Doctor Who fans know that the BBC destroyed early Doctor Who episodes. The sci-fi series is so old it comes from a time in which no one thought to preserve things. It sounds like madness today. The Power of the Daleks is one such collection of Doctor Who stories. Until now it was gone entirely; […]
Is Back to the Future really better than Doctor Who?
Here’s a strange one. The Watch Shop surveyed some 2,000 British Sci-Fi fans and produced some interesting results. Do you agree with this? Back to the Future is a better time travel story than Doctor Who. I’m a fan of Back to the Future, really, I am. But better than Doctor Who? I don’t think […]
Lost Doctor Who episode regenerates through animation
There are Doctor Who episodes missing. The show is so old that it harks back to a time when companies, even the BBC, didn’t see the point in trying to perserve recordings. In fact, the final adventure of the first doctor – The Tenth Planet – is missing its last episode. The good news is […]
Doctor Who: The 46th anniversary of the first regeneration
In the closing minutes of The Tenth Planet, espisode 4, the first generation of Doctor Who fans witnessed their first ever Time Lord regeneration. William Hartnell’s First Doctor became Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor. The second Doctor started his adventures with a trip planet Vulcan (which was mentioned in Asylum of the Daleks this year) and […]
Disney Princesses as Doctor Who
Princesses mashup posts are, for some reason, very popular on Geek Native. Step forward Amy Mebberson who has taken the core idea of the Disney Princess and gone one step forward by picking Doctor Who for the mashup. Jasmine as Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor is pretty cool – expect a surge in Seventh Doctor interest […]
Which Doctor Who actors have the lowest Bacon number?
You know the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? In it you can work out that you’re related to the actor Kevin Bacon through no more than six assocations. Google has the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game baked into its search results. To access it search for [bacon number] followed by an actor’s name. […]
Watch a clip from the missing Doctor Who episodes
The BBC does not have all the Doctor Who episodes ever recorded. The series is so old it dates back to a time when video tape was very expensive and the BBC actually deleted some of the old espidoes in order to re-use the tapes. Good news. Two more episodes, once believed to be missing, […]
Will the Yeti make a return for the Doctor Who Christmas special?
Peter McKinstry is an artist and concept designer who’s worked on Doctor Who since new Who series 2, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. On his website he’s published a new concept art image. It looks rather impressive. What’s more – the concept art has sparked speculation. Could this be a Yeti? The Yeti were […]
