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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials

By editorialteam on December 27, 2023

Everything Old is New Again in the Doctor’s Latest Adventures

By Tom Hill Jr. | Observer Designer

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November 23, 2023 marked the 60th Anniversary of the longest-running science fiction program in history: a little BBC show called Doctor Who. To celebrate its 60 years on our television screens, three special episodes were released.

For the uninitiated, Doctor Who is the story of an alien known as the Doctor and their various companions. They travel through time and space in a ship called the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space), solving mysteries, fighting monsters, and just generally experiencing the weird wonders of the cosmos. The Doctor has the ability to “regenerate” when they are about to die, a process that changes every cell in their body, leading to different physical appearances and personality quirks, but remaining the same character. This was a mechanic introduced to keep the show running when the first actor to portray the Doctor, William Hartnell, left the role. To date there have been thirteen “main” actors who have portrayed the Doctor, with occasional “one-off” appearances from other actors in the role.  read more

Review: Doctor Who – The Power of the Doctor

By editorialteam on November 8, 2022

The Whittaker-Chibnall Era Comes to a Clustered Close

By Tom Hill Jr. | Observer Designer

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turned 100 years old on October 18, 2022. To celebrate, they released “Centenary Specials” of some of their various television programs, and one such program that was given the Centenary treatment was the long-running science fiction show Doctor Who, with a 1 hour and 28-minute special: The Power of the Doctor. A lot was riding on this special for many reasons, but for me, it didn’t quite meet the mark.

First, some brief background; Doctor Who began in 1963 and centered on the adventures of an alien known as the Doctor who travels through all of time and space in a ship called the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space). It appeared as a 1960s Police Box that was larger on the inside than the outside and served as the Doctor’s home. The Doctor gathered a constantly rotating cast of companions over the years, as well as various enemies, which are usually alien monsters that threaten the safety of Earth. read more