Primer: Doctor Who
Primer is The A.V. Club’s ongoing series of beginners’ guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you. This...
View ArticleTV Club: Doctor Who, “Time and the Rani”
“Time and the Rani” (season 24, episodes 1-4; originally aired 9/7/1987-9/28/1987) By the time the Seventh Doctor rolled around, Doctor Who was probably already in a death spiral, weakened by years of...
View ArticleTV Club: Doctor Who, “The Curse of Fenric”
“The Curse Of Fenric” (season 26, episodes 8-11; originally aired 10/25-11/15/1989) “The Curse Of Fenric,” like many Doctor Who stories, is about a battle to stop an impending apocalypse. It was also...
View ArticleTV Club: Doctor Who, Remembrance Of The Daleks
“Remembrance Of The Daleks” (season 25, episodes 1-4. Originally aired Oct. 5-26, 1988) Even when a TV series has a plot device like time travel—perhaps especially when a TV series has a plot device...
View ArticleTV Club: Doctor Who, Ghost Light
“Ghost Light” (season 26, episodes 5-7. Originally aired Oct. 4-18, 1989) “Ghost Light” has a fitting title: It was the last Doctor Who serial to be filmed before the show was cancelled. (The last...
View ArticleTV Club: Doctor Who, The Greatest Show In The Galaxy
“The Greatest Show In The Galaxy” (season 25, episodes 11-14. Originally aired Dec. 14, 1988-Jan. 4, 1989) It’s not a good sign when the first thing that pops up on screen is a cornball, embarrassingly...
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For my most recent reviews of Doctor Who Classic at The A.V. Club, please visit http://www.avclub.com/tv/doctor-who-classic/. Click on season numbers to browse individual episodes. To see the reviews...
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