Category Archives: 1st Doctor

Terrance’s Top Ten

Posted on September 10, 2019 by drwhonovels

It’s almost impossible for me to quantify how many hundreds of hours of enjoyment I’ve derived from Terrance Dicks’ Doctor Who books over the years. It’s almost impossible to overstate how many expressions and phrases from Dicks’ books have worked … Continue reading →

The Wheel of Fortune

Posted on December 22, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who and the Crusaders Televised as: The Crusade (video release title) Written by: David Whitaker Teleplay by: David Whitaker Published in: 1966 Chapters: Three through Eight When I reviewed The Web Planet a few years back, I lamented … Continue reading →

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The Eye Should Have Contentment Where It Rests

Posted on December 20, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who and the Crusaders Televised as: The Crusade (video release title) Written by: David Whitaker Teleplay by: David Whitaker Published in: 1966 Chapters: Prologue, One and Two “The next time we visit Earth, I hope we encounter a … Continue reading →

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DeWinter of our Discontent

Posted on December 18, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who and the Zarbi Televised as: The Web Planet Written by: Bill Strutton Teleplay by: Bill Strutton Published in: September 1965 Chapters: Two through Six … that’s as in Roslyn de Winter, the choreographer who provided “Insect Movement”for … Continue reading →

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Mad Men(optera)

Posted on December 16, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who and the Zarbi Televised as: The Web Planet Written by: Bill Strutton Teleplay by: Bill Strutton Published in: September 1965 Chapter: One I’m gonna start off by cutting Bill Strutton some slack, just a little bit. Doctor … Continue reading →

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Sleepless on Skaro

Posted on December 14, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks Televised as: The Daleks (video release title) Written by: David Whitaker Teleplay by: Terry Nation Published in: November 1964 Chapters: Seven through Ten Conventional wisdom is that Episodes 1 through … Continue reading →

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Ian Chesterton in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks

Posted on December 12, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks Televised as: The Daleks (video release title) Written by: David Whitaker Published in:November 1964 Chapters: Three through Six Last time, we talked about how David Whitaker opened his novelization of … Continue reading →

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The Novelization That Isn’t

Posted on December 10, 2016 by drwhonovels

Title: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks Written by: David Whitaker Published in:November 1964 Chapters: One and Two So here’s a true story. I may have told it before. It’s so embarrassing that it has to be … Continue reading →

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A Look Back: The First Doctor

Posted on December 5, 2013 by drwhonovels

Last week I was listening to an episode of The Memory Cheats podcast, where the two hosts were discussing The Romans. One host mentioned that it was a shame that the only two things anyone ever remembers about William Hartnell … Continue reading →

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A Look Back: The First Doctor novelizations

Posted on December 4, 2013 by drwhonovels

Doctor Who fiction essentially began with the November 1964 release of Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks. A novelization of The Daleks, the second-ever Who TV serial, it was penned by David Whitaker, then just wrapping up his … Continue reading →

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