Spearhead from Space
This is when the show switched over from being black-and-white to color.
In order to save money otherwise spent on special effects, the BBC decided to keep Doctor Who on Earth at the beginning of Pertwee’s run. This was of course explained as a sentence by the Time Lords at the end of War Games. The other economy move was to reduce Doctor Who to a half-year instead of a full year. For the balance of the year the BBC slotted in an SF program from America called Star Trek. I guess buying programs is cheaper than making them. As part of this Earth-grounding, the Doctor became the Science Advisor to U.N.I.T. (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), lead by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Watch for other Lethbridge-Stewarts to show up in other stories in the future.
Reviews
- Doctor Who Podshock
- Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats #100
- The Doctor Who Podcast Episode#244
- DWO Whocast DVD Review #189
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #189
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #322
- The Doctor’s Companion
- The Doctor’s Companion – Ep. 178
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Reviews
- Doctor Who Podshock
- Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats #49
- DWO Whocast DVD Review #64
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #221
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #323
- The Doctor’s Companion 1-4
- The Doctor’s Companion 5-7
- The Doctor’s Companion – Ep. 36
The Ambassadors of Death
Reviews
- Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats #6
- The Doctor Who Podcast DVD Review Episode#214
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #179
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #324
- The Doctor’s Companion 1-3
- The Doctor’s Companion 4-7
- The Doctor’s Companion – Ep. 125
Inferno
Reviews
- Doctor Who: The Memory Cheats #138
- The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast #325
- Radio Free Skaro Episode #310
- Radio Free Skaro Episode #311
- The Doctor’s Companion 1-3
- The Doctor’s Companion 4-7
- The Doctor’s Companion – Ep. 188