THE IDIOT’S LANTERN

Letter from the Editor

Doctor Who’s adventures in Earth’s history were intrinsic to the

RE-HISTORYPRE-HISTORY & ANTIQUITY c 13,800,000,000 BC to 476 AD

History began with a bang, the creation of the universe

DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP

He has just helped Queen Nefertiti to defend an attack

SAUR BONES

The first thing I thought when I saw the script

TROY STORY

Doctor Who has often been involved in comic situations before,

THE FIRES OF POMPEII

GIVING DONNA NOBLE HER FIRST TASTE OF TIME travel, the

THE MIDDLE AGES 476 to 1500

It’s usually defined as the period between the fall of

THE GIRL WHO DIED

THE TARDIS LANDS ON EARTH IN THE NINTH century, where

Locking Horns

In 2015 Jamie Mathieson co-wrote The Girl Who Died with

THE CRUSADE

LANDING IN A WOOD IN TWELFTH-CENTURY Palestine, the Doctor and

Character Studies

A man of slight build, with a somewhat melancholy face

MARCO POLO

THE TARDIS LANDS IN THE HIMALAYAS IN THE summer of

Making History

When I corresponded with John Lucarotti – initially in September

THE RENAISSANCE 1300 to 1600

The Renaissance is essentially a continuation of the Middle Ages,

THE MASQUE OF MANDRAGORA

CAUGHT IN THE PULL OF THE MANDRAGORA HELIX, a spiral

Reality Check

Donald Tosh has the distinction of being the only surviving

THE MASSACRE OF ST BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE

THE TARDIS ARRIVES IN PARIS IN AUGUST 1572, a time

THE STUART AND GEORGIAN ERAS 1603 to 1837

On 13 July 1643, the English Civil War (1642-51) came

THE VISITATION

SHOOTING STARS’ IN THE night sky portend dramatic events at

The Peasants and the Jewelled Prince

The award-winning costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux has worked on such

THE CURSE OF THE BLACK SPOT

RESPONDING TO A DISTRESS CALL, THE TARDIS materialises in the

Past Lives

Patrick, Mike and I loved doing the historical stories,” says

The Highlanders

THE TARDIS LANDS IN WOODLANDS, WHERE THE Doctor, Ben and

HIGHLAND FLING

Gerry Davis was Doctor Who’s story editor from 1966 to

THE VICTORIAN ERA 1837 to 1901

Early on Christmas morning in the year 1851, a mechanical

GHOST LIGHT

THE DOCTOR BRINGS ACE TO GABRIEL CHASE, Perivale, in 1883

Illuminating the past

It had been a while since Marc Platt watched Ghost

THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG

INTENDING TO TREAT LEELA TO THE DELIGHTS OF Victorian music

DOCTOR WHO DISCOVERS...

Of the many journeys the Doctor has taken into our

THE EDWARDIAN ERA, THE FIRST WORLD WAR & INTER-WAR YEARS 1901 to 1939

The earliest years of the twentieth century were a period

THE UNICORN AND THE WASP

THE DOCTOR AND DONNA NOBLE GATECRASH a party at Eddison

THE SECOND WORLD WAR & POST-WAR YEARS 1939 to 1963

As a staunchly moral individual of enormous influence, the Doctor’s

THE EMPTY CHILD/THE DOCTOR DANCES

THE DOCTOR AND ROSE TYLER TRAIL A MYSTERIOUS ship to

Best of British

British icons shoved together” is how Steven Moffat described 2010’s

NOT ONE LiNE

There is a defining moment in The Temple of Evil,

WHEN IN ROME

Did I ever tell you of the time the Doctor