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Doctor Who
Reviews by Mark Greig


The latest: The Time Warrior.

Doctor Who - The Classic Series (1963-1989) chronicles the low budget adventures through time and space of the first eight incarnations of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial mad man with a box, and his ever changing rota of (usually female) companions. The series originally ran for 26 years on the BBC until it was finally cancelled in 1989. It was briefly revived as a TV movie in 1996 before coming back full time in 2005. Despite its cheesy special effects and cardboard sets, Doctor Who has managed to endure for almost half a century thanks to its imaginative and witty scripts, memorable villains and, in the character of the Doctor, the greatest science fiction hero of all time.

Please note: At present, due to the sheer number of missing and incomplete stories, I'm not planning to review the first five seasons (sorry, William Hartnell fans).

You can also find reviews for the current series of Doctor Who (2005 onwards) by Paul Kelly here.

Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
  • Robot
  • The Ark in Space
  • The Sontaran Experiment
  • Genesis of the Daleks
  • Revenge of the Cybermen
  • Terror of the Zygons
  • Planet of Evil
  • Pyramids of Mars
  • The Android Invasion
  • The Brain of Morbius
  • The Seeds of Doom
  • The Masque of Mandragora
  • The Hand of Fear
  • The Deadly Assassin
  • The Face of Evil
  • The Robots of Death
  • The Talons of Weng-Chiang
  • Horror of Fang Rock
  • The Invisible Enemy
  • Image of the Fendahl
  • The Sun Makers
  • Underworld
  • The Invasion of Time
  • The Key to Time Part One: The Ribos Operation
  • The Key to Time Part Two: The Pirate Planet
  • The Key to Time Part Three: The Stones of Blood
  • The Key to Time Part Four: The Androids of Tara
  • The Key to Time Part Five: The Power of Kroll
  • The Key to Time Part Six: The Armageddon Factor
  • Destiny of the Daleks
  • City of Death
  • The Creature from the Pit
  • Nightmare of Eden
  • The Horns of the Nimon
  • Shada
  • The Leisure Hive
  • Meglos
  • Full Circle
  • State of Decay
  • Warrior's Gate
  • The Keeper of Traken
  • Logopolis

Fifth Doctor
  • Castrovalva
  • Four to Doomsday
  • Kinda
  • The Visitation
  • Black Orchid
  • Earthshock
  • Time-Flight
  • Arc of Infinity
  • Snakedance
  • Mawdryn Undead
  • Terminus
  • Enlightment
  • The King's Demons
  • The Five Doctors
  • Warriors of the Deep
  • The Awakening
  • Frontios
  • Resurrection of the Daleks
  • Planet of Fire
  • The Caves of Androzani

Sixth Doctor
  • The Twin Dilemma
  • Attack of the Cybermen
  • Vengeance on Varos
  • The Mark of the Rani
  • The Two Doctors
  • Timelash
  • Revelation of the Daleks
  • The Trial of a Time Lord Part One: The Mysterious Planet
  • The Trial of a Time Lord Part Two: Mindwarp
  • The Trial of a Time Lord Part Three: Terror of the Veroids
  • The Trial of a Time Lord Part Four: The Ultimate Foe

Seventh Doctor
  • Time and the Rani
  • Paradise Towers
  • Delta and the Bannerman
  • Dragonfire
  • Remembrance of the Daleks
  • The Happiness Patrol
  • Silver Nemesis
  • The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
  • Battlefield
  • Ghost Light
  • The Curse of Fenric
  • Survival

Eighth Doctor
  • TV Movie

For the Ninth through Eleventh Doctors, go here.



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