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The Answer to Life, The Universe, and Also The Pub Quiz – Happy Primes in 42
On this day, 17 years ago, the next time trailer for 42 was first broadcast right after at the end of The Lazarus Experiment. Viewers would have to wait two long weeks to eventually see this episode, thanks to Eurovision,… Continue reading
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RTD To Re-Number All The Doctors
Note: This blog post was originally a thread posted on the website formerly known as Twitter for April Fool’s Day. Enjoy! BREAKING NEWS!!!! Executive Producer and Showrunner of Doctor Who, Russell T Davies, has just announced that the BBC will re-number… Continue reading
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In Search Of Being A Better Fan – A Personal Reflection for 2024
Pictured: A Doctor Who fan called “Whizz Kid” appearing in the 1988 Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (broadcast 14 December 1988 to 4 January 1989). This essay was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 21/12/23. Christmas always feels like… Continue reading
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My Reaction to The Church on Ruby Road
This reaction piece was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 26/12/23. Doctor Who is back on Christmas Day and that’s just a really nice thing! From my final years in primary school all the way up to my final… Continue reading
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My Reaction to The Giggle
This reaction piece was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 10/12/23. I loved this episode. So much so that I am prepared to declare right now that it is one of my favourite episodes of Doctor Who ever. I’ve never… Continue reading
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My Reaction to Wild Blue Yonder
This reaction piece was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 03/12/23. This was the episode I was most looking forward to out of the three specials. It looked like it was going to be strange and weird, high-concept… Continue reading
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My Reaction to The Star Beast
This reaction piece was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 27/11/23. I was not planning on writing this. I thought I’d put a few cheeky thoughts about The Star Beast at the start of my November 2023 Round-Up post (which… Continue reading
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26 Thoughts I Had Watching The Underwater Menace at the BFI Southbank
The Underwater Menace is out now on DVD (for the 2nd time!) and on Blu-Ray. > Footnotes [1] The Black Archive #40: The Underwater Menace by James Cooray Smith, p26. [2] Out of the 21 Patrick Troughton-era stories, The Underwater Menace ranked 20th in… Continue reading
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The Target Book Club at Shepherd’s Bush (Extended Edition, Part Two)
This post was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 20/10/23. Oh, and you can read Part One right here. Molly Marsh introduced herself as “a comedian, a Doctor Who podcaster, and as far as ###### ####### is concerned, a man.”… Continue reading
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The Target Book Club at Shepherd’s Bush (Extended Edition, Part One)
This post was originally published on my (now-defunct) Substack newsletter on 19/10/23. I was commissioned to write up this event by James Ashworth, the new editor-in-chief of DWAS’s Celestial Toyroom fanzine, for his inaugural issue. He wanted no more than 2000 words;… Continue reading
The Brain of Möbius 