Doctor Who (Classic): “Earthshock” · TV Club · The A.V. Club

“Don't look now, but there's one man too many in this room, and I think it's you.” –Groucho Marx. We're joining Doctor Who this week towards the tail end of Peter Davison's first season as the Fifth Doctor. If you've been Continue reading

Eccleston explains why he left Doctor Who | Bad Wilf

In an acting master class at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Christopher Eccleston was asked why he left a such a high paid job as Doctor Who . He responded: “I left Doctor Who because I could not get along with the senior Continue reading

Doctor Who (Classic): "Robot" · TV Club · The A.V. Club

Regeneration stories always have twice as much to carry as other Doctor Who stories, since they not only introduce the new lead but usually do so by wrapping that reveal around a plotline that's otherwise unrelated to the Continue reading

Doctor Who: "A Good Man Goes To War" · The A.V. Club

So many questions answered. So many more questions raised. “A Good Man Goes To War” is like a mirror image of “The Impossible Astronaut,” the opening episode of this in-progress, bifurcated Doctor Who season, raising Continue reading

doctor who | FlickFilosopher.com

Doctor Who is a fantastic resource for connecting preteens and teens with concepts of media literacy and critical thinking… without them even catching on that they're learning. I've created downloadable discussion guides for teachers, … Continue reading

Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" · TV Club · The A.V. Club

But let's talk about this week's episode, the most-anticipated Doctor Who episode in recent memory, “The Doctor's Wife,” a.k.a. “The One Neil Gaiman Wrote.” Doctor Who viewers who are also Gaiman fans—a pretty sizable Continue reading

More Hats and Other Doctor Who Series 6 Suggestions – The …

After David Tennant regenerated into Matt Smith, I was worried that Series 5 of Doctor Who would be hard to enjoy, but the Eleventh Doctor had won me over by the time he took his first bite of fish sticks and custard. Continue reading

Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who's legendary Brigadier, mourned by …

Dan Martin: The Tardis will feel a tiny bit emptier with the passing of Nicholas Courtney, who played the unflappable Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart for more than two decades. Continue reading