By The Doctor on Oct 2, 2007 in News and Analysis | 0 Comments
I’m one of the few defenders of Time-Flight, but after seeing The Faceless Ones, one of the few things I enjoyed about Time-Flight evaporates. Both serials focus on the kidnapping of airplane passengers for notorious means, but The Faceless Ones does it much better for more sensible reasons. However, Time-Flight put into better use of The Doctor’s multiple companions, although the lack of Ben and Polly after episode 2 isn’t the fault of the writers, but rather a result of contract dispute (so it is suspected). That said, the disappearance of Ben and Polly raise the stakes personally for The Doctor and Jamie (and even further after Jamie is captured).
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By The Doctor on Jul 17, 2007 in Featured, Reviews | 0 Comments
One greedy politician wants money.
One overzealous politician wants control of a space colony.
One misguided scientist wants scientific knowledge.
One group of mistreated citizens want a new leadership.
And the Daleks? Well, they want power.
Of course, the newly regenerated Doctor and his companions, Ben and Polly, are caught in the middle.
I’ve begun watching the fan reconstructions of the […]
By The Doctor on Jun 30, 2007 in Reviews | 0 Comments
I want to preface this review with the fact that going into this story arc, I had enjoyed Colin Baker’s performance as The Doctor (as I later did in The Trial of a Time Lord) and I found that the disdain for his interpretation grossly overexaggerated. With this in mind, I had hoped the […]
By The Doctor on Jun 18, 2007 in Reviews | 0 Comments
While the original Tom Baker 1980 serial was left incomplete because of a worker strike, BBC fortunately made a flash animation webcast of the story, reworked to star the Eighth Doctor. I have to say that is one of the best Doctor Who stories and it’s very clear that Douglas Adams is the author behind […]
