Category Archives: 4th Doctor

WHAT I LEARNED FROM: TALES FROM THE VAULT

Posted on August 5, 2015 by etheruk1

‘Tales From The Vault’, written by Jonathan Morris, is unusual for a Companion Chronicle in that it is pretty much a full production with 6 voice actors. The main actors are Daphne Ashbrook and Yee Jee Tso, not reprising their … Continue reading →

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The 50th Anniversary Trailer: Part 2

Posted on March 11, 2015 by etheruk1

We continue our look at the 50th Anniversary trailer and already the many options available to us present a way to tie everything together. The 3rd Doctor Here we have the 3rd Doctor in a sword fight with the Master … Continue reading →

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DOCTOR WHO MEETS SCRATCHMAN

Posted on October 9, 2013 by etheruk1

In 1974 Tom Baker and Ian Marter began writing a script off and on for their own Doctor Who story, which they hoped to eventually turn into a movie. As we know now this didn’t materialise. It wasn’t until 2007 … Continue reading →

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“They’ve forgiven me. They’ve given me back my freedom.”

Posted on April 24, 2013 by etheruk1

At the end of ‘The Three Doctors’ the Time Lords provide the Doctor with a new dematerialisation circuit and restore his knowledge of time travel. Once again the Doctor is free to explore space and time. How would things change … Continue reading →

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Drax!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by etheruk1

Doctor Who Magazine (Issue 448) has an interesting piece of trivia about Drax in the ‘Fact of Fiction’ coverage of ‘The Armageddon Factor’. Writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin had hoped that the character would have been popular enough to … Continue reading →

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“Do I have the right?”

Posted on June 23, 2011 by etheruk1

The third Doctor had no sooner been exiled to Earth when he began working alongside the military organisation, UNIT. Robbed of the use of the TARDIS this Doctor was no longer able to explore. Instead he effectively had a job. … Continue reading →

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“History is people.”

Posted on January 29, 2011 by etheruk1

Short stories are excellent places to find new ideas. They provide little slices of Doctor Who that you can’t find in the television series or the audios. While there are plenty of adventures in the Big Finish Short Trip collections … Continue reading →

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“I was with the Filipino army at the final advance of Reykjavik.”

Posted on January 1, 2011 by etheruk1

When the Doctor confronts Magnus Greel in his lair we get a lot of background about the 51st century and seems a much grimmer era than you might have thought from ‘The Girl in the fireplace’ and tales told by … Continue reading →

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“Have I ever, in my thirty years in the halls, seen such a dazzling display of lustrous legerdemain?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by etheruk1

To make your adventures come alive, so they aren’t just backdrops for the action scenes, you need engaging characters that the players will remember. Long after they’ve forgotten which adventure they were fighting Cybermen or Daleks they’ll remember their encounter … Continue reading →

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“There’s nothing unnatural about the holograph technique.”

Posted on December 26, 2010 by etheruk1

‘Talons of Weng-Chiang,’ as befitting a Sherlock Holmes inspired story, has an emphasis on clues. The tattoo worn by the captured assassin informs the Doctor that he is a member of the Tong of the Black Scorpion, worshipers of Weng-Chiang. … Continue reading →

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