The Doctor as Warrior
We have been tracing the development of the character of the Doctor as part of charting the three successful pillars upon which the...
The Creation of 'The Doctor'
Whereas once it had commanded the airwaves and helped to win the war, by the late 1950s the BBC was under siege from independent...
Sheffield's Police Box
Many visitors to Sheffield, particularly Doctor Who fans, can hardly fail to notice the green police box near the city’s Town Hall....
The Doctor and James Bond
Twenty years ago, John Devon Roland Pertwee (pictured above with William Hartnell in the 1953 comedy film Will Any Gentleman...?) born in...
Four Possible Doctors
In the long history of Doctor Who, there have been many casting choices - and some that didn't quite happen. 1. Hugh David In another...
The Shifting Archetypes in Early 'Doctor Who'
We have seen in earlier articles that the Doctor began his life on the television screen in a role approximating that of a villain: he...
The Doctor and the Sensorites
As we have seen, in Doctor Who’s third broadcast story, ’The Edge of Destruction’ Hartnell’s Doctor, proud and arrogant, who began as a...
'Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction'
‘The Edge of Destruction’, first broadcast in February 1964, is a curiosity. This is partly because David Whitaker, the script-writer,...
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, an American science fiction television serial originally broadcast in 1954, lasted for two seasons then...
'Doctor Who' and the Perfect Antagonist Part 2
As we saw in an earlier article,‘The Daleks’, originally aired in 1963/4, came at a pivotal point in the development of Doctor Who....