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The Fiver: The Best Five Doctor Who Serials Still Missing

With yesterday’s announcement that episodes from “The Enemy of the World” and “The Web of Fear” were found in Ethiopia, there was much rejoicing (cue Monty Python’s apathetic “Yay…”). One of the...

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“For One Night Only!” The Story of the Eighth Doctor Fox TV Movie, “The Enemy...

The mid-nineties was a dark time for Doctor Who. Barring the “Dimensions in Time” special in 1993, the programme had not been on the air since 1989 and showed no signs that it was coming back....

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The Fiver: Five Mysteries of the Time War We Hope are Solved in the 50th...

When Doctor Who came back in 2005, there was a whole new status quo. No more Gallifrey. No more Time Lords. No more Daleks (or so we thought…). The Ninth Doctor came into the show battle-scarred from...

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Who Commentary: The Fourteen Doctors?

In the month leading up to the premiere of ‘The Day of the Doctor’, speculation as to the identity of Hurt’s Doctor will become even more prevalent as new information leaks out during interviews,...

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A History of Extermination – The Origin and History of the Daleks in Doctor Who

It’s hard to think of Doctor Who without thinking of his longest-running and most terrifying nemeses—the Daleks. Time and time again they have reappeared to vex the Doctor and EX-TER-MIN-ATE all life...

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50th Anniversary: Five Who Changing Implications of “The Night of the Doctor”

“I’m a Doctor, but probably not the one you expected.” Indeed we didn’t. Whovians had a collective fangasm today as a prequel minisode dropped one of the biggest bombs of year—Paul McGann returning to...

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Who History: An Unearthly Child Revisited from Someone Who Remembers It

Lance Buckley is an expat who now lives in Virginia. He’s a former BBC employee and a lifelong fan of Doctor Who. He also is one of those lucky bastards who experienced the early years of the Hartnell...

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“And for My Next Trick…” Five Who Changing Implications of “The Day of the...

SPOILER WARNING!!!! Wow. My brain is still processing what happened as I write. So many great moments. So much fangasming. Hey, wait, was that Eccleston? Holy crap, Tom Baker! Ha ha ha. So now that...

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Doctor Whooligan: Day Of The Doctor, The Five Doctors Remembered, Moffat’s...

What a difference a week makes! This time last week it was gonzo crazy and there was a lot of news coming out in rapid fire fashion about the 50th Anniversary. Now the Whoniverse is resting a tad after...

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Doctor Whooligan: Chicago TARDIS 2013 Day One – Convention Report

Chicago TARDIS 2013 could not have arrived at a better time. The enthusiasm about the many 50th anniversary festivities was still fresh  for Whovians and they wanted more! Chicago TARDIS is the largest...

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Doctor Whooligan Special Report: Chicago TARDIS Day Two

Somehow, no matter what the convention may be, Saturday is always the craziest, nuttiest and busiest day! With that in mind I had a game plan for Chicago TARDIS on Saturday and I am so thankful I...

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Doctor Who Worst to Best: The Regeneration Stories

And thus The Eleventh Hour is over, and Twelve’s Hour comes. Love it or hate it, The Eleventh Doctor’s final shout is now for the ages. How does it measure it up his predecessors? Presented here and...

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Tardistopia Book Review – “Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memoirs of Doctor Who”...

“A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord even more so.” The back of Steve Berry’s collection begins with this famous quote from the “The Five Doctors” to highlight the collective memories of its...

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Doctor Who: The Yanks are Coming – Five American Actors Who Have Appeared on...

Though there has long been a fandom base for Doctor Who in America, the appearance of American actors before the return of the programme in 2005 was scarce. Since Doctor Who came back to the airwaves,...

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Doctor Who: Upgrade in Progress – The History of the Cybermen

Long before the Borg threatened the Federation with assimilation, there were the Cybermen. The Cybermen first appeared in William Hartnell’s final serial, “The Tenth Planet”, written by Dr. Kit...

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Doctor Whooligan: Season Eight News, Matt Smith At Cannes, Colin Baker At...

Things are picking up as location filming continues this week! There’s also a lot of rumor nuttiness going on to keep us all on the edge of our seats.. There’s also casting news for the season and a...

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The Fiver: You’re a Time Lord, Harry – Five Actors from Harry Potter Who...

Some days it seems like the British acting pool is pretty small and you can play “Six Degrees of Separation” with anyone. Naturally, many actors from Harry Potter have also appeared in Doctor Who over...

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Doctor Who: Five Classic Series Villains that Need to be Brought Back

With the reappearance of the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness, Doctor Who has reinvented villains from the classic series into threats for a new generation of fans. Besides stalwart enemies such as...

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Doctor Who: From the Void – The Rise of Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Dramas in...

1996 was a bleak year for Whovians. The brief glimmer of hope that was the TV movie fizzled out when Fox passed on the series, hurling one of sci-fi’s greatest properties back into the void. Yet there...

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Doctor Who: 10 Interesting Facts about the New Doctor Peter Capaldi That You...

This August, the Twelfth Doctor takes control of the TARDIS alongside companion Clara Oswald. While this Doctor may be new, the actor playing him isn’t. Peter Capaldi has a career going back decades...

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