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THE MY TH MA KERS
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PATHFINDERS IN SPACE
Doctor Who’s early voyages were guided by two very different, but equally influential, figures: David Whitaker and Terry Nation.
The ‘Base Under Siege’ Story
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ONE SHOW, TWO GUVNORS
Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes didn’t just dominate 1970s Doctor Who – even today, they remain contenders for the title of the show’s best-loved writer.
The ‘Gothic Horror’ Story
One of the best-remembered tropes from the series’ second decade owed conspicuous debts to classic horror lms and their literary antecedents.
THE THREE WHO RULE
Christopher H Bidmead, Eric Saward and a team of hungry young writers recruited by Andrew Cartmel offered strikingly different visions of Doctor Who in the 1980s.
The ‘Dark Doctor’ Story
The latter days of Doctor Who’s original run were typified by stories that briey revitalised the series, creating a mysterious new role for the Time Lord…
OUT OF THE TARDIS
Doctor Who Magazine’s TARDIS tin contains 120 tantalising, taxing and trivial questions. Each interviewee must answer a random selection…
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