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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Mind Robber’

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It’s time for the second story in Season 6 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and it’s one of my favourites from the Patrick Troughton era. It’s one of Wendy Padbury’s favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories too. 🙂 This is ‘The Mind Robber’, a five-part adventure starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. ‘The Mind Robber’ is available to check out on DVD and on Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Dominators’

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Welcome to Season 6 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 For the first story, we check out ‘The Dominators’, a five-part adventure where Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe visit the planet Dulkis. There, the peace-loving Dulcians are being invaded by the aggressive Dominators and their robot servants, the Quarks. ‘The Dominators’ is available to check out on DVD and on Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – Season 5 Summary

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Season 5 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series is what you might regard as ‘the monster season’, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. It would have been really good if Debbie Watling had been in all seven stories of Season 5. 🙂 Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Wheel In Space’

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It’s time for the season finale of Season 5 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series. This is ‘The Wheel In Space’, a six-part adventure that is sadly mostly missing from the BBC Archives. Only two episodes of this six-part story have survived – ‘Episodes Three and Six’. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and Frazer Hines as Jamie. The story also introduces Wendy Padbury as Zoe, a new companion, and it features the return of the Cybermen. ‘The Wheel In Space’ can be checked out on audio CD or as a download from Audible. The two surviving episodes of the story can be seen in the ‘Lost In Time’ DVD collection. The story can be seen in full with reconstructions of the four missing episodes and the two surviving episodes on Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Fury From The Deep’

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This is another ‘Doctor Who’ story from the Patrick Troughton era that is sadly missing from the BBC Archives. The six-part story has been animated in its entirety to be enjoyed on DVD and Blu-ray and can also be viewed on Britbox. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. This story also happens to be the last regular appearance of Deborah Watling as a ‘Doctor Who’ companion in the series. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Web of Fear’

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Let’s check out ‘The Web of Fear’, a six-part ‘Doctor Who’ story that features the second appearance of the Yeti in the TV series. Like ‘The Enemy of the World’, this was another ‘Doctor Who’ classic adventure that was considered lost from the BBC Archives before it was found and recovered in October 2013. Now the story can be enjoyed on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. The story stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. It also features the return of Jack Watling as Professor Travers and it introduces Nicholas Courtney as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Enemy of the World’

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For a while, this six-part ‘Doctor Who’ TV adventure was missing from the BBC Archives. In October 2013, it was found and can be enjoyed by every ‘Doctor Who’ fan watching it on DVD and via Britbox. ‘The Enemy of the World’ stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and as the villainous Salamander. This story also stars Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. This is also the first ‘Doctor Who’ story to be directed by Barry Letts. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Ice Warriors’

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It’s time to check out the ‘Doctor Who’ story that features the debut of one of the Doctor’s deadliest enemies. This is ‘The Ice Warriors’, a six-part story featuring ‘Doctor Who’s version of the Martians from Mars called the Ice Warriors. The story also stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. Two of the six episodes of the story have been animated for DVD. ‘The Ice Warriors’ is also available to check out on Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Abominable Snowmen’

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Let’s check out ‘The Abominable Snowmen’, a six-part ‘Doctor Who’ story that introduces the Yeti and the Great Intelligence. It also stars Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria. This ‘Doctor Who’ story has recently been animated for DVD and Blu-ray, as it’s currently one of the mostly missing ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the black-and-white days with ‘Episode Two’ still intact. ‘Episode Two’ of ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ is also available to check out on Britbox. Continue reading →

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’

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Welcome to the first story of Season 5 in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series! 🙂 This is ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’, a four-part story where Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria visit the planet Telos where the tombs of the Cybermen are. This story was considered lost for a while before it returned to the BBC Archives in 1992. You can watch ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’ either on DVD or on Britbox. Continue reading →