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11-01-2025, 01:07 AM
...The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis
https://unobtainium13.com/2025/10/31/doctor-who-the-leisure-hive-meglos-full-circle-state-of-decay-warriors-gate-the-keeper-of-traken-logopolis/
Posted on October 31, 2025 by Jedadiah Leland
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The 18th season of Doctor Who (https://unobtainium13.com/tag/doctor-who/) started with the show getting a new producer, John Nathan-Turner. Depending on who you ask, Nathan-Turner was either the best or the worst thing that ever happened to Doctor Who. He pushed the series away from what he felt was the “silliness” of the previous season and, in doing so, he alienated both Tom Baker and Lalla Ward. (Ward was close friends with Douglas Adams, whom Nathan-Turner blamed for turning the show silly.) Nathan-Turner pushed for more serious stories and for better production values. He also hated K-9, which upset a lot of younger viewers. My personal feeling is that Nathan-Turner was not a good producer for Tom Baker’s Doctor but he was a great producer for Peter Davison’s interpretation of the character. As for the Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy years, let’s keep things cheery and not go there.
By the end of the 18th season, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, and John Leeson (the voice of K-9) had left the show. Completing my look back at Doctor Who, here are Tom Baker’s final serials.
https://unobtainium13.com/2025/10/31/doctor-who-the-leisure-hive-meglos-full-circle-state-of-decay-warriors-gate-the-keeper-of-traken-logopolis/
Posted on October 31, 2025 by Jedadiah Leland
https://jedleland.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/doctor_who_diamond_logo.webp
The 18th season of Doctor Who (https://unobtainium13.com/tag/doctor-who/) started with the show getting a new producer, John Nathan-Turner. Depending on who you ask, Nathan-Turner was either the best or the worst thing that ever happened to Doctor Who. He pushed the series away from what he felt was the “silliness” of the previous season and, in doing so, he alienated both Tom Baker and Lalla Ward. (Ward was close friends with Douglas Adams, whom Nathan-Turner blamed for turning the show silly.) Nathan-Turner pushed for more serious stories and for better production values. He also hated K-9, which upset a lot of younger viewers. My personal feeling is that Nathan-Turner was not a good producer for Tom Baker’s Doctor but he was a great producer for Peter Davison’s interpretation of the character. As for the Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy years, let’s keep things cheery and not go there.
By the end of the 18th season, Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, and John Leeson (the voice of K-9) had left the show. Completing my look back at Doctor Who, here are Tom Baker’s final serials.