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Jon Pertwee episode. The Doctor is with Liz Shaw, who could plough snow off the streets of London with a Reliant Robin and a spoon, in an underground brick room, with a man in a mustache and military uniform. Close-up on the man and the Doctor, while Liz Shaw, who beat Tetris on her first try, is just off-screen. The man says, “You’re not surprised to see me?” The Doctor replies, “Not particularly, no.”
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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David Tennant episode. (Aren’t they all?) Interior of a spaceship. Shiny metal canisters and hoses and a dirty metal wall with somewhat industrial dingy blue/green lighting shining down on a room that also contains a nice 18th century French mantle and fireplace, complete with a fancy clock, nice wood paneling and a black and white checkered tile floor. No one is in the frame, but the caption reads, “Now, there’s something you don’t see in your average spaceship.” Just the French ones.
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Patrick Troughton episode. Griffin, a chef with a really excellent name, is standing in a dimly lit kitchen wearing a turtleneck and white apron. There are some jars of Stuff on shelves. He looks a bit sad. Captions read, “(gunshots) I know the food’s bad, but you don’t have to go that far!”
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Episode with Peter Capaldi, teenage heartthrob. The Doctor and Clara are on a posh turn-of-the-century train car, wearing a fine black tie suit and gold cocktail dress. A man with an excellent little mustache and captain’s hat is speaking to them, and asks, “So, what are you a doctor of?” The Doctor replies, “Now, there's a question that's never asked often enough. Let’s say… intestinal parasites.” Clara is trying not to look irritated.
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Patrick Troughton animated missing episode. The Doctor is sitting on the floor of the TARDIS — not that you could tell, because it’s zoomed in and the background is just grey. He’s wearing a coat that’s far too big for him and the First Doctor’s ring on his right hand, holding his hands over his ears, eyes open, yelling out. Captions read, “Slower!” [THUMPING]
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Christopher Eccleston episode. The Doctor and Rose are walking through the dense brick streets of London at night. Rose is wearing a Union Jack T-shirt. No one else is out, just them alone, walking hurriedly. Captions read, “How much is a little?” “A bit.” “Is that exactly a bit?” “Ish.” Star Trek has technobabble, Doctor Who has whatever this is.
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Jon Pertwee episode. Sarah Jane Smith is in the TARDIS, wearing some beach clothes, preparing for a trip to Florana. (I don’t know, some kind of space Florida? (Not to be confused with actual Space Florida.)) The TARDIS lights are really dim, only one emergency spotlight on. Not sure why lights always get dimmer in an emergency. Seems like you’d probably want more. Anyway, captions read, “Fascinating, isn’t it?” “What’s fascinating about fog?”
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Jodie Whittaker episode. Yasmin’s grandmother Umbreen is sitting in a cozy dining room, shop-bought cake on the table, balloons and other decorations. Her family is sitting around the table with her. Umbreen is sitting back, fondly remembering her early life. Caption reads, “And I was the first Muslim woman to work in a textile mill in South Yorkshire.” Quite the accomplishment… I think?
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Peter Davison episode. The Doctor is on a spaceship in the future, and you can tell, because the walls are all gray with big light panels on them. He’s surrounded by a bunch of Daleks (gray ones) and a few humans in future space outfits. A Dalek says, “He is an enemy of the Daleks. He must be exterminated.” Closeup on one of the people as he says, “He must be duplicated first.” Huh, they usually leave that part out.
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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David Tennant episode. (Aren’t they all?) The Doctor, Christine, and a few other people are walking off a red double decker bus. Just in case you forgot this show is British. It’s a bit knackered, beat up, windows blown out, dented all around, smoking. Also, it’s in the middle of a desert. Wheels embedded in the sand. Caption reads, “Call it a hunch, but I think we’ve gone a little bit further than Brixton.” Hull, maybe?
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Jon Pertwee episode. The Doctor is wearing a white lab coat (but you almost can’t tell, because it’s very dark) peering through a narrow rectangular opening in a steel door to another dim room. Really makes for great television, chaps. Two Silurians are talking to him. Caption reads, “How many humans have survived the epidemic?” No context for this whatsoever.
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Matt Smith episode. Professor Grisenko, a man wearing a dingy tee, half-buttoned long sleeve shirt, and a beanie with unkempt gray hair sticking out under it. Average higher education professor. He’s got black ear buds in, too. He’s standing on a submarine, just in front of an open hatch. Dim lighting, red glowing in front of him. He says, “Have I interrupted something?” Cut to a few Soviet uniformed men. One says, “We were about to blow up the world, Professor.” Ah, carry on then.
January 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Paul McGann TV movie. (Another one, why not?) Two TV presenters are sitting in front of a Christmas tree on their set, looking at one another happily. Captions read, “Happy new year. Happy… Can you believe it?” “2000.”
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Paul McGann TV movie. New Year party on January 1st, 2000. A man is wearing a dark suit, staring straight forward, cold-faced with a thousand yard stare, completely expressionless. Confetti rains down on him, landing on his head and shoulders, and he is completely unaffected. Mood.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Reminder that if you start #doctorwho The End of Time Part One tonight at exactly 11:38:41 PM, the Master will shout “Dinnertime!” at midnight
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Jodie Whittaker episode. The Doctor is standing in a gray cloudy beachside town with Yaz and Dan, inexplicably dressed up in ridiculous pirate-esque garb, behind her. Don’t worry, they’re not saying anything, as if they’ve forgotten to give them any dialogue in this scene. The Doctor asks, “How would you prefer to be addressed?” A Sea Devil (this episode takes place before that term was canonically decided to no longer be in vogue) replies, “Where is it?” The Doctor does a proper Jodie scronchy face and says, “Mr. WherelsIt? Lord WherelsIt?”
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Sylvester McCoy episode. A bunch of clowns are standing around on Segonax, an alien planet that just so happens to look like a dusty quarry. They’re unloading a robot from the back of a van that looks an awful lot like the Kerblam! man, except a bit more ’80s: Lego minifigure-shaped head, more British-looking suit with a tiny tie. The robot has one arm extended out, with a hand that’s shaped far too boney for comfort. It says, “Could I see your tickets, please?”
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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David Tennant episode. (Aren’t they all?) The Doctor is sleeping in a nightgown in a bedroom in the Tylers’ flat. Jackie Tyler is talking on a giant early 2000s phone. She left him a cuppa tea by the bed, and she’s looking down at him as she’s talking to someone. Caption reads, “Yeah. No, I’ll come round and see you on Boxing Day.” Happy Boxing Day.
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Patrick Troughton episode. Jamie McCrimmon, his lover, is standing in some kind of control room in the future, and you can tell, because the walls are shiny metal and have a bunch of blinky lights and stuff. There’s a big circular view screen, that isn’t showing anything on it because it’s before they could do CSO. There’s a large phallic metal thing on the cabinet in front of him. Jamie is pressing a button, and the caption reads, “‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.’”
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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William Hartnell missing episode telesnap. The Doctor, Sara Kingdom and Steven Taylor are all standing around in the TARDIS having a toast. Steven is very blurry; Sara is barely visible. The Doctor is looking directly at the camera, and says, “Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!”
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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David Tennant episode. (Aren’t they all?) We’re in a really nice ballroom on a spaceship replica of the Titanic in the far future. A bunch of people are crowded around an old man listening to him speak, including the Doctor, looking a bit perplexed at what he’s saying. Captions read, “And every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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David Tennant episode. (Aren’t they all?) Jackie Tyler, M*ckey Smith and Rose (off-screen) are in the Tylers’ flat. Bright red wall, curtains drawn, dark outside. Jackie says, “It’s Christmas Eve, we’re not going anywhere.” Mood.
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Jon Pertwee episode. Sam and Meg Seeley, an old married couple, are standing outside their old cottage in the woods. Sam was in the middle of chopping wood, but now is in the middle of lighting his pipe, and in this particular frame, has his hands in front of him looking rather mousey. Meg says, “Constable Wilkes said that poor boy's face was terrible to look at.”
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Jodie Whittaker episode. Mary Shelley is in Villa Diodati, an old villa in Switzerland at night, holding a baby. Dark gray skies, rain hitting the windows, candlelight making everyone barely visible. Not just TV darkness where it’s a bit blue and you can still see faces clearly, but it’s actually, properly dark. Caption reads, “The very world itself seems sick.” Proper gloomy, innit.
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Jon Pertwee episode. The Doctor, the Brigadier, Jo Grant, Dr. Ruth Ingram and Stuart Hyde are in a small room with an Elton John poster on the wall and a bunch of Stuff on a shelf behind them. Stuart is very old and lying down, being looked at by Ruth, who’s a bit concerned as his advanced age is a somewhat recent development. The Doctor and the Brig are talking as Jo looks on. Captions read, “Mmm, congratulations, Brigadier. I think you've provided the explanation.” “Well, glad to be of service. What did I say?”
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM