Read up on "Time and the Rani" ahead of our podcast review, premiering tomorrow. https://smpl.is/aiu6b

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

"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.

Box art for Nestle's "DOCTOR WHO MILK CHOCOLATE" (1971). #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart #1970s

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...

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

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

"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.

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

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

September 7, 1987 - Daily Mirror - A profile on Bonnie Langford. #BonnieLangford #DailyMirror #1987 #CelebrityProfile #TVHistory #EntertainmentNews #RetroNews #VintageNews #ArchiveNews #BritishTV #ClassicTV #September71987

"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.

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

September 3, 1987 - The Northern Echo - Daleks invade an art gallery! #Daleks #DoctorWho #ArtGallery #NorthernEcho #VintageNews #1987 #DalekInvasion #SciFi #NewspaperArchive #Throwback #ClassicDoctorWho #ArtAndSciFi

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

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

"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.

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

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

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

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

Will the Doctor be forced to blow up the Mayflower to stop Gabriel's plans? #TheDoctor #Mayflower #GabrielsPlans #DoctorWho #Whovian #DoctorWhoFans #SciFi #TVSeries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 29, 1987 - Norwich Mercury and Advertiser - Colin Baker's next role after Doctor Who? Starring on stage in Corpse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ON THIS DAY... In 1989, Doctor Who Magazine #148 was first released by Marvel Comics. #DoctorWho

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.

February 13, 1987 - Western Daily Press - Louise Jameson recounts the time she was stalked by a predator.