Classic Who Speedthrough: The 80s

A list of the Doctor Who stories (1980-1996) you HAVE to watch to have any clue what’s going on, plus a few recommended fan favorites (even if, for a few, the only fan in question is me).

Wearing a Bit Thin

“Is that what Time Lords do? Lop a bit off, grow another one? You’re like worms.”

The Night of the Doctor

The Night of the Doctor The only way this could possibly be more perfect were if it had come at the end of five more seasons’ worth of Paul McGann as the Doctor. More proof, if anyone needed it, that we were robbed when the…

The Name of the Doctor

Spoilers within. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode…not that it would make much sense if you hadn’t. I could tell this was going to be a good one, because I got through about thirty seconds and then had to rewind to the beginning and…

Doctor Who: The TV Movie

You guys! I just watched the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie for the first time since 1996. And it didn’t completely suck. No, really. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I hated this thing back then as much as anybody did. I had already been…