One of the things that becomes apparent when watching season 7 after the black and white years, is just how good the direction is. It is brilliant by classic ‘Doctor Who’ standards – the show has a real sense of pace and urgency, of dramatic tension, a mix of interesting shots and with great actionContinue reading “Season 7 – A change of direction”
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Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters Target Novelisation by Malcolm Hulke (1974)
“Okdel stood watching as the last of the young reptile men and women took their turn to go down to safety in the lift. The gleaming metal doors of the lift were set in rock; the doors slid open and shut soundlessly, taking another group of Okdel’s people to safety below the ground. Across theContinue reading “Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters Target Novelisation by Malcolm Hulke (1974)”
Doctor Who and the Silurians by Malcolm Hulke (1970)
Reptilian. Biped. A completely alien species. Liz, these creatures aren’t just animals. They’re an alien life form, as intelligent as we are. Look, Doctor, I’m not going down there to start a war, but I must know what’s going on. So, with the science out of the way, what of the story? Really, ‘The Silurians’Continue reading “Doctor Who and the Silurians by Malcolm Hulke (1970)”
Cave art and Continental Drift – The Science of ‘The Silurians’
‘This is the world as it was before the great continental drift, two hundred million years ago. And these notes, well, they’re calculations on the age of the earth, with particular reference to the Silurian era.’ Let’s get this out of the way, the geological and evolutionary timeline of ‘The Silurians’ doesn’t really work atContinue reading “Cave art and Continental Drift – The Science of ‘The Silurians’”
Spearhead from Space by Robert Holmes (1970)
The Shock of the new? Change and Spearhead from Space It is easy to assume that ‘Spearhead from Space’ came as a huge shock to existing viewers of the show in January 1970. It also fits perfectly into a narrative when writing about ‘Doctor Who’ in a marathon context, since the change of Doctor, formatContinue reading “Spearhead from Space by Robert Holmes (1970)”
A Journal of Impossible Things 