We're Going To The Year One Hundred Trillion!

A few years back during a typical British summer (i.e. it was non stop pouring with rain) my Dad and I thought about doing a Doctor Who marathon to pass the time. He suggested the straightforward option of going from An Unearthly Child through to (at that point) Army of Ghosts but I suggested we approach it in a different manner. I said "Why don't we do it from the beginning to the end.... but from the beginning of the universe through to the end of time!"

In the end we didn't get very far before time being what it is flew by and it was time for him to go back to school and time for me to get off my unemployed arse and find a job. But I always liked the idea (bet you can tell I love Lance Parkins History of the Universe) and so when The Terrible Zodin came along and Leslie solicited my ideas I pitched this voyage through time to her. This was before we started dating so I can say with confidence that the idea was accepted on its merits rather than nepotism towards her boyfriend by giving him his own regular feature!!

It was Leslie I believe who coined the title "Back2theWhoture". It was always the intention that this being a shared experience and so I invited two of my friends Sebby and Big Al to join us. In particular I was keen to have fresh eyes on the show in all its guises as although both were fans of the new show they hadn't seen much of the originals; Sebby had seen a smattering of repeats in the mid 90s starting with The Sea Devils and has since borrowed many of my DVDS, and Al's first experience was Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 one Sunday morning on Channel 4.

Personally I have enjoyed having them on board and without having their brains hardwired full of lists and stats and opinions from absorbing all the Peter Haining and Jean-Marc Lofficier books during The Wilderness Years it has lead to some very enlightening view points. I loved Al's theory when we watched Time Flight that maybe the villain was Adric who'd survived Earthshock and sworn his revenge on the Doctor for abandoning him! It's not something I'd have thought of in a million years and its because I've known the plot to Time Flight, read the novelisation, read countless interviews with the cast and crew nearly 20 years before I finally ever saw the story. But, and it's a big but, because I came with low expectations I actually ended up enjoying the story a lot more than I thought I would which is a bonus.

We're going two stories at a time (more or less) and given that we come out quarterly it'll be a long journey to the end of the universe but I'm looking forward to it.

If you fancy doing your own such marathon you're more than welcome to use the below playlist as a guide. I don't make any claims for it to being definitive and dating stories are subjective in many cases. I did use reference books by Parkin and Lofficier for guidance but the final order was mine and is subject to constant rejigging. It's proved a talking point too, there are some who think I should've started with Terminus, and others who disagree with my placing of The Androids of Tara. And as for the UNIT era....

Once the back issues are up, feel free to peruse the adventures we've had so far, they're printed in TTZ3 onwards. Readers comments are always solicited, there's still time to get in comments for The Keys of Marinus, The Romans and The Fires of Pompeii if you wanna be in TTZ9 (deadline's 20/11/10), otherwise send your comments for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang and The Time Meddler for TTZ10, the Spring 2011 issue.

Enjoy!

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Castravalva
Edge of Destruction
Time Flight
Time and the Rani
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Time Monster
The Myth Makers
The Horns of Nimon
The Keys of Marinus
The Romans
The Fires of Pompeii
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
The Time Meddler
The Time Warrior
The Crusade
The Kings Demons
Marco Polo
The Masque of Mandragora
The Aztecs
The Massacre
The Androids of Tara
The Vampires of Venice
The Shakespeare Code
The Visitation
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Reign of Terror
The Mark of the Rani
The Next Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
The Unquiet Dead
Tooth and Claw
The Gunfighters
Ghost Light
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vincent and the Doctor
The Celestial Toymaker
Horror of Fang Rock
Enlightenment
Pyramids of Mars
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
The War Games
Black Orchid
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Carnival of Monsters
Daleks in Manhatten / Evolution of the Daleks
The Abominable Snowman
Victory of the Daleks
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Curse of Fenric
The Idiot’s Lantern
Dreamland
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Planet of Giants
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Underwater Menace
Fury from the Deep
The Web of Fear
Image of the Fendahl
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
City of Death
Shada
The Invasion
Spearheads from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
The Deamons
The Sea Devils
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Planet of the Spiders
Robot
Terror of the Zygons
The Android Invasion
The Seeds of Doom
The Hand of Fear
Meglos
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Four to Doomsday
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
The Awakening
Resurrection of the Daleks
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
The Tenth Planet
Father’s Day
Silver Nemesis
Survival
The Eleventh Hour
Battlefield
Doctor Who – The Movie
The Mind Robber
Rose
Aliens of London / World War Three
Boom Town
The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Love & Monsters
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Blink
Turn Left
The Runaway Bride
Smith and Jones
The Lazarus Experiment
The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords
Time Crash
Voyage of the Damned
Partners in Crime
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End
Planet of the Dead
The End of Time
The Lodger
Dalek
Fear Her
Amy’s Choice
The Enemy of the World
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Power of the Daleks
The Waters of Mars
The Moonbase
The Seeds of Death
The Wheel in Space
Warriors of the Deep
Nightmare of Eden
The Space Pirates
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Day of the Daleks
Paradise Towers
The Leisure Hive
Midnight
The Daleks
The Twin Dilemma
The Macra Terror
Vengeance on Varos
Colony in Space
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Rescue
Earthshock
The Space Museum
The Chase
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
The Sensorites
The Power of Kroll
Revenge of the Cybermen
Kinda
The Mutants
The Ice Warriors
The Beast Below
The Ribos Operation
The Robots of Death
The Caves of Androzani
Galaxy Four
The Brain of Morbius
The Curse of Peladon
The Monster of Peladon
Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks Masterplan
The Infinite Quest
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
42
Planet of the Ood
Destiny of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Snakedance
The Invisible Enemy
Born Anew
Time of the Angels / Flesh and Stone
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead
The Doctor’s Daughter
Terminus
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior’s Gate
Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
The Face of Evil
The Web Planet
Planet of Evil
The Long Game
Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
The Sun Makers
Timelash
The Dominators
The Deadly Assassin
The Invasion of Time
The Five Doctors
The Trial of a Time Lord
Dragonfire
The Ark
Frontios
The End of the World
New Earth
Gridlock
The Savages
The Krotons
The Creature from the Pit
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Armageddon Factor
Underworld
Utopia