Nothing Tra La La?: Doctor Who: 2012

Neither are listed in the Characters from Season 3 page on the BBC's own Doctor Who website – if that means anything. But other lists say one or both of them do. I once asked the actress Jean Marsh if she considered Sara to Continue reading

Nothing Tra La La?: Doctor Who: 2009

How is this relevant to Doctor Who , you ask. Well, it isn't really. But in 1911, as the Doctor battled Sutekh, the Catholic priest Monsignor Knox gave a paper called “Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes”, which attempted Continue reading

Nothing Tra La La?: Doctor Who: 1991

Who was Doctor Who for? I argued last time that in 1990 Doctor Who had stopped being for children. That fact was self-evident to Peter Darvill-Evans, who in 1991 was editor of the long-running Doctor Who novelisations. Continue reading

Nothing Tra La La?: Doctor Who: 1982

The return of the Cybermen for the first time in seven years! The producer of Doctor Who would surely want to shout about that. Their return would thrill fans and entice more casual viewers to tune in, ensuring a bumper Continue reading