General election campaigns always throw up some pretty outrageous and unlikely fare as the competing parties try to grab voters’ attention in a bid to win their votes come polling day.

But the lead-up to the December poll in the UK generated a good candidate for Most Unlikely Moment of the Whole Election last week (even with a month to go before voting) when Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was…

Hailing from Colin Baker’s first full season, Vengeance on Varos is infamous for both its social and political commentary, as well as its post-modern take on the medium of television itself. It draws some inspiration from the subject of “video-nasties” and concerns about violence on television, both hot topics at the time with the emergence of the home video market. In his third outing, the Sixth…

The TV version of The Trial Of A Time Lord was an overblown and tired version of the series which was only saved by some credible acting and some rather nifty special effects. I recall being disappointed by the whole effort and thought it was a sad waste of Colin Baker’s talents. The story arc was dragged out and really did test the viewer’s staying power. Anyway, that aside these adventures were…

Colin Baker’s last season as the Doctor, Trial of a Time Lord, gets a fair bit of slack – in fact, we get it a roasting just yesterday. And that’s not fair. However much we criticise anything, it’s still Doctor Who and we love it for that. Join us as we discover the really great things about Trial of a Time Lord… The Mysterious Planet How can you criticise a work by Robert Holmes? Arguably, he’s…

Poor Colin Baker. His tenure as the Sixth Doctor was a troubled time for the show, and as such, Trial of a Time Lord was his last series, following a hiatus which made fans blow several gaskets. If Twitter had been around in the 1980s, it would’ve consisted mainly of capital letters. Let’s face it: Doctor Who can sometimes be a bit pants, and Trial of a Time Lord is no exception. If this feels…