"All the resting ones I have used were people of status, ambition," says Davros. The quintessential 80s heroes.  They had themse...

"I've known many times," says the Doctor, "some of them much more pleasant than others." "Well, I quite like ...

There are several answers to the question "who originally created the Daleks?"  You could say "Davros" with geeky fideli...

From the October 2011 issue of Panic Moon .  As ever, lightly edited and titivated... 'cos I just can't help tinkering. When Do...

Why do some monsters have names while others don't? The best place to start may be with the Cybermen.  After all, they went from havin...

or   Sex, Death and Rock 'n' Roll - Part 2 (Part 1 can be found here .) Some disjointed observations about 'Revelation of...

The tentacle was already well established as a staple of monsterology long before  Doctor Who  was even a glint in Sydney Newman's eye. ...

Doctor Who was (and is) frequently racist in its representations.  Probably no more or less than most other cultural products of our societ...

Acres of irrelevant grumbling about the Series 5 finale. Oh great.  River's back.  Again.  Un-yippee and un-hurrah.  Still, Moffat mu...