A Matter of Time: The Keeper of Traken

(14/02/1981)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Keeper of Traken’ was the sixth story of Season 18 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: Geoffrey Beevers is credited as the Melkur to conceal the plot twist of the Master’s return, and the name Tremas is also an anagram of Master.

A Matter of Time: The Underwater Menace

(14/01/1967)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Underwater Menace’ was the fifth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: During the underwater scenes in Episode 3, the Kirby wires holding up the fish people are clearly visible.

A Matter of Time: The Invasion

(14/12/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Invasion’ was the third story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: In the DVD’s animated version of Episode 1, the words ‘Bad Wolf’ are written on Isobel’s wall as an in-joke to the series.

A Matter of Time: Paul McGann

(14/11/1959)

DESCRIPTION: Paul McGann played the character of the Eighth Doctor in the TV Movie, which originally aired on 14th May 1996.

FACT: His tenure as the Doctor is considered to be either the longest or shortest, depending on whether the non-television stories are included as canon.

A Matter of Time: Katy Manning

(14/10/1949)

DESCRIPTION: Katy Manning played the companion character of Jo Grant from ‘Terror of the Autons’ to ‘The Green Death’.

FACT: She will reprise her role of Jo Grant for the first time on television since 1973 in the fourth series of ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’.

A Matter of Time: The Mind Robber

(14/09/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Mind Robber’ was the first story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: Hamish Wilson plays the companion Jamie in Episodes 2 and 3 of the story, due to Frazer Hines’ being ill with chicken pox.

A Matter of Time: Vernon Dobtcheff

(14/08/1934)

DESCRIPTION: Vernon Dobtcheff played the Chief Scientist in Patrick Troughton’s final story as the Second Doctor, ‘The War Games’.

FACT: Rupert Everett described an encounter with Dobtcheff on the boat train to Paris, calling him the “patron saint” of the acting profession.