Tag: Sixth Doctor

Doctor Who: Conflict Theory

Doctor Who: Conflict Theory

by Nev Fountain; dir. Scott Handcock (BBC, 2020)

Box set cover: "The Sixth Doctor and Peri, Volume One"; review of "“Doctor Who: Conflict Theory” by Nev Fountain; dir. Scott Handcock (BBC, 2020)

A fun, frivolous story that, beneath clever execution, explores the more serious question of the Doctor’s culpability in exposing his companions to danger. Fountain’s script is spot-on. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant revel in a character dynamic rarely done justice on television.

Doctor Who: Wirrn Isle

Doctor Who: Wirrn Isle

by William Gallagher (Big Finish, 2012)

Gallagher_Wirrn Isle

Bringing back the Wirrn was ambitious but Gallagher has recaptured at least some of the tension and body horror of The Ark in Space. The Sixth Doctor is well-written for a change and, notwithstanding some egregious character irrationality, the story works well.

 

 

Doctor Who: The Sandman

Doctor Who: The Sandman

by Simon A. Forward (Big Finish, 2002)

Forward_The Sandman

A nice SF concept, which affords plenty of scope for the Sixth Doctor’s almost bipolar swings between compassion and firewalled ‘otherness’. Colin Baker once again shows that he could have been great if given something to work with by JNT and company.