Blog Feed: My Tardis Years

Stunning Cosmic Views – part 1

Published on 2010-11-15 18:09:26

The last two weeks I’ve been overdosing on Doctor Who episodes, from right across the show’s 47 year history, and will collect my thoughts on some of them to share with you over the weekend. In the meantime I’ve stumbled across NASA > read more

Legends of Doctor Who – part four

Published on 2010-11-01 12:04:46

Legends of Doctor Who continues with three off-screen individuals, whose massive contribution helped shaped the series into the programme that we still enjoy today. Verity Lambert The first producer of Doctor Who, Verity Lambert arrived at the BBC in > read more

Review – Doctor Who Adventure game, parts 1-3

Published on 2010-10-25 18:36:07

As my regular readers will know, I’ve been housebound for much of the last three months, recovering from a broken ankle, so apart from watching episodes galore from the vast Doctor Who archives, what else could I do to pass the time? I read abo > read more

OCTV – Terror of the Autons

Published on 2010-10-22 12:45:07

Welcome to a new feature on this blog, the Old Codger’s Time Vault, in which I’ll be delving into the vast archive of Doctor Who stories gone by, and sharing my thoughts on them. There are many episodes that I have no or little recollecti > read more

My fandom years with Steve Cambden + interview

Published on 2010-10-16 04:34:26

(fanzine scans courtesy of Parrot Knight at http://parrot-knight.livejournal.com/296128.html) Steve Cambden has been a good friend of mine since 1967, we went to school together, we often watched Doctor Who together, and for many years collected merc > read more

Legends of Doctor Who – part three

Published on 2010-10-12 11:49:53

For this latest look back at Doctor Who legends gone by, I’ve picked three more who travelled with the Doctor, and who made a very impressive impact, appreciated by fans worldwide. Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) The longest-serving companion in > read more

The Pandorica Opens + The Big Bang

Published on 2010-10-10 13:58:14

My oh my, I don’t know where to start! What an utter delight! This two-parter had everything, and I mean everything, drama, humour, pathos, terror, romance, action, and a plot so wonderfully mind-twisting I’m not sure I’ll ever get > read more

Review – The Lodger

Published on 2010-10-10 07:46:46

The Lodger is a lightweight addition to what has been, up to this point, a mostly very enjoyable season. That’s not to say The Lodger isn’t a lot of fun, but it reminds me of fast food, your hungry for it, but an hour or two after eating > read more

Review – Vincent and The Doctor

Published on 2010-10-10 05:46:58

For the second time this series I’ve been thrown a googly, once more scratching my head asking myself, did I really enjoy that? Vincent and The Doctor sees the Doctor and Amy visiting post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in 1890. The Doc > read more

Did you miss me?

Published on 2010-10-04 16:14:10

Greetings my dear readers! I must humbly apologise for the lack of updates for some considerable time, but I’ve had a very frustrating few months. I’ll try to make this brief, I was waiting until the end of the last season to review the l > read more