About

“Right at the start, when they asked me to do it, I wanted to lay out my vision of Doctor Who, because, although everyone knows what Doctor Who is, when you sit down and look at it there are many, many versions of Doctor Who. So I wrote a 15 page document which set out the ethos, the style and spirit of it.

One very specific thing I wanted to change in its format slightly – although it was always buried in the format – was to always relate everything that’s happening to the human race. There’s this big paragraph in the document saying… if on planet Zog they are being threatened by the Zog monster, and the Zog people are in danger, I don’t care. So, if you do have to go to the planet Zog, then it should be a human colony. Actually, it shouldn’t be a colony, they should be pioneers. The word colonist is rather dull; the word pioneer is rather exciting. It’s got a heroic human feel. Not colonists, pioneers – and always, always somehow relating every story back to the human race. Which means us, now. “

Quote from Russell T. Davies, writing about his pitch document to bring back Doctor Who, in Doctor Who Magazine Special #11 – The Doctor Who Companion Series One.

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About this blog:

Any planets that feature prominently in the 21st Century revival of the BBC programme Doctor Who will be described and reviewed here.  There was also a Classic Planet of the Month feature (describing and reviewing planets from Classic Doctor Who), which had an initial six month run in 2007, then another three month run.

Also, this blog will be thinking about the future-history-continuity of Doctor Who, and any additions that Nu-Who makes to this.

In general, there will also be blog entries on anything and everything about Doctor Who.

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About the planet articles:

The different sections are as follows…

AS VISITED BY THE DOCTOR / LOCATION / ZOG PLACE / ZOG PEOPLE / ZOG MONSTER

These sections describe the continuity of programme.  The main part of the text is based on what is said or seen on-screen, but any text in square brackets [like this] is used to note the Story Code or to note this blog’s suggestions and speculation on possible continuity.

ZOG RATING / ADDITIONAL NOTES

These sections review the planet, focusing on the “zogginess” of the planet to determine the “Zog Rating” (rather than reviewing the stories), and provide additional notes.

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About the Story Codes used on this blog:

Classic Doctor Who stories begin “C,” then Season number, then Serial number.

[C6.4, The Krotons.]

For the 21st Century revival, the 2005 Season is “N1″, the 2006 Season is “N2″ and so on, and then the Episode Number.

[N3.1, Smith and Jones.]

[N1.12&13, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways]

The Torchwood 2006 Season is “T1″ and so on.

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