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Peri Brown travelled with the Fifth and Sixth Doctors and was the first American companion in the series' history. Or was she? In the 1980s, producer John Nathan-Turner wanted to have a bona fide American Doctor Who companion to join the Time Lord on his travels, partly to capitalise on the series' popularity across the Pond. And he succeeded - Peri Brown was indeed an … [Read more...] about Peri Brown: Who was she, and what happened to her?

"There is some evil in all of us, Doctor - even you." We look back at some of the series' darkest Doctor Who moments. The Doctor is a complex character. When viewers first met him in 'An Unearthly Child,' he was very much the anti-hero; after all, he trapped two schoolteachers inside his ship and whisked them off into time and space - that is, after electrocuting one of … [Read more...] about Are these the darkest Doctor Who moments?

Never mind the bug-eyed monsters! Over the years, a number of (mostly humanoid) Doctor Who villains have plagued the Time Lord's travels - and some of them can't die. Here's a rundown of the most powerful... The Great Intelligence Most Doctor Who villains are clever, but with the Great Intelligence the clue really is in the name. The Time Lord first encountered this … [Read more...] about Who are the most powerful Doctor Who villains?

The six episodes that make up 'The Space Pirates' are often joked about as the lost Doctor Who episodes that nobody wants back. Does this story deserve such a negative reputation? These lost Doctor Who episodes certainly have a lot going for them. For a start, they were penned by Robert Holmes who is often regarded as one of the series' greatest writers, scribing such … [Read more...] about Lost Doctor Who episodes: Looking back at The Space Pirates

He's back, and it's about time. The unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1997 has finally materialised, courtesy of Terraqueous Distributors. It seems appropriate for a TV show about wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey goodness that a 1997 annual should be published in 2023, and a theoretical one at that. This is one of the ultimate 'what ifs?' - what would an Eighth Doctor Doctor Who … [Read more...] about Out now! The unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1997