My mother was 12 years old in 1963, when Doctor Who aired for the very first time. She watched the show, enjoyed it, and became a lifelong fan - maybe not the kind of fan who obsesses and writes fanfiction and memorises every detail, but the kind of fan who has now been watching the show for 50 years and counting, rarely missing an episode, so that ( Read more... )

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23rd November. Fifty years ago today a new science fiction show for kiddies aired on the BBC at Saturday teatime...and captured the imaginations of a nation. The popular culture of this country has never been the same since ( Read more... )

When I first started writing up my thoughts about Classic Doctor Who serials, I did so in a very off-the-cuff manner, jumping around from era to era as the whim struck, in most cases offering little more than first impressions, without much depth of analysis. Then recently I decided to revisit the Doctor's first ever season in a more structured ( Read more... )

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I did post this already on my other journal, but I think it belongs on this one, as well, because it is awesome. I found it on tumblr and I don't know who made it, but kudos to them, whoever they are, because I love it.


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If I was to say 'there is a lot of fanfic out there', it would be the understatement to end all understatements, right? It would also be true. There is a lot of fanfic out there - a hell of a lot! Most of it is pretty dire, let's face it, but then again some of it is absolutely excellent, excellent enough to be worth sifting through the dross in ( Read more... )

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