A Matter of Time: The Robots of Death

(19/02/1977)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Robots of Death’ was the fifth story of Season 14 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: This is the last story to feature the wood-panelled TARDIS secondary control room, which first appeared in ‘The Masque of Mandragora’.

A Matter of Time: The Armageddon Factor

(17/02/1979)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Armageddon Factor’ was the sixth story of Season 16 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: Lalla Ward appears as Princess Astra in this story, which led to her being cast as the second incarnation of Romana in the next season.

Classic Doctor Who Regeneration Scenes

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.

Doctor Who – Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Leela and Tegan Outfits

The official Forbidden Planet website has released information about four new Doctor Who outfits, which are designed to look like the costumes of the Fourth Doctor, Leela, the Fifth Doctor and Tegan. These new outfits are available to pre-order at the price of £39.99 from Forbidden Planet, and are expected to arrive at their warehouse on 15th July 2011.

Unfortunately the Tegan outfit is no longer listed on the Forbidden Planet website, but the Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor and Leela outfits are still available via these highlighted links.

A Matter of Time: The Seeds of Doom

(07/02/1976)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Seeds of Doom’ was the sixth story of Season 13 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The costume for the humanoid stage of the Krynoid was created by taking one of the Axon costumes from ‘The Claws of Axos’ and spraying it green.

A Matter of Time: The Invasion of Time

(04/02/1978)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Invasion of Time’ was the sixth story of Season 15 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: During a chase sequence within the swimming pool, a Sontaran is seen tripping over a chair and nearly falling over.

Doctor Who Fourth and Fifth Doctor T-Shirts

The official Forbidden Planet website has released information about two new Doctor Who T-shirts, which are designed to look like the costumes of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors. These new T-shirts are available to pre-order at the price of £15.99 from Forbidden Planet, and are expected to arrive at their warehouse on 6th February 2011.

Fourth Doctor: “With a snappy outfit that consisted of waistcoat, frock coat, wide-brimmed hat and, most famously, his amazing multicoloured scarf the Fourth Doctor’s style and panache are legendary!”

Fifth Doctor: “Hit the crease in style with the 5th Doctor's cream-coloured frock coat, cricket jumper and iconic question mark lapels!”

A Matter of Time: The Robots of Death

(29/01/1977)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Robots of Death’ was the fifth story of Season 14 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The fear of robots is referred to as ‘Grimwade’s syndrome’, an in-joke reference to the production assistant Peter Grimwade.

A Matter of Time: The Ark in Space

(25/01/1975)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Ark in Space’ was the second story of Season 12 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The title sequence of Part One was tinted pink and green as an experiment, making it appear brown rather than blue.

A Matter of Time: Warriors’ Gate

(24/01/1981)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Warriors’ Gate’ was the fifth story of Season 18 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: Tom Baker was particularly grumpy during the filming of this story due to his ongoing illness and the departure of Lalla Ward from the series.

Doctor Who Meglos DVD Clips

'Meglos' is now available to buy from Amazon at the price of £12.93 (United Kingdom), and $19.99 (America).

Doctor Who The Sontaran Experiment - Exclusive Action Figure Set

The official Forbidden Planet website has released information about a new action figure set for ‘The Sontaran Experiment’, which includes the Fourth Doctor, Sontaran Field-Major Styre, and the spherical Sontaran ship.

“The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan arrive on a desolate and apparently deserted Earth to discover that a group of shipwrecked astronauts from a human colony, GalSec, have been lured there by a fake distress call!”

The new set is now available to pre-order at the price of £34.99 from Forbidden Planet, and is expected to arrive at their warehouse on 20th February 2011.

A Matter of Time: The Face of Evil

(22/01/1977)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Face of Evil’ was the fourth story of Season 14 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: Leela appears to hit the Doctor with a ray gun in Part Four, as the ray gun effect is not entirely correctly positioned with the actors.

A Matter of Time: Tom Baker

(20/01/1934)

DESCRIPTION: Tom Baker played the character of the extremely popular Fourth Doctor between ‘Robot’ and ‘Logopolis’.

FACT: Baker played the Doctor for seven consecutive seasons over a seven-year period, making him the longest-serving actor in the part of the Doctor.

A Matter of Time: Robot

(18/01/1975)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Robot’ was the first story of Season 12 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The giant Robot’s legs keep vanishing due to reflections in the studio affecting the Colour Separation Overlay effect.

A Matter of Time: The Brain of Morbius

(10/01/1976)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Brain of Morbius’ was the fifth story of Season 13 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: At the end of Part Four the TARDIS dematerialises instantly with a flash and a puff of smoke, rather than the usual fading away gradually.

A Matter of Time: Underworld

(07/01/1978)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Warriors’ Gate’ was the fifth story of Season 15 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The Minyan spacecraft set turned out to be more expensive than anticipated, so nearly all of the other scenes were created using CSO backgrounds.

Doctor Who Meglos DVD Trailer

'Meglos' will be released on 10th January 2011, and is now available to pre-order from Amazon. Thanks to Combom for originally posting the trailer.

A Matter of Time: Warriors’ Gate

(03/01/1981)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Warriors’ Gate’ was the fifth story of Season 18 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: The director Paul Joyce was fired halfway through production due to various problems and was replaced by Graeme Harper, before Joyce was re-hired.