As a follow-up to my last post, I got to thinking about how even if I were going to introduce someone to the new Doctor Who, that I would still prefer to introduce certain core concepts from the series, well, from the classic series ( Read more... )

When I became a Doctor Who fan, I tried to consume as much of the show as I could get my hands on. Much of this was out of order, a Davison followed by a Pertwee followed by a Tom Baker. And like all DW fans, I put together my personal ordered list of Doctors. This would ebb, flow, and convulse from time to time -- during part of 1993 I actually ( Read more... )

I now have every Doctor Who episode made, in one form or another.

So, at the end of January Lari and I had the chance to play host to rafaela and slipjig at Babci's house. This gave me the first opportunity to be geeky about Doctor Who in person with someone for the first time in ages. Especially oldschool DW ( Read more... )

So last night I was checking out the Doctor Who Restoration Team's website to see if there was anything new about the BBC's announcement that they are clearing the 1968 serial "The Invasion" for DVD release by having the visuals recreated by animation. While perusing the forums people were talking about new efforts at restoring color to the ( Read more... )

By the time I'd discovered Doctor Who around 1991, the series had already been off the air for two years after its initial 26-year run. Of course, it lived on in PBS repeats and between 1992 and 1994 I feverishly collected everything I could. I remember the rumors swirling about a possible movie and various comebacks which probably peaked in 1993 ( Read more... )