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A Whovian and a Newvian walk into a TARDIS and discuss each and every episode of the classic series.
January 13, 1984 - Black Country Evening Mail - The BBC want the TARDIS to lose its Police Box look.
#TARDIS #DoctorWho #BBC #PoliceBox #BlackCountryEveningMail #1984memories #SciFiFans
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Warriors of the Deep" - Part 4 - There should have been a better way.
#warriorsofthedeep #underwaterbattle #deepseaadventures #fantasyadventure
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
January 12, 1984 - The novelisation of Mawdryn Undead, by Peter Grimwade, was first released by Target Books.
#mawdrynundead #petergrimwade #targetbooks #doctorwho #novelization #bookrelease #1984
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
January 11, 1984 - The word is out that the new Doctor (Colin Baker) has lost all sense of fashion as his outfit is revealed to the press.
#doctorwho #colinbaker #fashionfail #timelordthreads #whovian #doctorwhofashion
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
January 7, 1984 - Western Daily Press - A profile on Colin Baker.
#colinbaker #doctorwho #whoviannotes #throwbackthursday #celebrityprofile #80snostalgia
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Warriors of the Deep" - Part 3 - Can the Doctor defeat the Myrka?
#DoctorWho #WarriorsOfTheDeep #Myrka #Timelord #SciFiSunday #Whovian #TARDIS
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Warriors of the Deep" - Part 2 - The Silurians and Sea Devils plan? Disrupt the defenses of one of the two power blocks to make them go entirely nuclear.
#warriorsofthedeep #silurians #seadevils #powerblocks #nuclearstrategy #sci_fiseries
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
January 5, 1983 - Evening Post - A look at Dad's Army's Ian Lavender as his new comedy series premieres with co-star Mary Tamm.
#DadsArmy #IanLavander #MaryTamm #comedyseries #classicTV #britishcomedy #throwbackthursday
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Warriors of the Deep" - Part 1 - A future Earth with two major power zones on the brink of war brings the TARDIS into a conflict with an even bigger threat.
#warriorsofthedeep #DoctorWho #TARDIS #scifi #timetravel #BBC #whovian #sciencefiction
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
January 3, 1984 - Evening Despatch - Richard Franklin appears in a mime production of "It's All in the Mind".
#throwbackthursday #richardfranklin #mime #itsallinthemind #eveningdespatch #1984 #classictheatre
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
December 23, 1983 - Berrows Worcester Journal - What will Peter Davison and his family do for Christmas? What was it like returning to Herriot Country?
#PeterDavison #Christmas1983 #HerriotCountry #WorcesterJournal #ThrowbackThursday #ChristmasTraditions
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The letters to the Radio Times following the transmission of "The Five Doctors" were generally positive.
#RadioTimes #TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #ClassicTV #nostalgia #positivefeedback
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Various media covers for "The Five Doctors". We'll discuss this movie length special on the podcast in just 55 minutes from now.

#DoctorWho #TheFiveDoctors #podcast #classicwhovian #whovianlife
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here is the artwork that graced the cover of the Radio Times for the 20th anniversary without the titles.
#RadioTimes #anniversaryartwork #nostalgia #coverart #classicmagazine
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Radio Times had a huge three page piece on the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who. We'll be discussing "The Five Doctors" later today on the podcast.

#DoctorWho #RadioTimes #podcast #TheFiveDoctors #AnniversarySpecial #TimeyWimeyPodcast #WhoviansUnite
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
December 18-20, 1983 - Peter Davison is still in the news with full length interviews and profiles on the actor.
#PeterDavison #DoctorWho #1980s #Throwback #Interviews #ActorSpotlight #CelebrityNews
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
December 3, 1983 - Daily Record - Another so 80s shot of Nicola Bryant, ahead of her premiere of Peri on Doctor Who.
#throwbackthursday #80sfashion #doctorwho #nicolabryant #peri #dailyrecord #nostalgia
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
December 1, 1983 - Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text, one of the first widely published scholarly works on the franchise, was first published in both the UK and US.
#DoctorWho #TheUnfoldingText #scholarlywork #franchisehistory #TVseries #bookpublication #UKpublishing #USpublishing
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
November 29, 1983 - Daily Post - Tom Baker kept his distance from the other Doctors as they gathered for American fans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who in America.
#DoctorWho #TomBaker #Whovian #20thAnniversaryCelebration #DoctorWhoInAmerica #TARDISinUSA
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
November 26, 1983 - Birmingham Evening Mail - Did you know that Terry Malloy, who will soon be playing Davros, was Mike Tucker on The Archers for many a year.
#throwback #BirminghamEveningMail #TerryMalloy #Davros #TheArchers #1980sTrivia
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
November 26, 1983 - Western Daily Press - A review of "The Five Doctors" the day after its transmission.
#DoctorWho #TheFiveDoctors #classicTV #ThrowbackThursday #scifi #1980s #review
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
November 25, 1983 - Runcorn Guardian - You're not playing K9 anymore, David Brierly, so you don't need to be on the floor for your role in Coronation Street? Or do you?
#timecapsule #throwbackthursday #coronationstreet #davidbrierly #runcornguardian #nostalgia
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It’s almost the end and the moment is being prepared for.
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
November 25, 1983 - TV Listings for "The Five Doctors". We'll discuss this on the next podcast on Friday.
#TheFiveDoctors #DoctorWho #TVclassics #podcastdiscussion #throwbacktv #TVhistory #nostalgiaallday
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
November 24, 1983 - For the first time ever, a novelization of a story was released concurrent with the broadcast. "The Five Doctors" as novelized by Terrence Dicks, was released the day before the broadcast.
#DoctorWho #TheFiveDoctors #novelization #80sTV #SciFiBooks
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM