The Doctor's Beard Podcast
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A Whovian and a Newvian walk into a TARDIS and discuss each and every episode of the classic series.
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For our hiatus week this time, we share a Patreon Exclusive look at the Peter Davison era of Doctor Who.
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It's There - The Peter Davison Retrospective
SPECIAL PATREON EXCLUSIVE THE OPENING: "Peter, Peter, please forgive me..." A countdown begins the most diplomatic disagreement in podcast history. BELATED BIRTHDAY…
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Read up on "Time and the Rani" ahead of our podcast review, premiering tomorrow.
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Doctor Who In Vision 091 Time and the Rani : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Doctor Who In Vision 091 Time and the Rani.PDF
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about 6 hours ago
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September 22-28, 1987- More commentary on Sylvester McCoy's debut story, "Time and the Rani" fill the newspapers.
#TimeAndTheRani
#SylvesterMcCoy
#DoctorWho
#ClassicDoctorWho
#DoctorWhoHistory
#Whovian
#1987
#TVCommentary
#NewspaperClippings
#DoctorWhoDebut
about 15 hours ago
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"Time and the Rani" - Part 4 - Excerpts from the TARDIS dictionary disc: Catalyst - vital substance which allows a chain of events to proceed. Countdown - announcement of the last remaining seconds before something takes place. Armageddon - the end of the world.
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2 days ago
Box art for Nestle's "DOCTOR WHO MILK CHOCOLATE" (1971).
#DoctorWho
#DrWho
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#scifiart
#1970s
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For our hiatus week this time, we share a Patreon Exclusive look at the Peter Davison era of Doctor Who.
www.thedoctorsbeardpodcast.com/its-there-th...
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It's There - The Peter Davison Retrospective
SPECIAL PATREON EXCLUSIVE THE OPENING: "Peter, Peter, please forgive me..." A countdown begins the most diplomatic disagreement in podcast history. BELATED BIRTHDAY…
https://www.thedoctorsbeardpodcast.com/its-there-the-peter-davison-retrospective/
1 day ago
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September 19, 1987 - Daily Record - A profile on Ken Dodd ahead of his appearance in Doctor Who.
#KenDodd
#DoctorWho
#DailyRecord
#1987
#DoctorWhoHistory
#KenDoddDoctorWho
#TVHistory
#ClassicDoctorWho
#Whovian
#TVProfile
#EntertainmentHistory
#VintageDoctorWho
#BritishTV
#TVLegend
1 day ago
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September 15-18, 1987 - After the second week of Sylvester McCoy, the commentary continues in the newspapers.
#SylvesterMcCoy
#DoctorWho
#SeventhDoctor
#ClassicWho
#DoctorWhoHistory
#1987
#NewspaperCommentary
#TVCommentary
#Whovian
#DoctorWhoFandom
1 day ago
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"Time and the Rani" - Part 3 - Excerpts from the TARDIS dictionary disc: Plasma - substance found in human blood. Tetrap - savage extraterrestrial with strange dietary habits. Eyrie - dwelling place for large winged creatures, with one entrance and no exit.
2 days ago
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September 10, 1987 - The Northern Echo North Durham - Peter Davison helps present a new Police Call Box to be used by the police in Gateshead's Metrocentre.
#PeterDavison
#PoliceCallBox
#GatesheadMetrocentre
#Metrocentre
#Gateshead
#NorthernEcho
#1987
#Police
#NorthDurham
#History
#Throwback
2 days ago
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September 7, 1987 - Daily Mirror - Jon Pertwee prepares for another trip to America for a Doctor Who convention.
#JonPertwee
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWhoConvention
#Whovian
#ClassicDoctorWho
#SciFi
#1987
#DailyMirror
#TVHistory
#RetroTV
#ConventionLife
3 days ago
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September 7, 1987 - Daily Mirror - A profile on Bonnie Langford.
#BonnieLangford
#DailyMirror
#1987
#CelebrityProfile
#TVHistory
#EntertainmentNews
#RetroNews
#VintageNews
#ArchiveNews
#BritishTV
#ClassicTV
#September71987
3 days ago
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"Time and the Rani" - Part 2 - Excerpts from the TARDIS dictionary disc: Doctor - A traveller in time and space. Amnesiac - in a state of loss of memory. Catspaw - person being manipulated by another for unknown reasons.
3 days ago
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September 6, 1987 - Sunday Mirror - A profile of Sylvester McCoy and one of his more risqué stories..
#SylvesterMcCoy
#SundayMirror
#1987
#DoctorWho
#ActorProfile
#RisqueStories
#TVHistory
#ClassicTV
#Whovian
#SeventhDoctor
#RetroNews
#VintageTV
3 days ago
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September 3, 1987 - The Northern Echo - Daleks invade an art gallery!
#Daleks
#DoctorWho
#ArtGallery
#NorthernEcho
#VintageNews
#1987
#DalekInvasion
#SciFi
#NewspaperArchive
#Throwback
#ClassicDoctorWho
#ArtAndSciFi
3 days ago
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September 2, 1987 - Birmingham Evening Mail - A profile of Richard Briers ahead of his appearance in the Doctor Who story, "Paradise Towers".
#RichardBriers
#DoctorWho
#ParadiseTowers
#BirminghamEveningMail
#ClassicDoctorWho
#Whovian
#DoctorWhoHistory
#TVProfile
#1987
#RetroTV
3 days ago
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September 2, 1987 - Norwich Evening News - Join Colin Baker as he opens the Polic Gala Day in Norwich.
#ColinBaker
#PolicGalaDay
#Norwich
#1987
#DoctorWho
#NorwichEveningNews
#September21987
#80s
#NorwichHistory
#GalaDay
3 days ago
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"Time and the Rani" - Part 1 - Excerpts from the TARDIS dictionary disc: Regenerate - to assume a new physical form. Rani - a deadly adversary of the Doctor. Lakertya - a planet inhabited by serpentine humanoids, until recently utterly peaceful.
3 days ago
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August 1987 - While fandom waited to see what awaited them with their new Doctor, newspapers were profiling Sylvester McCoy.
#August1987
#DoctorWho
#SylvesterMcCoy
#NewDoctor
#DoctorWhoFandom
#Whovian
#ClassicWho
#SeventhDoctor
#TVHistory
#SciFi
#BBC
#DoctorWhoHistory
3 days ago
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August 20, 1987 - Lancashire Telegraph - A little humor as the Doctor prepares to take on Hilda Ogden of Coronation Street.
#DoctorWho
#CoronationStreet
#HildaOgden
#LancashireTelegraph
#1987
#BritishTV
#ClassicTV
#TVHumor
#Whovian
#Corrie
#TVHistory
#RetroTV
#DoctorWhoVsHilda
#PopCulture
4 days ago
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August 1987 - The press machine goes into full work mode as Doctor Who prepares to take on the critics and Coronation Street viewers.
#DoctorWho
#CoronationStreet
#August1987
#1987
#TVHistory
#ClassicTV
#BritishTV
#TVCritics
#PressMachine
#TVShows
#RetroTV
#MediaScrutiny
#TVCompetition
4 days ago
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August 12, 1987 - Sophie Aldred is announced as the new companion, Ace, for Sylvester McCoy's Doctor.
#SophieAldred
#Ace
#DoctorWho
#SylvesterMcCoy
#DoctorWhoCompanion
#OnThisDay
#Whovian
#ClassicWho
#TVHistory
#SciFi
#1987
#DoctorWhoHistory
#SeventhDoctor
4 days ago
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Will the Doctor be forced to blow up the Mayflower to stop Gabriel's plans?
#TheDoctor
#Mayflower
#GabrielsPlans
#DoctorWho
#Whovian
#DoctorWhoFans
#SciFi
#TVSeries
4 days ago
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July 26, 1987 - Sunday Mirror - A look at long established tv shows that have small audiences, including Doctor Who.
#DoctorWho
#SundayMirror
#1987
#TVShows
#LongEstablishedTV
#SmallAudiences
#ClassicTV
#TVHistory
#RetroTV
#DoctorWhoHistory
#TVNostalgia
#VintageTV
#MediaHistory
#NewspaperArchive
4 days ago
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July 25, 1987 - Daily Mirror - Who is Tom Baker's third wife? Who is Mrs. Who?
#TomBaker
#MrsWho
#DailyMirror
#1987
#DoctorWho
#CelebrityNews
#NewspaperArchive
#BritishPress
#WhoIsMrsWho
#ClassicTV
#RetroNews
#TomBakersWife
4 days ago
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July 20, 1987 - Daily Hull Mail - Colin Baker comes to the aid of a fan magazine.
#ColinBaker
#DoctorWho
#FanMagazine
#DailyHullMail
#Hull
#1987
#Whovian
#ClassicDoctorWho
#DoctorWhoFans
#TVHistory
4 days ago
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July 16, 1987 - Daily Mirror - The BBC is risking the franchise by moving Doctor Who back to Monday nights against Coronation Street.
#DoctorWho
#CoronationStreet
#BBC
#TVHistory
#DailyMirror
#1987
#TVScheduling
#ClassicTV
#Whovian
#Corrie
#TVFranchise
#MondayNightTV
#DoctorWhoHistory
#BritishTV
4 days ago
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July 7, 1987 - Evening Post - A review of the upcoming Star Cops, the sci-fi police procedural produced by Chris Boucher.
#StarCops
#SciFi
#PoliceProcedural
#ChrisBoucher
#EveningPost
#1987
#TVReview
#ClassicSciFi
#RetroTV
#BritishTV
#CultTV
#TVHistory
4 days ago
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June 19, 1987 - Daily Record - The TARDIS gets a proper cleaning as Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford appear to help the Children's Society.
#TARDIS
#DoctorWho
#SylvesterMcCoy
#BonnieLangford
#ChildrensSociety
#DailyRecord
#1987
#DoctorWhoHistory
#Whovian
#ClassicWho
#CharityEvent
4 days ago
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June 19, 1987 - Look at the lineup of guest stars for the new season of Doctor Who. It's like the show was turning into Batman, and it kind of was.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho1987
#GuestStars
#Batman
#TVHistory
#ClassicDoctorWho
#Whovian
#SciFiTV
#80sTV
#NewSeason
4 days ago
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June 15, 1987 - Eastern Daily Press - The Doctor should have taken care of the Dialects a long time ago.
#TheDoctor
#Dialects
#EasternDailyPress
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWhoHistory
#1987
#NewspaperArchive
#BritishPress
#TVHistory
#80sTV
#Linguistics
#RetroNews
5 days ago
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June 9, 1987 - Leicester Mercury - Doctor Who was still a fav with the kids as seen by these fancy dress Doctor Who cosplays at a school fete.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWhoCosplay
#FancyDress
#SchoolFete
#1987
#LeicesterMercury
#KidsCosplay
#Whovian
#RetroCosplay
#VintageDoctorWho
#DoctorWhoFans
5 days ago
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May 29, 1987 - Norwich Mercury and Advertiser - Colin Baker's next role after Doctor Who? Starring on stage in Corpse.
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May 14, 1987 - Daily Mirror - All these years later, the Peter Cushing movies are still shown on TV and they still have their fans.
#PeterCushing
#ClassicMovies
#HammerFilms
#VintageTV
#FilmHistory
#BritishCinema
#PeterCushingMovies
#ClassicFilm
#CultClassic
#Nostalgia
#Throwback
#HorrorMovies
5 days ago
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The profiteering aliens may be invading the Mayflower, but who is guiding the aliens?
#aliens
#Mayflower
#alieninvasion
#scifi
#mystery
#profiteering
#space
#whosguidingthem
#sciencefiction
#extraterrestrial
#invasion
5 days ago
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April 28, 1987 - The Press York - Sylvester McCoy uses his new found celebrity to protest the decision to change the GLC headquarters into a hotel or offices.
#SylvesterMcCoy
#GLCHeadquarters
#Protest
#ThePressYork
#1987
#CelebrityProtest
#LondonHistory
#ActorActivism
#HistoricalProtest
5 days ago
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April 24, 1987 - Loughborough Echo - Terry Molloy relates the time a certain event changed his life.
#TerryMolloy
#LoughboroughEcho
#LifeChangingEvent
#1987
#NewspaperArchive
#Loughborough
#PersonalStory
#History
#StoryTime
#EchoesOfThePast
5 days ago
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April 18, 1987 - Greenock Telegraph - Despite his recent passing, there are still several projects of the late Patrick Troughton to be shown.
#PatrickTroughton
#GreenockTelegraph
#1987
#Actor
#TVProjects
#Legacy
#DoctorWho
#ClassicTV
#TVHistory
5 days ago
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April 17, 1987 - Evening Post - Some Doctor Who monsters were on hand to help the DWAS raise money for infant cot death.
#DoctorWho
#DWAS
#DoctorWhoMonsters
#Charity
#Fundraising
#InfantCotDeath
#SIDSawareness
#Whovian
#DoctorWhoHistory
#1987
#EveningPost
#SciFi
#ClassicDoctorWho
#DoctorWhoFandom
5 days ago
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April 17, 1987 - Solihull News - A treat for sci-fi TV fans as a festival of programming was scheduled for viewing, including Doctor Who.
#DoctorWho
#SciFiTV
#TVFestival
#SolihullNews
#1987
#ClassicTV
#SciFiFans
#TVHistory
#RetroProgramming
#DoctorWhoFans
5 days ago
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April 16, 1987 - The Herts and Essex Observer - A profile on David Myerscough, who designed the London Underground set for "The Web of Fear" that fooled London authorities.
#LondonUnderground
#SetDesign
#DoctorWho
#ClassicDoctorWho
#BBCHistory
#TVProduction
#BritishTV
#HistoricalTV
#PropDesign
6 days ago
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April 1987 - Kate O'Mara getting plenty of press based on her roles in Doctor Who and Dynasty.
#KateOMara
#DoctorWho
#Dynasty
#April1987
#TVHistory
#80sTV
#Actress
#ClassicTV
6 days ago
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April 10, 1987 - Evening Post - Colin Baker continued to use his celebrity from Doctor Who to raise awareness and money for research into infant cot death.
#ColinBaker
#DoctorWho
#InfantCotDeath
#CotDeathResearch
#CelebrityAdvocacy
#Awareness
#Fundraising
#MedicalResearch
#Whovian
#1987
6 days ago
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April 7, 1987 - One month after announcing Sylvester McCoy as the new Doctor, we have publicity photos from the set of "Time and the Rani".
#DoctorWho
#SylvesterMcCoy
#TimeAndTheRani
#NewDoctor
#DoctorWhoHistory
#Whovian
#ClassicWho
#OnSet
#SeventhDoctor
#DoctorWhoSet
#DoctorWhoNews
6 days ago
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March 29, 1987 - News is out that Patrick Troughton has died following a heart attack while attending a Doctor Who convention in America.
#PatrickTroughton
#DoctorWho
#RIPPatrickTroughton
#SecondDoctor
#DoctorWhoConvention
#Whovian
#ClassicDoctorWho
#TVLegend
6 days ago
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March 19, 1987 - The Abergele Visitor - Tom Baker stars in a production of An Inspector Calls to open a new arts festival in North Wales.
#TomBaker
#AnInspectorCalls
#Abergele
#NorthWales
#ArtsFestival
#Theatre
#1997
#TheAbergeleVisitor
#Wales
#StageProduction
#ClassicPlay
#WelshArts
6 days ago
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March 2, 1987 - Just three months after the news of Colin Baker's sacking gets out, we have news of the new Doctor in the form of Sylvester McCoy.
#DoctorWho
#SylvesterMcCoy
#NewDoctor
#ColinBaker
#DoctorWhoHistory
#Whovian
#TVHistory
#SeventhDoctor
#1987
#TimeLord
6 days ago
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February 20, 1987- Colin Baker acts as one of the judges in a contest for Christmas cards.
#ColinBaker
#DoctorWho
#ChristmasCards
#Judge
#1987
#ChristmasCardContest
#Whovian
#Retro
#TVPersonality
6 days ago
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Richard Binns
7 days ago
ON THIS DAY... In 1989, Doctor Who Magazine #148 was first released by Marvel Comics.
#DoctorWho
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Charles R. Rutledge
7 days ago
It is the birthday of Peter Davison, my first Doctor. By odd coincidence, I stumbled onto his first episode Castrovalva, on PBS, so his first season became my first season.
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February 13, 1987 - Western Daily Press - Louise Jameson recounts the time she was stalked by a predator.
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