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Jan 1, 2026

Episode Title: "I Need My Pain" - The Caves of Androzani Review & The Fifth Doctor's Regeneration

THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI (March 8-16, 1984)
Writer: Robert Holmes (returning!) Director:
Graeme Harper (debut - directing from studio floor, not control room)

PRODUCTION NOTES:

The Fake Title: JNT put "The Doctor's Wife" on...


Dec 25, 2025

Episode Title: "From Carnage to Cleavage" - Planet of Fire Review

PLANET OF FIRE (February-March 1984)
Writer: Peter Grimwade (his final Doctor Who work)
Director: Fiona Cumming (her last story, dating back to The Highlanders)
Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands - chosen after Cumming promoted it with holiday photos!


Dec 17, 2025

Episode Title: "Throwing Daleks Out the Window" - Resurrection of the Daleks Review with The Irredeemable Shag

SPECIAL GUEST ALERT: The Irredeemable Shag joins from the Fire & Water Podcast Network for what he calls "The Tegan Jovanka Appreciation Podcast!" A lifelong Davison-era fan who started watching in 1982 at age...


Dec 11, 2025

"The Hamster Wheel of Science Fiction Television" - Frontios Review

STORY DETAILS: "Frontios" (January 16 - February 3, 1984)
Production Code: 6N
Writer: Christopher H. Bidmead (former script editor, Logopolis and Castrovalva)
Director: Ron Jones (Arc of Infinity, future Colin Baker stories)

CAPSULE REVIEW: Jim: "Doctor...


Dec 4, 2025

"Two Is Too Few, Four Is Too Much" - Production 6M: "The Awakening" (January 19-20, 1984) - Classic Doctor Who Season 21 Review

The Fifth Doctor brings Tegan to 1984 Little Hodcombe so she can visit her grandfather, Andrew Verney. But the TARDIS materializes in an unstable church during an English Civil War reenactment...