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Following the Time War, the Doctor, the last survivor of the Time Lords, is left to wander all of time and space. Along the way he/she picks up some new companions and meets some old enemies.

One of the reasons Doctor Who has survived for so long on our screens is its unique ability to replace the lead actor. With each new regeneration comes a new body, a new personality, a new Doctor. In this article Daniel Tessier reviews each debut story from Hartnell to McCoy.

In the second of two articles Daniel Tessier reviews every debut story for each new Doctor - from Eccleston to Whittaker. Fantastic!

A mysterious 'Doctor' traps two school teachers in a time and space machine.

Andrew O'Day takes a new approach to established criticism and compares and contrasts the opening of the 2005 Doctor Who series ‘Rose’ with Beverly Hills 90210

From concept to realisation: Doctor Who stands as a proud and eminently worthy monument to the too often forgotten and unsung individuals who ushered in the birth of that legend

Daniel Tessier reviews the first two Doctor Who Dalek stories...the start of a television phenomenon.

Two back-to-back 'missing' adventures from the 1960s which have been restored using animation

Dr. Who is not a mysterious, somewhat sinister alien, but a genial old human gent with a passion for invention.”

Andrew Cobby takes an affectionate and sometimes tongue-in-cheek look at Kojak's best characters and episodes.

Hospital comedy based on Richard Gordon's series of books, which had previously been adapted for the cinema starting with a 1954 production starring Dirk Bogarde. New medical students arrive at St Swithin's Hospital...mayhem ensues

Charlie Drake goes looking for love. But who or where is she?

British ex-serviceman Alan Haldane returns to Crete after 30 years.

Daring 1980s comedy sketch show that helped launch the careers of a number of British comedians.

The TARDIS has been to many places showing its occupants some of the most exciting sights the universe has to offer. It's a tourist's treat

Andrew O’Day and Lewis Baston on the script editor who introduced a more serious, scientific grounding to the stories

Daniel Tessier reviews his definitive modern Doctor Who story. The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, where humanity lives on a planet that is stuck in a perpetual gridlock.

Jessica Fletcher will tell you and Andrew Coby will tell you how she dunnit in this affectionate look back at Murder, She Wrote.

Influential humorous improvisation series hosted by Clive Anderson - starring a myriad of quick-witted comedians.

It is election year on both sides of the Atlantic and with the world in a state of nuclear jumpiness, US president Johnny Cyclops is currently as popular as rabies. His chances of re-election are threatened by two major crises - one in Russia and another in the Middle East. Where will it all end?

'Lost' BBC drama that was a forerunner to Z Cars, and one of the first police procedurals to be set outside of London

The best sitcom American television ever produced? Michael Spadoni looks back on the appeal of 'Frasier' and chooses his best fifteen episodes.

Oh, Dr Beeching! was a hit with its pilot show, its viewing figures unrivalled for a new comedy for some years afterwards. Unfortunately, due to the expense of its location shooting, it was somewhat over budget at a time when the BBC purse strings were largely welded shut.

Another 'lost' BBC play from the 1950s. A doctor who has an interest in criminal behaviour, embarks on a crime spree in order to satisfy his curiosity

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary adventure - The Doctor's actions in the Time War come back to haunt him

The History of Doctor Who in Print 1963 – 2005

Picard and his crew are thrown into a present day alternative reality. The only way to escape it is to travel back in time. But to do so, they must do a deal with the one being in the universe that Picard fears: The Borg Queen...

Rewatching and reassessing the second Star Trek follow-up nearly 30 years after it was last broadcast

Jean-Luc is an elderly gent weathered by grief, regret and anger. Haunted by memories of a career-ending catastrophe at Starfleet, he passes time by tending to the soil at the Picard vineyard in France. But all that is about to change...

How would the survivors react to a total collapse of civilisation? Stephen King's epic post-Apocalyptic tale got a remake in 2020

Earth, or maybe it's just The Doctor, is under attack - but so too are the Time Lords. A powerful force is draining energy from the universe of matter and transferring it to the universe of anti-matter. One Doctor can't help - but maybe three can!

Part 2 of how the Star Trek franchise continued its journey from television to cinema and the relationship between the two genres, which didn't always work out in The Next Generation