Doctor Who 1989: The Curse of Fenric

1989 – the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the year the Beastie Boys released the album Paul’s Boutique.

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This is… The 4-episode serial which is the Seventh Doctor and the Second World War.
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Doctor Who 1988: Remembrance of the Daleks

1988 – the year that Public Enemy released the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, and the year that Sonic Youth released the album Daydream Nation.

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This is… The 4-episode serial which is the Seventh Doctor and the Daleks.
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Doctor Who 1987: Delta and the Bannermen

1987 – the year that Sonic Youth released the album Sister.

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This is… The 3-episode serial which is the Seventh Doctor and a 1950s Welsh holiday camp.

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Doctor Who 1986: The Trial of a Time Lord

1986 – the year that Iron Maiden released the album Somewhere in Time.

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This is… The 14-episode serial that’s the Sixth Doctor’s second season.

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Doctor Who 1985: The Two Doctors

1985 – the year that Kate Bush released the album Hounds of Love, that The Velvet Underground released the album VU.

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This is… The 3-episode serial (each episode 45 minutes) that stars both the Sixth and Second Doctors.

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Doctor Who 1984: The Caves of Androzani

1984 – the year that Lou Reed released the album New Sensations.

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This is… The 4-episode serial that is the Fifth Doctor’s last story.

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Doctor Who 3.7: The Rings of Akhaten review

Review

The Rings of Akhaten

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The Doctor: Okay, then. That’s what I’ll do. I’ll tell you a story.

Production Code: 3.7.
Doctor Who Season: S33 (Ep7).
Story Number: 233.

A new sort of Doctor Who

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