Tag Archives: Sylvester McCoy

Journey to the Centre of the ‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 23rd, 2013

Hello! Welcome back! The first order of business, as always, is the behind the scenes video from the most recent adventure, which in this case is the very ghostly Hide:

‘Doctor Who’ On The Moon: A History

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 17th, 2013

Well, fairly complete anyway. You can’t blame the writers of Doctor Who for seeking inspiration from the moon from time to time.

GALLERY: The Royal Mail Issues A Special Set Of ‘Doctor Who’ Stamps

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 26th, 2012

Royal Mail stamp of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor

This March, a new collection of Royal Mail stamps will be issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. There will be eleven first class stamps, featuring each of the Doctor’s incarnations to date, and four second class ...

‘The Hobbit’ is Topped Up with BBC America Stars

By staff | Posted on December 14th, 2012

Did Peter Jackson sit down to a marathon of BBC America programming and just say, “him, him, him … maybe him … him … mmm … yes, him ….” when deciding his cast for The Hobbit?

‘Doctor Who’: The Fury Of A Time Lord

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 24th, 2012

There are two personality quirks that unite all eleven Doctors to date. One is that they all share a whimsical sense of humor (although some are less keen to display it than others), and the other is their respective tempers.

‘Doctor Who’ Rogues Gallery: The Cheetah People

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 27th, 2012

I wonder if it’s possible to populate an entire zoo with science-fiction monsters who have the heads of Earth animals. You’d have the Judoon in the rhino enclosure, Planet of the Apes over in the monkey house, Admiral Ackbar ...

Life Outside The TARDIS: Sylvester McCoy

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 30th, 2012

Sylvester McCoy was a step in a different direction for the producers of Doctor Who. Beforehand, every new Doctor had been selected due their sterling work in the dramatic or comedic arts — and was then expected to perform in a ...

How To Dress Like The Seventh Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 14th, 2011

This is where it all gets a bit painful, especially if you were around at the time. Everything about the early attempts to make Sylvester McCoy into the Seventh Doctor seem to indicate that as far as the production team were concerned, ...

Happy Birthday, Sylvester McCoy a.k.a. the Seventh Doctor

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 20th, 2010

Sylvester McCoy, Doctor Who‘s Seventh Doctor (four Doctors behind Matt Smith), turns 67 today. He played the role from 1987 to 1989, but he also made an appearance at the beginning of the 1996 movie that introduced the Eighth ...