Tag: Doctor Who: David Tennant
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Deep Breath – Some Quick Thoughts
Deep Breath is, at its core, a fairly typical regeneration debut story. The story itself wasn\’t bad, but wasn\’t exactly anything special either. But a regeneration story has the primary function of successfully introducing the new Doctor to the audience. This is the single most important thing we needed from Deep Breath, to break in…
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Doctor Who is Back! Season 8 Starts TODAY!
Later this evening, in slightly over two hours to be exact, the big event that every Doctor Who fan on the planet has been waiting for happens, when the first episode of Season 8 debuts on BBC1 at 7.50pm. This first episode, Deep Breath, is a 75-minute feature-length debut to the new season, and is…
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Doctor Who: 50 Years in Space & Time (Part 11)
Here\’s the penultimate part of my look back at Doctor Who\’s 50th Anniversary: The Radio Times Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special The TV Times Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special 11. Radio Times 50th Anniversay Special The Radio Times Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special is a real doozy, with no less than TWELVE variant covers featuring…
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Doctor Who: 50 Years in Space & Time (Part 4)
In my last post, I discussed the Doctor Who contents of the 50th Anniversary editions of both the Radio Times and the TV Times, and both magazines have pulled out all the stops for the 50th Anniversary. But when it comes to the magazines, nothing beats Doctor Who Magazine. The November 50th Anniversary edition of…
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Doctor Who: 50 Years in Space & Time (Part 3)
With the Radio Times celebrating Doctor Who\’s 50th Anniversary, with no less than TWELVE variant covers, the TV Times also got in on the act with their own 50 Years of Doctor Who Anniversary edition for the week of 23rd-29th November, with four variant Doctor Who covers. I have the 1963-1969 Cover #1, featuring Hartnell…
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Doctor Who: 50 Years in Space & Time (Part 2)
Last time out, I talked about what TV has been dishing up for us to celebrate our favourite Time Lord\’s 50th birthday. This time, I\’m having a look at what\’s been happening on the magazine front. In this first part, I\’ll be looking at the Radio Times. The November 23rd-29th edition of the Radio Times…