Paradise Towers
"Let's clean up the ghetto" Finding new writers for Doctor Who has never been easy. In 1978 Douglas Adams, determined to bring in fresh voices, worked with...
"If Jesus was a Sheriff, and I was a Priest"
Falsification is an essential part of many intellectual processes, especially in the sciences. If you have a theory, you should be looking for the evidence...
"Only U Can Make The World Seem Right"
I have recently been wondering if there’s a “core canon” of twentieth century Doctor Who stories. I don’t mean that in the sense that Doctor Who fans usually...
Time and the Rani
"Push me in a corner and I'll scream. Just give me one more, one more chance. One more, one more chance. Tonight." Nicholas Pegg, the writer, actor and...
Gridlock - “God Knows I Want to Break Free…”
It's a guest post this week, as the brilliant Philip Purser-Hallard offers his thoughts on the magnificent Gridlock to celebrate its (gosh) 17th birthday....
The Trial of a Time Lord Epilogue: "The Final Countdown"
"I guess there is no one to blame... Will things ever be the same again? It's the Final Countdown." Doctor Who was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt...
Season 15 - Part Two
“Why take the smooth with the rough? When things run smooth, it’s already more than enough.” This month Doctor Who The Collection Season 15 is released on...
Season 15 - Part One
“Why take the smooth with the rough? When things run smooth, it’s already more than enough.” When Doctor Who returned to BBC1 in September 1977, it must have...
“Spoilers, Sweetie.”
Another cultural discussion about spoilers is upon us, with a chunk of online discourse devoted to their definition and their statute of limitations. This...
A Brief History of Timeslots
The brief trailer at the end of the achingly brilliant The Church on Ruby Road managed to break the hearts of much of Doctor Who's audience by saddling us...
Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma
“And If You Can't Be With the One You Love, Honey …” It's our first ever guest post on Psychic Paper this week, as the brilliant Dale Smith takes us for a...
"The Ultimate Foe" (The Trial of A Time Lord Parts 13 and 14)
"I am he as you are he as you are me." Seen: 29th November and 6th December 1986 The Long Way Round Robert Holmes died on 24th May 1986. The conclusion on...
"Terror of the Vervoids" (The Trial of A Time Lord Parts 9 to 12)
**"And the leaves that are green turn to brown, and they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand."** In February 1986, writers Pip and Jane Baker...
"Mindwarp" (The Trial of A Time Lord Parts 5 to 8)
"We can't go on together, with suspicious minds." Seen: 4th - 25th October 1986 The Long Way Round If the first section of The Trial of a Time Lord found...
"The Mysterious Planet" (The Trial of A Time Lord Parts 1 to 4)
"What number is this?""Seven-A!""Okay, know what I mean, like, don't get excited, man. Just cos I’m short.” Seen: 6th to 27th September 1986 The Long Way...
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD
“When tomorrow becomes yesterday, and tomorrow becomes eternity, tomorrow will be the 22nd Century.” Now you can see them in colour on the small screen....
House of Lords Temporal
As I type this there's almost exactly a year to go until the last plausible date for the next UK general election. Now, this is a Doctor Who newsletter not a...
"Who will buy?"
"So I could see at my leisure, whenever things go wrong. And I would keep it as a treasure, to last my whole life long." The appearance of (almost) all of...
Dr Who and the Daleks
“Red and Yellow and Pink and Green, Purple and Orange and Blue” Seen: 20th April 1985 Dr Who And The Daleks,a 1965 cinema film adaptation of Doctor Who’s...
Doctor Who And The 1979 ITV strike
"There was a clown strike, and the clowns threw down their tools." The viewing figures for Destiny of the Daleks and City of Death, the first two Doctor Who...
