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Nine years ago, I watched Doctor Who for the first time. I was instantly hooked. To this day, if I watch a classic Doctor Who story, I will love it unconditionally. I just wish I had the slightest idea why. More »
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After watching the latest Doctor Who Christmas special, one thought kept sticking in our brains: When did the Doctor become so good at controlling his time machine, the TARDIS? He used to be unable to steer it at all. More »
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We love Halloween, but we also realize that some readers lack the free time or emotional investment to build a lifesize Power Loader from Aliens. Here are 20 costumes that you can whip up by Halloween weekend. More »
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Check out this hilarious clip, showcasing just what was wrong with the Doctor Who story "The Horns Of Nimon." The new DVDs for "Nimon" and four other not-so-classic stories offer a blunt dissection of what went wrong. More »
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That's more like it. After two seriously "meh" episodes, Dollhouse returned to form with a twisty story of a serial killer and a college professor — and the weird secret they have in common. Naked, dripping wet spoilers below. More »
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Tom Baker is taking on the role of that mysterious time-traveler, the Doctor, for the first time since 1981. A new series of five linked Doctor Who audio plays brings back Baker's anarchic portrayal... with a surprising old companion. More »
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"The Robots Of Death" sounds like a lost Akira Kurosawa film, if Kurosawa had only embraced the killer-robot genre. But the 1977 Doctor Who story is something just as great: a Hitchcockian thriller that has something to say about our relationship with technology. Spoilers of death! More »
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Inspired by our suggestion to deal with the current Doctor Who drought by dipping back into the series' pre-Russell T Davies history? If you're an iTunes user, that's just been made easier than ever before: the BBC has released fourteen classic stories from the '60s, '70s and '80s on Steve Jobs' favorite DRM-happy resource - including episodes unavailable on DVD. More »
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It wasn't until seeing a press release about the launch of a new Classic Doctor Who toy line that I realized (a) I may want to own an action figure of a much-beloved fictional character from my youth for the first time, and (b) said action figure should be renamed "Tom Baker Doctor With A Shit-Eating Grin." Sure, you also get some classic monsters and another couple of old school Doctors (Colin Baker? WTF? They wanted to put in one of the shitty Doctors to see if anyone was paying attention?), but, seriously. The Tom Baker one is terrifying. More »
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Proof that Tom Baker knows a bandwagon when he sees one, the former Doctor Who (and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) remake) star has announced that he, too, would be willing to appear in the next season of the BBC's time-travelling series, if anyone's asking. More »
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Want to convey the magic and other-worldliness of Tom Baker, the disco-era Doctor Who star? Easy. Just have him hang around a schoolyard in a big trenchcoat skipping, and flattening his hand over his eyes to stare at some imaginary creature. Note that there are no children in this playground. I actually love Tom Baker dearly, but this clip from the 1999 BBC documentary Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space proves it's better not to watch your heroes in their off hours. (Or maybe that you shouldn't do everything documentary-makers ask you to do.) More »
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Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »
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