Derrick Sherwin: A Retrospective
❉ What is it about The Invasion that makes it a quintessential Doctor Who? Derrick Sherwin’s influence on the series cannot be underestimated, writes Michael Seely.
Michael Seely
‘The Silver Archive: Sapphire And Steel’
❉ The first 3 volumes of Obverse Books’s new range covers the entire run of one of the oddest, creepiest, most cerebral series of them all…
Introducing Tara King
❉ 50 years ago today, we said ‘ta-ra’ to Mrs Peel and hello to Tara King. Michael Seely looks back on this historic handover.
‘Doctor Who And The Monsters’
❉ 36 years before Twitch’s Dr Who marathon, BBC2’s 1982 monster-mash repeat-fest was a rare treat!
A Matter Of Time: ‘The Invasion Of Time’ at 40
❉ Is the 1978 six-parter, which began 40 years ago today, a classic or a self-indulgent mess?
Rebel Yell: ‘Blake’s 7’ Forty Years On
❉ Writer Michael Seely looks back on his childhood memories of Blake’s 7, first broadcast 40 years ago today.
When the Goodies met Orson Welles
❉ Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor recall working with “a truly great man.”
‘Directed by Douglas Camfield’ reviewed
❉ The life of one of British TV’s greatest directors.
‘The Crusade’: A Retrospective
❉ 53 years on, The Crusades is still considered to be one of the finest Doctor Who serials of its time…
Obverse Books present The Silver Archive
❉ The Silver Archive will cast an eye over the very best of genre television.