The Thirteenth Doctor Announced: July 16, 2017 Jodie Whittaker is the Thirteenth Doctor. Take a moment, consider it, and scream as you see fit. I know I did. It should be no surprise that I support this move. If it is, then you really haven’t been reading the Timestamps
Doctor Who: Black Orchid (4 episodes, s19e17-e18, 1982) It’s more like Doctor Who and the Case of the Missing Drama. The TARDIS materializes in 1925 at the Cranleigh Halt rail station through a really well-done effects sequence. Tegan is finally onboard with traveling with the Doctor, and the two
Doctor Who: The Visitation (4 episodes, s19e13-e16, 1982) The franchise takes a step up with a couple of reset buttons. Some 300 years before Tegan’s final destination, the adventure opens on a scene dressed straight out of The Three Musketeers. A light show like a hundred shooting stars decorates
Doctor Who: Kinda (4 episodes, s19e09-e12, 1982) After the last story, this was probably not the best time to shelve my favorite companion of these three. At the outset, Nyssa’s not feeling well, so the TARDIS has settled on a jungle planet to evaluate her. Based on the results,
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday (4 episodes, s19e05-e08, 1982) This time, I begin to wonder if the Doctor would be better off without companions. After a long, elegant, establishing shot of a starship model that might make Admiral Kirk drool, the story turns to our heroes as the TARDIS
Doctor Who: Castrovalva (4 episodes, s19e01-e04, 1982) A new season, a new Doctor, but first, a recap. Behind the scenes, it had been a year since Logopolis, so we get a quick review of the Fourth Doctor’s final moments before it’s off to the races. The companions try to
