Alex Skerratt

Graham Norton Doctor Who appearances have been occurring since 2005 - all of them unplanned. But how did one of the BBC's most popular presenters keep appearing in its flagship SF show? The first of the Graham Norton Doctor Who appearances can be traced back to the very first 'revival' episode in 2005. 'Rose' saw the Time Lord's return to TV after a nine year absence, and … [Read more...] about The Graham Norton Doctor Who appearances that shouldn’t have happened

The Doctor Who Virgin books were hugely successful in the 1990s when Doctor Who wasn't on screen. Indeed, one of these proved so popular that it was adapted for the show's third series in 2007, written by Paul Cornell. But how similar is 'Human Nature' to its original source material? The initial range of Doctor Who Virgin books focused on the Seventh Doctor, picking up … [Read more...] about Doctor Who Virgin books: The many versions of Human Nature

The Doctor wasn't always a face-changing alien from the planet Gallifrey. But in 1966, the character 'changed his appearance' for the first time and handed the TARDIS keys to his successor Patrick Troughton. So how did the first ever Doctor Who regeneration come to be? In the early days, the concept of a Doctor Who regeneration was unheard of. When the character of the … [Read more...] about The story behind the first Doctor Who regeneration

Doctor Who stories are not easy to make, and over the years there have been many episodes that have come close to cancellation. What are they, and how did they survive against all the odds? The Daleks Ironically, one of the first Doctor Who stories to suffer problems was an early one - 1964's 'The Daleks' (or 'The Mutants') written by Terry Nation. And yes, we can … [Read more...] about 5 Doctor Who stories that were (almost) not made

The Dalek movies are something of an anomaly in the Doctor Who universe. With a brand new Doctor in the shape of Peter Cushing (along with his home-made TARDIS) is there any way they can be fitted into the main Doctor Who canon? The Dalek movies arrived in the 1960s at the peak of so-called Dalek Mania. The metal mutants from Skaro had proven such a big hit that the BBC … [Read more...] about Doctor Who: Can we canonise the Dalek movies?