The Tides of Time
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A long-running Doctor Who fanzine, published by the Oxford Doctor Who Society.
In Tides 50 we published an article based on Matthew Kilburn's talk for Target Book Club in 2023, asking exactly which Doctor appears in Doctor Who and the Cybermen, by Gerry Davis, and how disagreements about Doctor Who in 1974 might have shaped the novelization of a 1967 story. Now blogged:
Battle in the Projection Room
Matthew Kilburn revisits Doctor Who and the Cybermen, the first Target novelisation written by Gerry Davis, and finds out what happens when the Second Doctor isn’t quite the Second Doctor, but owes…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In Tides 50 we published an article based on Matthew Kilburn's talk for Target Book Club in 2023, asking exactly which Doctor appears in Doctor Who and the Cybermen, by Gerry Davis, and how disagreements about Doctor Who in 1974 might have shaped the novelization of a 1967 story. Now blogged:
In the last of our retrospectives on the characterization of the Fifteenth Doctor, Alice Hardaker recognises charisma, emotional competence and a friend to be made in a bar. #DoctorWho #WhoSky #NcutiGatwa
It’s Been an Absolute Joy III: Beyond Babes
Ruby and the Doctor ascend to the Goblin ship in The Church on Ruby Road. In the last of our interim retrospectives on the Fifteenth Doctor, Alice Hardaker finds charisma and a bar companion. The F…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In the last of our retrospectives on the characterization of the Fifteenth Doctor, Alice Hardaker recognises charisma, emotional competence and a friend to be made in a bar. #DoctorWho #WhoSky #NcutiGatwa
While people are downloading issues from 1991, they could also download one from 2025, issue 50 - William Russell and Barbara Clegg remembered, the 2023 specials and the 2024 series reviewed, the Fifteenth Doctor's character, and more. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
The Tides of Time issue 50
The Tides of Time, issue 50, was published by The Oxford Doctor Who Society in June 2025. It was edited by Adam Kendrick and Matthew Kilburn. The issue consists of 132 A5 colour pages. The issue ca…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
While people are downloading issues from 1991, they could also download one from 2025, issue 50 - William Russell and Barbara Clegg remembered, the 2023 specials and the 2024 series reviewed, the Fifteenth Doctor's character, and more. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
Statistics are peculiar. Apparently issue 5, from 1991, has been downloaded 135 times this week. We don't know why it has become so popular. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
The Tides of Time issue 5
The Tides of Time, issue 5, was published in April 1991, and cover dated Trinity Term 1991. It was edited by Louise Dennis. It had no cover price but probably sold at 40p. This issue is available f…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Statistics are peculiar. Apparently issue 5, from 1991, has been downloaded 135 times this week. We don't know why it has become so popular. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
After a few distractions, we're back with the last of our posts from Bedford Who Charity Con 2025, reporting from Jacqueline King's panel. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
The Bedford Panels 2025, Part Four: Jacqueline King
From left to right: Jacqueline King, Peter Roy, Katy Manning, Virginia Wetherell, James Ashworth, Adam Kendrick, Ian Bayley, Sophie Aldred, Louise Jameson, Neve McIntosh, and Jill Curzon Bedford Wh…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
After a few distractions, we're back with the last of our posts from Bedford Who Charity Con 2025, reporting from Jacqueline King's panel. #DoctorWho #WhoSky
More thoughts on the Fifteenth Doctor's character, this time by Adam Kendrick: #DoctorWho oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/13/i...
It’s Been an Absolute Joy II: Confident with Tears
The Fifteenth Doctor, ready for new adventures, in The Giggle. Adam Kendrick with the second of our three observations on the character of the Fifteenth Doctor, first published in The Tides of Time…
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July 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
More thoughts on the Fifteenth Doctor's character, this time by Adam Kendrick: #DoctorWho oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/13/i...
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The River Stannis runs pale and long
The River Darrow it runs to flood
But oh my lovely, lonely child
The River Restal runs to blood
– Extract from the traditional Hookland nursery rhyme 'The Running of the Rivers'
The River Darrow it runs to flood
But oh my lovely, lonely child
The River Restal runs to blood
– Extract from the traditional Hookland nursery rhyme 'The Running of the Rivers'
July 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The River Stannis runs pale and long
The River Darrow it runs to flood
But oh my lovely, lonely child
The River Restal runs to blood
– Extract from the traditional Hookland nursery rhyme 'The Running of the Rivers'
The River Darrow it runs to flood
But oh my lovely, lonely child
The River Restal runs to blood
– Extract from the traditional Hookland nursery rhyme 'The Running of the Rivers'
Another Bedford Who Charity Con guest panel report, this time on Neve McIntosh #DoctorWho
The Bedford Panels 2025, Part Three: Neve McIntosh
The Eleventh Doctor, some adversaries from his past, and his future self in action figure forms. Adam Kendrick continues his reports from the guest panels at Bedford Who Charity Con 2025. Doctor Wh…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Another Bedford Who Charity Con guest panel report, this time on Neve McIntosh #DoctorWho
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CS Lewis speaks wisely on this kind of thing:
July 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
CS Lewis speaks wisely on this kind of thing:
The first of three articles looking at the character of the Fifteenth Doctor - even his emotional literacy has its limits, notes Matthew Kilburn in Music and Ice. #DoctorWho
It’s Been an Absolute Joy I: Music and Ice
Matthew Kilburn writes the first of three articles observing the Fifteenth Doctor’s character, originally published in The Tides of Time 50.This is an article begun on the cusp of revelation.…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The first of three articles looking at the character of the Fifteenth Doctor - even his emotional literacy has its limits, notes Matthew Kilburn in Music and Ice. #DoctorWho
Another report from the panels at this April's Doctor Who charity convention in Bedford - Sophie Aldred at Bedford Who Charity Con: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/06/t...
The Bedford Panels 2025, Part Two: Sophie Aldred
A Dalek and Cyberman prepare to do battle over Sophie Aldred’s royalties from Papua New Guinea. Ever since she was a small girl, Sophie Aldred has always loved dressing up and playing pretend…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Another report from the panels at this April's Doctor Who charity convention in Bedford - Sophie Aldred at Bedford Who Charity Con: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/06/t...
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Signal boosting the auction for a print of Alister Pearson's artwork that he kindly agreed to be on the back of the last CT - all proceeds going to a good cause!
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The Fifth Doctor painted by Alister Pearson - print signed by Peter Davison | eBay UK
Alister then asked the editor of the DWAS magazine CELESTIAL TOYROOM if the event and award would be featured in the next issue.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Signal boosting the auction for a print of Alister Pearson's artwork that he kindly agreed to be on the back of the last CT - all proceeds going to a good cause!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15714495...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15714495...
The first of our reports from Bedford Who Charity Con 2025, from the interview with one of the most irrepressible people in the world of Doctor Who, Katy Manning: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/03/t...
The Bedford Panels 2025, Part One: Katy Manning
Knitted friends from the Whoniverse and elsewhere, as seen in the dealers’ room at Bedford Who Charity Con 10. Bedford Who Charity Con 10 took place on Saturday 5 April 2025 at King’s House B…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The first of our reports from Bedford Who Charity Con 2025, from the interview with one of the most irrepressible people in the world of Doctor Who, Katy Manning: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/07/03/t...
Not previously blogged - an article first published in Tides of Time issue 50 last month. Charlie Bowden looks at the ties Night Terrors has to the rest of Series Six.
The Eleventh’s Hours
‘Tick tock goes the clock.’ Building a world in Series Six’s standalone horror story. By Charlie Bowden ‘Such a lovely old song, but is it about him?’I remember being both creeped out and incredibl…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
July 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Not previously blogged - an article first published in Tides of Time issue 50 last month. Charlie Bowden looks at the ties Night Terrors has to the rest of Series Six.
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The Wrong Way Round – 20 Years of Series 1 (Part One)
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to Who fans as Series 1 (2005), was somewhat…
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to Who fans as Series 1 (2005), was somewhat…
The Wrong Way Round – 20 Years of Series 1 (Part One)
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to Who fans as Series 1 (2005), was somewhat out-of-order. For a dyed-in-the-wool fan, it feels oddly fitting in retrospect that my introduction to Doctor Who…
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June 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Wrong Way Round – 20 Years of Series 1 (Part One)
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to Who fans as Series 1 (2005), was somewhat…
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to Who fans as Series 1 (2005), was somewhat…
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New blog about how I watched my first series of Doctor Who in completely the wrong order. And why that was fine, actually.
The Wrong Way Round – 20 Years of Series 1 (Part One)
Last month, I wrote about my very first episode of Doctor Who, which was of course Dalek. I make an off-hand mention that my entire viewing experience of that particular series, generally known to …
thebrainofmobius.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New blog about how I watched my first series of Doctor Who in completely the wrong order. And why that was fine, actually.
Here we are - details of issue 50 of Tides of Timeand the download link. Farewell Fifteen, memories of Nicholas Courtney, William Russell, Barbara Clegg, reviews of poems by Kate Fox and Target books and Bedford Who Charity Cons and more. Enjoy! #DoctorWho #WhoSky
Tides 50 now online
The latest issue of The Tides of Time, number 50, is now available to download. Within its 132 pages find… Just what were the Doctor and the Ranis up to in Oxford? Just which Doctor is in the…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
June 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Here we are - details of issue 50 of Tides of Timeand the download link. Farewell Fifteen, memories of Nicholas Courtney, William Russell, Barbara Clegg, reviews of poems by Kate Fox and Target books and Bedford Who Charity Cons and more. Enjoy! #DoctorWho #WhoSky
The online edition of Tides of Time 50 will be available to download in the near future. More details soon.
June 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The online edition of Tides of Time 50 will be available to download in the near future. More details soon.
Currently popular on the website - Mark Learey's account of Jon Pertwee's last convention appearance at Aldbourne in 1996, which we published in 2019. oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2019/09/16/p...
Pertwee’s Last Daemons
Image Credit: Stephen Broome (All Rights Reserved)Image Description: Damaris Hayman, Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney and Richard FranklinMark Learey was present in April 1996 when Aldbourne, t…
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Currently popular on the website - Mark Learey's account of Jon Pertwee's last convention appearance at Aldbourne in 1996, which we published in 2019. oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2019/09/16/p...
Tides of Time 50 is still available. Curated Doctor Who opinion, poetry and research: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/06/15/t...
Tides 50 is here!
The fiftieth issue of The Tides of Time has finally arrived! Covering Series Fourteen and Fifteen, this edition has been in the making for two years and is our largest single issue yet.
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tides of Time 50 is still available. Curated Doctor Who opinion, poetry and research: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/06/15/t...
And for more on Barbara Clegg's career, see the current edition of Tides of Time.
The episode of Emergency Ward 10 which killed off Barbara Clegg's character off-screen, a year after Clegg had left the series, and enabling Clegg to leave her TV stardom behind and concentrate more on writing (for Coronation Street, The Dales, Crossroads, Waggoners' Walk and eventually Doctor Who).
EPISODE 407 of Emergency Ward 10 (10 Jan 61), which was recovered by the Film is Fabulous! team, is missing from the ITV Archive. It’s an important episode in the series, as it confirms that Dr Anderson’s (Desmond Carrington) wife and baby drowned in the floods.
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And for more on Barbara Clegg's career, see the current edition of Tides of Time.
Issue 50 of Tides of Time is here! What's in, and how to order: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/06/15/t...
Tides 50 is here!
The fiftieth issue of The Tides of Time has finally arrived! Covering Series Fourteen and Fifteen, this edition has been in the making for two years and is our largest single issue yet.
oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog
June 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Issue 50 of Tides of Time is here! What's in, and how to order: oxforddoctorwho-tidesoftime.blog/2025/06/15/t...
More details soon...
June 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
More details soon...