The fourth series of the reinvigorated Doctor Who comes to a close this week with Journey’s End. It also sees Donna Noble’s (Catherine Tate) departure from the TARDIS. The conclusion was penned by Russell T. Davies and aired on 5 July, 2008. The Doctor (Tennant), Donna, Rose (Billie Piper), and Captain Jack (John Barrowman) are…
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Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Turn Left, and The Stolen Earth
Turn Left, written by Russell T. Davies is the Doctor-lite episode of the season, and first debuted on 21 June, 2008. Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) finds herself in a bit of an alternative history. The Doctor (Tennant) is dead after the events of The Runaway Bride. She begins to encounter former companion Rose Tyler (Billie…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace
The Doctor (Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) go back to school, and the Companion gets a look at a possible future in School Reunion. Airing on 29 April, 2006 the episode was written by Toby Whithouse, and it brought back a couple of fan favourites. When strange happenings occur at Deffry Vale High School the…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Invisible Enemy
The Doctor (Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) indulge in their own Fantastic Voyage this week. This four-part story, written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin originally aired from 1 October to 22 October, 1977. A three-man rocket is returning to Titan Base when they pass through a strange cloud like substance in space. It…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Hand of Fear
This week’s story sees the TARDIS returning to Earth, and a departure of one of the most well-known companions. The Hand of Fear is a four-part story that was written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin and ran from 2 October to 23 October, 1976. The Doctor (Baker) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) arrive in a…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Masque of Mandragora
Here we are 14 (!) Seasons in, and things get a little historical for the first time in a long time as the Doctor (Baker) and Sarah-Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) find themselves back in 15th century Italy! The Masque of the Mandragora was a four part story that aired from 4 September to 25 September,…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Seeds of Doom
And just like that we come to the end of Season 13 of Doctor Who, and we close it out with a 6 part story by Robert Banks Stewart that plays, initially like a riff on the classic, The Thing From Another World. This serial ran from 31 January to 6 March, 1976. It…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Brain of Morbius
The Doctor (Baker) find himself in a riff on the classic Frankenstein story in this four part story written by Robin Bland (a pseudonym for Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes). The story ran from 3 January to 24 January, 1976. The Doctor and Sarah-Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) still haven’t arrived in London, in fact the…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Android Invasion
This week finds us visiting the small village of Devesham in this four-part story penned by Terry Nation, which aired from 22 November to 13 December, 1875. The Doctor (Baker) and Sarah-Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) arrive back in the right time, 1980, but still not quite to London. Instead they discover the little town of…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – Pyramids of Mars
Aliens are using Earth’s mythology to put themselves in the roles of gods in this four-part story written by Stephen Harris (a pseudonym for Robert Holmes and Lewis Greifer) that ran from 25 October to 15 November, 1975. Trouble starts when a shocking discovery is made in an Egyptian tomb in the year 1911….
The Mind Reels 