doctor Who are coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1’ announcement, then they brought back Doctor Who Confidential under a different name, and now…
…three Classic era Doctors are returning alongside eight former Doctor Who Companions (plus The Sarah Jane Adventures’ Clyde Langer) for new series Tales of the Tardis.
New Scenes, Classic Who Cast
Not a behind-the-scenes documentary, and not standalone adventures, the six-part series will pair up the stars of classic Who acting in new scenes together, in character, wrapped around episodes from six existing serials.
First came news of David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s return in three anniversary specials, then came the ‘roughly 8 million episodes of Doctor Who are coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1’ announcement, then they brought back Doctor Who Confidential under a different name, and now…
…three Classic era Doctors are returning alongside eight former Doctor Who Companions (plus The Sarah Jane Adventures’ Clyde Langer) for new series Tales of the Tardis.
New Scenes, Classic Who Cast
Not a behind-the-scenes documentary, and not standalone adventures, the six-part series will pair up the stars of classic Who acting in new scenes together, in character, wrapped around episodes from six existing serials.
- 10/31/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s a good time to be a Doctor Who fan. Over 800 episodes of the iconic sci-fi series will soon be available to watch on BBC iPlayer, and they’ll be joined by a brand-new Doctor Who spinoff series which will reunite classic Doctor Who duos, including classic Doctors and their companions.
Tales of the Tardis will span six-episodes, with each featuring a different duo, with brand new scenes woven together with classic episodes to create feature-length omnibus episodes. Reprising their roles for the Doctor Who spinoff series are; Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe, Katy Manning as Jo and Daniel Anthony as Clyde, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Janet Fielding as Tegan, Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri, and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace.
Tales of the Tardis will span six-episodes, with each featuring a different duo, with brand new scenes woven together with classic episodes to create feature-length omnibus episodes. Reprising their roles for the Doctor Who spinoff series are; Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe, Katy Manning as Jo and Daniel Anthony as Clyde, Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Janet Fielding as Tegan, Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri, and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace.
- 10/30/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Alex Westthorp Oct 1, 2019
Witches, demons and ancient pagan rituals: Alex explores the use of folk horror in the Doctor's adventures...
This article originally ran on Den of Geek UK.
Thought to be a relatively recent term, coined by director Piers Haggard and popularised by Doctor Who's own Mark Gatiss, "folk horror" is essentially horror based on old countryside folklore. It is a sub-genre of occult fiction, which encompasses paganism, witchcraft, superstition, legends and the traditions of the countryside. Often texts will refer to "Green man" rituals, stone circles, Devil worship, disfigurement and the "memories" of the earth.
In the cinema, folk horror is at the fore in films like the 1967 Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out, Terence Fisher's vision of the 1934 novel by Denis Wheatley, Piers Haggard's own 1974 film Blood On Satan's Claw (which incidentally features a terrific cast including a pre-Who Anthony Ainley and a post-Who Wendy Padbury...
Witches, demons and ancient pagan rituals: Alex explores the use of folk horror in the Doctor's adventures...
This article originally ran on Den of Geek UK.
Thought to be a relatively recent term, coined by director Piers Haggard and popularised by Doctor Who's own Mark Gatiss, "folk horror" is essentially horror based on old countryside folklore. It is a sub-genre of occult fiction, which encompasses paganism, witchcraft, superstition, legends and the traditions of the countryside. Often texts will refer to "Green man" rituals, stone circles, Devil worship, disfigurement and the "memories" of the earth.
In the cinema, folk horror is at the fore in films like the 1967 Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out, Terence Fisher's vision of the 1934 novel by Denis Wheatley, Piers Haggard's own 1974 film Blood On Satan's Claw (which incidentally features a terrific cast including a pre-Who Anthony Ainley and a post-Who Wendy Padbury...
- 10/1/2019
- Den of Geek
Rachel Talalay Mar 6, 2018
Rachel Talalay on an extraordinary panel at the recent Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention, #MeToo and being kind...
We're thrilled to welcome director Rachel Talalay - Tank Girl, Doctor Who, The Flash, Riverdale, Supergirl, lots of other things! - to Den Of Geek. You can find Rachel on Twitter here. And without further ado, we're handing over to here..
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I was unprepared.
I simply thought a panel with 13 women (actors, writers, and crew) would mean I could relax after a rather demanding set of panels and events at Gallifrey One. There were plenty of brilliant, articulate and fascinating...
Rachel Talalay on an extraordinary panel at the recent Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention, #MeToo and being kind...
We're thrilled to welcome director Rachel Talalay - Tank Girl, Doctor Who, The Flash, Riverdale, Supergirl, lots of other things! - to Den Of Geek. You can find Rachel on Twitter here. And without further ado, we're handing over to here..
See related Luke Cage: making a star of a lesser-known character Jessica Jones season 2: episode titles and fantastic pulp covers released Iron Fist season 2: Alice Eve joins the cast Daredevil season 3: Vincent D’Onofrio teases Fisk's evolution The Punisher season 2 adds Supergirl's Floriana Lima
I was unprepared.
I simply thought a panel with 13 women (actors, writers, and crew) would mean I could relax after a rather demanding set of panels and events at Gallifrey One. There were plenty of brilliant, articulate and fascinating...
- 3/5/2018
- Den of Geek
Chris Swanson is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Wendy Padbury is best known to Doctor Who fans for her role as Zoe Heriot, companion to the Second Doctor. Zoe was a scientist from the far future. She was young, intelligent, and more than capable of handling herself in a fight, thus making her quite a bit different from a lot of the previous...
The post Wendy Padbury: “Would Kill” For One Line With Peter Capaldi! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Wendy Padbury is best known to Doctor Who fans for her role as Zoe Heriot, companion to the Second Doctor. Zoe was a scientist from the far future. She was young, intelligent, and more than capable of handling herself in a fight, thus making her quite a bit different from a lot of the previous...
The post Wendy Padbury: “Would Kill” For One Line With Peter Capaldi! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 3/23/2015
- by Chris Swanson
- Kasterborous.com
Nick Kitchen is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
In Big Finish’s Companion Chronicles finale, the series returns to Wendy Padbury’s Zoe as more of her memories return in Second Chances. Out of courtesy for some of our new Whovians who may not be incredibly familiar with the classic Doctors and their companions, Second Doctor companions Zoe and Jamie were stripped of all memories of...
The post The Companion Chronicles: Second Chances appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
In Big Finish’s Companion Chronicles finale, the series returns to Wendy Padbury’s Zoe as more of her memories return in Second Chances. Out of courtesy for some of our new Whovians who may not be incredibly familiar with the classic Doctors and their companions, Second Doctor companions Zoe and Jamie were stripped of all memories of...
The post The Companion Chronicles: Second Chances appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 1/4/2015
- by Nick Kitchen
- Kasterborous.com
There was a time, strange as it seems to recall, when the best a Whovian could expect at Easter was a ropey chocolate egg inside a cardboard Tardis bearing a slightly unfortunate picture of an apparently excited Peter Davison. This 1982 offering from Suchard, the noted Swiss purveyor of over-sweetened chocolate to the short-trousered refugees of the late seventies (your correspondent among them), was pretty much it for Easter-flavoured Time Lordiness.
That was until Russell the T. came along and managed to re-brand both Easter and Christmas as times of Gallifreyan goodness, with the very first episode of new-Who, Rose, broadcast on Easter Saturday in 2005. The last few years have seen the show scheduled later in the year, leaving us all munching on forlorn eggs decorated with Teletubby-coloured Daleks and Matt Smith’s eyebrowless, foot-shaped mug.
But never fear, in light of the Beeb’s continuing seasonal intransigence, the Horror Channel...
That was until Russell the T. came along and managed to re-brand both Easter and Christmas as times of Gallifreyan goodness, with the very first episode of new-Who, Rose, broadcast on Easter Saturday in 2005. The last few years have seen the show scheduled later in the year, leaving us all munching on forlorn eggs decorated with Teletubby-coloured Daleks and Matt Smith’s eyebrowless, foot-shaped mug.
But never fear, in light of the Beeb’s continuing seasonal intransigence, the Horror Channel...
- 4/18/2014
- by Ben Shillito
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Zoe Heriot
Portrayed by: Wendy Padbury
Doctor(s): Second Doctor
Tenure: 8 stories, from The Wheel in Space (April, 1968) to The War Games (June, 1969)
Background: Zoe is an astrometricist, astrophysicist, and computer genius aboard the titular Wheel in Space when she meets the Doctor. Seeking adventure, and the chance to develop more than just the skills she’d honed on the Wheel, she stows away aboard the Tardis.
Family/Friends: Though we meet some of Zoe’s shipmates in her first story, we never find out much about her background or family. Zoe doesn’t have any particularly close ties when she joins the Tardis team, being rather emotionally underdeveloped, and this is one of the things she’s looking to change with her new life. She quickly becomes fast friends with both the Doctor and Jamie.
Personality: Zoe is extremely precocious. She may even be smarter than the Doctor in certain areas,...
Portrayed by: Wendy Padbury
Doctor(s): Second Doctor
Tenure: 8 stories, from The Wheel in Space (April, 1968) to The War Games (June, 1969)
Background: Zoe is an astrometricist, astrophysicist, and computer genius aboard the titular Wheel in Space when she meets the Doctor. Seeking adventure, and the chance to develop more than just the skills she’d honed on the Wheel, she stows away aboard the Tardis.
Family/Friends: Though we meet some of Zoe’s shipmates in her first story, we never find out much about her background or family. Zoe doesn’t have any particularly close ties when she joins the Tardis team, being rather emotionally underdeveloped, and this is one of the things she’s looking to change with her new life. She quickly becomes fast friends with both the Doctor and Jamie.
Personality: Zoe is extremely precocious. She may even be smarter than the Doctor in certain areas,...
- 11/30/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Rule One: The Moffat Lies.
Rule One-a: So Does The McGann.
After nearly a year of what showrunner Steven Moffat described as “lying through my teeth”, the prequel to the Doctor Who anniversary episode “The Day of the Doctor” reveals that the one fact that upset people the most is the one that was the biggest lie.
Watch, and squee with me.
Ok, so technically, Paul McGann isn’t in the Anniversary episode proper, so his year-long claim that he wasn’t asked to take part wasn’t quite a lie, but it’s close enough.
And it was released on his birthday, which is just a case of the universe rolling the right way on occasion.
The Sisterhood of Karn made their first appearance in the Tom Baker adventure The Brain of Morbius. The Sisterhood have had a long history with the Time Lords, as described in numerous prose and audio adventures.
Rule One-a: So Does The McGann.
After nearly a year of what showrunner Steven Moffat described as “lying through my teeth”, the prequel to the Doctor Who anniversary episode “The Day of the Doctor” reveals that the one fact that upset people the most is the one that was the biggest lie.
Watch, and squee with me.
Ok, so technically, Paul McGann isn’t in the Anniversary episode proper, so his year-long claim that he wasn’t asked to take part wasn’t quite a lie, but it’s close enough.
And it was released on his birthday, which is just a case of the universe rolling the right way on occasion.
The Sisterhood of Karn made their first appearance in the Tom Baker adventure The Brain of Morbius. The Sisterhood have had a long history with the Time Lords, as described in numerous prose and audio adventures.
- 11/14/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
New details of BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who 50th Celebration have been announced.
Peter Davison is the latest star to be added to the guest-list for the three-day event, which takes place at ExCeL London from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24.
The fifth Doctor actor joins Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in attending the celebration.
It has also been confirmed that 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor' will be screened, in 2D and free of charge, on the evening of Saturday, November 23.
The screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with Saturday attendees due to be e-mailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat.
The full guest list for all three days is as follow:
Friday, November, 22:
Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O'Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse,...
Peter Davison is the latest star to be added to the guest-list for the three-day event, which takes place at ExCeL London from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24.
The fifth Doctor actor joins Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in attending the celebration.
It has also been confirmed that 50th anniversary special 'The Day of the Doctor' will be screened, in 2D and free of charge, on the evening of Saturday, November 23.
The screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with Saturday attendees due to be e-mailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat.
The full guest list for all three days is as follow:
Friday, November, 22:
Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O'Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse,...
- 11/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Feature Jeff Szpirglas 30 Oct 2013 - 06:44
Classic Who had more than its fair share of really, really weird moments. Jeff picks 10 of the most bizarre...
There’s barely a second to waste in television today; most shows pack plot threads into running times more tightly than sardines. But back in the days of Classic Doctor Who, there was room for a story to breathe – admittedly, sometimes too much room. Spanning from the 60s to the 80s, when a televised shot could last longer than five seconds, Classic Who had its fair share of strange asides and mind-altering trips…
Ancient skull space-out (Image of The Fendhal – Part 1)
In two minutes of today’s Doctor Who, a lot of plot can happen, and frequently does. You’d never get something like the sequence that runs part way through Image of the Fendahl’s first episode, when Thea Ransome (Wanda Ventham) forms a...
Classic Who had more than its fair share of really, really weird moments. Jeff picks 10 of the most bizarre...
There’s barely a second to waste in television today; most shows pack plot threads into running times more tightly than sardines. But back in the days of Classic Doctor Who, there was room for a story to breathe – admittedly, sometimes too much room. Spanning from the 60s to the 80s, when a televised shot could last longer than five seconds, Classic Who had its fair share of strange asides and mind-altering trips…
Ancient skull space-out (Image of The Fendhal – Part 1)
In two minutes of today’s Doctor Who, a lot of plot can happen, and frequently does. You’d never get something like the sequence that runs part way through Image of the Fendahl’s first episode, when Thea Ransome (Wanda Ventham) forms a...
- 10/29/2013
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Music Composed and Produced by: Brian Hodgson & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Release Date: July 16th, 2013
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1 disc, 26 tracks, approx. 26 minutes
Label: Silva America
Overview:
Doctor Who – The Krotons is the second archive release of a Doctor Who soundtrack since the Doctor Who 2005 British TV comeback, featuring a collection of ‘special sounds’ by British electronic composer Brian Hodgson and leads into the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise. Doctor Who – The Krotons is a 4-episode Doctor Who serial, first broadcast in weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969.
The soundtrack for Doctor Who – The Krotons is quite a trip down memory lane for any one who is a classic Doctor Who fan or for anyone who watched a science fiction show in the late ’60s. The four episodes that make up The Krotons played in the latter half of the Second Doctor’s (Patrick Troughton) incarnation which...
Release Date: July 16th, 2013
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1 disc, 26 tracks, approx. 26 minutes
Label: Silva America
Overview:
Doctor Who – The Krotons is the second archive release of a Doctor Who soundtrack since the Doctor Who 2005 British TV comeback, featuring a collection of ‘special sounds’ by British electronic composer Brian Hodgson and leads into the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise. Doctor Who – The Krotons is a 4-episode Doctor Who serial, first broadcast in weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969.
The soundtrack for Doctor Who – The Krotons is quite a trip down memory lane for any one who is a classic Doctor Who fan or for anyone who watched a science fiction show in the late ’60s. The four episodes that make up The Krotons played in the latter half of the Second Doctor’s (Patrick Troughton) incarnation which...
- 7/16/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
The best of the Companion Chronicles stories are those that are more like full-cast audios and less like narrated talking books. Few are very much like that, but some get close, and this is one of those that does.
This story is a good ole fashioned Second Doctor romp, with Frazier Hines and Wendy Padbury playing Jamie and Zoe and bringing a very authentic feel to the story; something that’s helped by Hines’ uncanny impression of the Second Doctor. It therefore feels like a three-person audio, and that’s at least close to full cast.
The story concerns the Tardis arriving on a future version of Earth, one where there’s only one major city remaining. That city is inhabited by clueless buffoons who have no idea how to do anything, especially defend against a meteor that’s about to hit. To make matters worse,...
The best of the Companion Chronicles stories are those that are more like full-cast audios and less like narrated talking books. Few are very much like that, but some get close, and this is one of those that does.
This story is a good ole fashioned Second Doctor romp, with Frazier Hines and Wendy Padbury playing Jamie and Zoe and bringing a very authentic feel to the story; something that’s helped by Hines’ uncanny impression of the Second Doctor. It therefore feels like a three-person audio, and that’s at least close to full cast.
The story concerns the Tardis arriving on a future version of Earth, one where there’s only one major city remaining. That city is inhabited by clueless buffoons who have no idea how to do anything, especially defend against a meteor that’s about to hit. To make matters worse,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
(Warning: Significant spoilers follow!)
The current season of The Lost Stories reaches its climactic conclusion with this, a story originally created for the Second Doctor. For a variety of reasons, it never reached the screen, which is too bad, because it would have made for a dandy adventure. Luckily, it still works fairly well here on audio.
The story features Jamie (Frazer Hines), Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and the Doctor (here voiced by Hines, doing his usual excellent job channeling Patrick Troughton), arriving at a research station. There they encounter a xenobotanist (David Warner, who acted alongside Troughton in The Omen), and the station’s commander, an alien from Rosa Damascena named Rugosa (Clive Wood). Naturally not all is as it appears, and it’s up to the Doctor and crew to save the day.
I’ve complained before, most notably in my review of “The Masters...
(Warning: Significant spoilers follow!)
The current season of The Lost Stories reaches its climactic conclusion with this, a story originally created for the Second Doctor. For a variety of reasons, it never reached the screen, which is too bad, because it would have made for a dandy adventure. Luckily, it still works fairly well here on audio.
The story features Jamie (Frazer Hines), Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and the Doctor (here voiced by Hines, doing his usual excellent job channeling Patrick Troughton), arriving at a research station. There they encounter a xenobotanist (David Warner, who acted alongside Troughton in The Omen), and the station’s commander, an alien from Rosa Damascena named Rugosa (Clive Wood). Naturally not all is as it appears, and it’s up to the Doctor and crew to save the day.
I’ve complained before, most notably in my review of “The Masters...
- 9/29/2012
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
[rating 2.5]
Warning: Significant spoilers follow!
Zoe (Wendy Padbury) has always been one of my favorite companions. I’ve enjoyed her in the few TV existing stories she’s in, and I always look forward to hearing her in an audio story. I still remember fondly “The Prison in Space”, which was a really great story.
So it is with a sense of disappointment that I write this review. This wasn’t a bad story, but it didn’t hold my attention at any point, and though I really wanted to like it, I came away very unimpressed.
The story consists of Zoe talking with Jen (Charlie Hayes), a company psychiatrist who is assigned to try and plumb the depths of Zoe’s memory (and bypass the memory blocks implanted by the Time Lords at the end of “The War Games”). This leads to Zoe relating, in narration, a story involving her,...
Warning: Significant spoilers follow!
Zoe (Wendy Padbury) has always been one of my favorite companions. I’ve enjoyed her in the few TV existing stories she’s in, and I always look forward to hearing her in an audio story. I still remember fondly “The Prison in Space”, which was a really great story.
So it is with a sense of disappointment that I write this review. This wasn’t a bad story, but it didn’t hold my attention at any point, and though I really wanted to like it, I came away very unimpressed.
The story consists of Zoe talking with Jen (Charlie Hayes), a company psychiatrist who is assigned to try and plumb the depths of Zoe’s memory (and bypass the memory blocks implanted by the Time Lords at the end of “The War Games”). This leads to Zoe relating, in narration, a story involving her,...
- 8/25/2012
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Warning: Significant spoilers follow
I’ve always rather liked the character of Ian (William Russell). He seemed to have a good head on his shoulders and was more than willing to call out the First Doctor when needed. His relationship with Barbra was fascinating and wonderful to see and the way he acted toward Susan was just about pitch-perfect. He really did set a very high standard for subsequent companions of both genders.
He gets a story all to himself in “The Time Museum,” Big Finish’s latest story in their companion chronicles line and the first title in season seven. It tells the story of Ian waking up in an odd museum; one which appears to be dedicated to him. The only other person there is a man named Pendolin (Phillip Poe), and it seems that he’s the one running the museum.
Soon the...
Warning: Significant spoilers follow
I’ve always rather liked the character of Ian (William Russell). He seemed to have a good head on his shoulders and was more than willing to call out the First Doctor when needed. His relationship with Barbra was fascinating and wonderful to see and the way he acted toward Susan was just about pitch-perfect. He really did set a very high standard for subsequent companions of both genders.
He gets a story all to himself in “The Time Museum,” Big Finish’s latest story in their companion chronicles line and the first title in season seven. It tells the story of Ian waking up in an odd museum; one which appears to be dedicated to him. The only other person there is a man named Pendolin (Phillip Poe), and it seems that he’s the one running the museum.
Soon the...
- 8/11/2012
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
.You have no value.. Sadly, much of Patrick Troughton.s era was erased for saving a few pounds. Perhaps even sadder is that much of his greatest episodes are lost and some of the more pedestrian ones did not suffer the same fate. No crying over spilt milk. It does mark the beginning of a relationship that will flower in later years. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazier Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) arrive on the planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the mysterious, unseen Krotons. When the time travelers arrive they witness a native stumble out of a doorway and vaporized. Entering into the city, they witness a...
- 7/27/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
The second outing of the Ice Warriors finds them getting their plans foiled by Doctor Number two. Not that he.d be around but two more serials. That first adventure with the warriors suffers from two lost episodes but this one could suffer from having to stretch the proceedings out for six. The Tardis brings the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jaime (Frazer Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) to Earth in the 21st Century, where they learn that human society is now reliant on T-Mat - a matter transmitting device that beams people and freight instantly to destinations all around the globe. The system, overseen by a Commander Radnor (Ronald Leigh-Hunt) and his assistant Gia Kelly (Louise Pajo), is currently malfunctioning...
- 7/2/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Huzzah! After much media brooding and betting about the identity of the new Doctor Who companion, actress Jenna-Louise Coleman was announced at a press call last Wednesday.
The speculation had been gathering at pace of late, with a few whispers of Sophia Myles somehow coming back to Who after playing Madame du Pompadour six-odd years ago. Possibly this was some sneaky red herring paper trail left by Steven Moffat who urged his Twitter followers to follow La Myles, while a forthcoming interview in Doctor Who Magazine could have also been a clue. But no – quite how Sophia will be involved in the next series (at the time of writing this) is a mystery, so apologies if early next week she's announced as the next incarnation of The Rani.
What else? Waterloo Road, a programme that I dip into about once in a blue moon. It's an odd one in that...
The speculation had been gathering at pace of late, with a few whispers of Sophia Myles somehow coming back to Who after playing Madame du Pompadour six-odd years ago. Possibly this was some sneaky red herring paper trail left by Steven Moffat who urged his Twitter followers to follow La Myles, while a forthcoming interview in Doctor Who Magazine could have also been a clue. But no – quite how Sophia will be involved in the next series (at the time of writing this) is a mystery, so apologies if early next week she's announced as the next incarnation of The Rani.
What else? Waterloo Road, a programme that I dip into about once in a blue moon. It's an odd one in that...
- 3/28/2012
- Shadowlocked
Any release of Patrick Troughton.s Doctor is greatly appreciated since his era suffered much from the BBC.s wiping of tapes. The dominating factor for this episode appears to create something to replace the Daleks. It failed to do that, but it is still a good episode that is bolstered by some great special features. The Tardis, carrying the Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury), materializes on the planet Dulkis, currently under threat from two alien Dominators, Rago (Ronald Allen) and his subordinate Toba (Kenneth Ives), who have landed in a spaceship. Aided by their robotic servants, the Quarks, and slave workers drawn from the native Dulcian population, the Dominators set about drilling bore holes,...
- 1/14/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
During Doctor Who's 47 years, companions have come and gone and have stuck by the good Doctor through thick and thin. We've had all sorts of companions, from plucky journalists through to shifty non-public school boys; leggy swinging 60s dolls through to haughty Time Lady ice-maidens and trusty schoolteachers through to – erm, Adric.
For completism's sake, I'm including all the companions of The Doctor, so that means one-offs too, like Adelaide and Christina – they were described in the BBC press releases as companions, so they're fair game. There'll be the equivalents of bronze, silver and gold for each category, so let the tournament commence!
Best Journey
3. Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury)
But after she's stowed away in the Tardis, Zoe goes from being Spock poster-girl through to a much more warm-hearted and caring companion. She still uses her total recall and whizzkid brain for defeating Cybermen fleets and finding her way through claustrophobic tunnels,...
For completism's sake, I'm including all the companions of The Doctor, so that means one-offs too, like Adelaide and Christina – they were described in the BBC press releases as companions, so they're fair game. There'll be the equivalents of bronze, silver and gold for each category, so let the tournament commence!
Best Journey
3. Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury)
But after she's stowed away in the Tardis, Zoe goes from being Spock poster-girl through to a much more warm-hearted and caring companion. She still uses her total recall and whizzkid brain for defeating Cybermen fleets and finding her way through claustrophobic tunnels,...
- 12/24/2010
- Shadowlocked
The BBFC have cleared extras for the DVD release of the Second Doctor story The Dominators.
This 1968 five-part story has been expected ever since an official promo for the story was leaked to YouTube at the end of last year. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Doctor along with Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe.
The story is set on the planet Dulkis, under threat from two alien Dominators, Rago and his subordinate Toba, who have landed in a spaceship. It features the robot Quarks.
Guest stars include Ronald Allen, who was well known at the time for his starring role in the soap opera Compact and later for his role in Crossroads and Brian Cant who was a staple of Children's television in the sixties and seventies, well known for his work on Play School and Play Away and for his narration on the popular Trumpton,...
This 1968 five-part story has been expected ever since an official promo for the story was leaked to YouTube at the end of last year. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Doctor along with Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe.
The story is set on the planet Dulkis, under threat from two alien Dominators, Rago and his subordinate Toba, who have landed in a spaceship. It features the robot Quarks.
Guest stars include Ronald Allen, who was well known at the time for his starring role in the soap opera Compact and later for his role in Crossroads and Brian Cant who was a staple of Children's television in the sixties and seventies, well known for his work on Play School and Play Away and for his narration on the popular Trumpton,...
- 4/22/2010
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine reveals that The TV Movie will be re-released on DVD as a special edition in 2010.
The special, which stars Paul McGann in his only television appearence as the Eighth Doctor, was first shown in 1996. The new release will be part of the "Revisitaions" box set, which will consist of new editions of stories that were previously released in the early days of the DVD range.
The TV Move special edition will include a documentary called The Seven Year Hitch, which looks at producer Philip Segal's long quest to get the project into production and talks to Segal himself, as well as writer Matthew Jacobs and the then-bbc One controller Alan Yentob.
There is no confirmed release date for the Box Set, nor is it known if the story will finally be available in North America.
Also in Dwm is news that Jamie...
The special, which stars Paul McGann in his only television appearence as the Eighth Doctor, was first shown in 1996. The new release will be part of the "Revisitaions" box set, which will consist of new editions of stories that were previously released in the early days of the DVD range.
The TV Move special edition will include a documentary called The Seven Year Hitch, which looks at producer Philip Segal's long quest to get the project into production and talks to Segal himself, as well as writer Matthew Jacobs and the then-bbc One controller Alan Yentob.
There is no confirmed release date for the Box Set, nor is it known if the story will finally be available in North America.
Also in Dwm is news that Jamie...
- 12/10/2009
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
Full Circle scriptwriter Andrew Smith - who has been relatively unheard of since the serial's 1980 broadcast - is set to appear at an event in Glasgow in May, a few months after his appearance as a DVD extra following the release of Tom Baker-era story arc The E-Space Trilogy in January Army of Guests on Sunday May 29th also features Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, Peri Brown actress Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury (sixties companion Zoe Heriot) distinguished actor Colin Salmon (Dr Moon in...
- 4/17/2009
- by Chris Davids info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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