Astonishingly there is news other than the unveiling of the Cybermen! This weekend sees the Dimensions 2005 convention taking place in Stockton-on-Tees, featuring guests such as Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Nicola Bryant, David Gooderson, Maureen O’Brien, Paul Darrow and David Brierley. Furthermore, the Dimensions 2005 convention is the excuse byRead More →
The “cosmic hobo” with his Beatles haircut, recorder and 900-year diary facing monsters alongside his Scots companion Jamie McCrimmon and one of three screaming dollybirds? Or the master of manipulation, gently edging his friends and enemies alike into carrying out a particular action or task? Or was the Second DoctorRead More →
Last week, we brought you the first part of this discussion into the Doctor Who 2005 series, featuring contributions from artists Carolyn Edwards, Andrew Skilleter, writer and performer Barnaby-Eaton Jones, writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, Kasterborous designer Anthony Dry and Kasterborous contributor Brian A. Terranova… this week, we’re also joined by artistRead More →
We’ve travelled to the 19th century and met Charles Dickens; we ventured in to the distant future and met the Moxx of Balhoon and the Face of Boe; we watched London get invaded by aliens twice and met the last Dalek… and then again thousands of years later. Doctor WhoRead More →
Regardless of what you might think, there is only one star in Doctor Who. Oh she may have been sidelined for a couple of years in the 1970s, you might have seen her wearing a different dress now and again and you’re more than likely mesmerised when you see her.Read More →
Once upon a time, there was a very old man who lived with his granddaughter. One day, he fell out with his family and colleagues and was made an outcast by his society. With no reason to stay, he left his home planet with his granddaughter in a disused, antiqueRead More →
Story arcs, themes, linking stories, it’s all been done before. Doctor Who, The X Files, Babylon 5, the list goes on. Pretty much everything we have seen in the new Doctor Who has however been drawn on a clean slate. New monsters, new threats – and when the Autons andRead More →
“Polyphase Avatron” is a phrase which will get spellchecking software the world over in a tizz. As is the word “tizz”. To Doctor Who fans, it is the name of the cybernetic parrot perched atop the shoulder of Bruce Purchase’s Captain in the story The Pirate Planet. To fans ofRead More →
More nerve than VX gas. More hate than the Middle East. More comebacks than Tom Jones. Now with added airpower. They make Cybermen look like the Bee Gees. The Master looks like “the Still Learning” in their shadow. Autons look camp and ineffectual, Sontarans lumbering and clumsy. There is onlyRead More →
“Little green blobs in bonded polycarbide armour” “If you’re supposed to be the superior race of the universe, why don’t you try climbing after us? Bye bye!” “I know that although the Daleks will create havoc and destruction for millions of years. I know also, that out of their evil,Read More →
Specially from the Kasterborous archive….in light of the fantastic reaction to the plastic menace of the Auton dummies in Rose, we re-present an old article from October last year, which explores the power and psychology behind the first two invasions by the Nestene Autons… Evil. Vast, clawed, fire breathing, wingedRead More →
“SO you’re my replacements – a dandy and a clown!” Which on the face of it is pretty harsh! The Third Doctor might be snappily dressed, bouffant-bound and driver of an outdated roadster, but he’s no dandy. He might surround himself with pretty young girls and enjoy visiting country houses,Read More →
