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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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September 29, 1985 - The Sunday People - Another sign things are changing for Doctor Who as contracts are not renewed for the main cast.
#DoctorWho #Whovian #SciFiHistory #TVMemories #TelevisionHistory #ChangeIsComing #ClassicDoctorWho

08.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 29, 1985 - Sunday Mercury - A profile on Cyberman actor David Banks.
#DavidBanks #Cyberman #DoctorWho #TBT #Nostalgia #TVHistory #80sTV #SciFi #ActorProfile

07.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1970s advertisement for the BBC TV "Doctor Who" Exhibition, Blackpool. Art by Frank Bellamy. #DrWho #DoctorWho #scifiart

07.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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September 23, 1985 - Reading Evening Post - Colin Baker continues to use his celebrity status to help raise awareness of cot death.
#ColinBaker #CelebrityAwareness #CotDeathAwareness #ReadingEveningPost #September23 #1985History #HealthAdvocacy #ChildSafety

07.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 12, 1985 - Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Mark Strickson to appear at a local festival.
#HuddersfieldFestival #MarkStrickson #localnews #communityevents #throwback #celebratehistory

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating detail in here about Terry Nation's sadly thwarted push for ethnic diversity in Doctor Who.

07.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bang Bang A-Boom! - Patreon Exclusive #85 Episode Title: "Bang Bang A-Boom!" - Season 12 Retrospective & Big Finish Review - Patreon Exclusive #85 SPECIAL MAIN FEED RELEASE - PATREON SHOWCASE DOCTOR WHO THE…

It’s the hiatus between seasons 22 and 23 and we’re sharing one of our Patreon bonus episodes in which we review season 12 with Tom Baker and look at Big Finish’s Bang Bang A-Boom!

www.thedoctorsbeardpodcast.com/bang-bang-a-...

07.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 10, 1985 - Huddersfield Daily Examiner - The Five Doctors gets a home video release.
#FiveDoctors #DoctorWho #HomeVideoRelease #HuddersfieldDailyExaminer #Nostalgia #RetroMedia #ClassicTV

07.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 9, 1985 - Birmingham Evening Mail - a profile of Peter Davison who admits he was shy around girls.
#PeterDavison #BirminghamEveningMail #1980s #throwbackthursday #shyboys #actorprofile #vintageinterview

07.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 3, 1985 - Evening Telegraph - Fandom makes up for missing Doctor Who by creating fan films.
#DoctorWho #fandom #fanfilms #whovian #80snostalgia #cultclassics #SciFiCommunity

07.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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September 1, 1985 - Sunday Mercury - Colin Baker stops by a pub in Birmingham and is flooded by fans.
#ColinBaker #DoctorWho #pubvisit #Birmingham #80snostalgia #fanmeeting #SundayMercury #celebrityencounter

07.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 29, 1985 - The Northern Echo North Durham - Peter Davison relates his recent car crash.
#PeterDavison #NorthernEcho #CarCrash #1985History #DurhamNews #CelebrityNews #ThrowbackThursday

07.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 24, 1985 - Evening Post - The Five Doctors to get a special home video release next month.
#FiveDoctors #DoctorWho #HomeVideoRelease #ClassicTelevision #80sNostalgia #TVHistory #FandomFun

06.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 22, 1985 - Bolton News - Colin Baker to offer a spectacular appearance at the Bolton Show.
#BoltonShow #ColinBaker #1985Memories #SpectacularEvent #BoltonNews #Nostalgia #UKEvents

06.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 22, 1985 - Evening Post - An opinion piece on Michael Grade's decision to cut the number of episodes for the returning Doctor Who's new season.
#DoctorWho #MichaelGrade #TVHistory #ClassicTelevision #SciFi #OpinionPiece #TelevisionCritique

06.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 15, 1985 - Daily Mirror - Peter Davison heads to America to appear in an episode of Magnum P.I.
#PeterDavison #MagnumPI #ThrowbackThursday #80sTV #DailyMirror #TVHistory #BritishActors

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 8, 1985 - Daily Record - Louise Jameson joins the cast of the detective series, Bergerac.
#Bergerac #LouiseJameson #TVHistory #80sTelevision #DetectiveSeries #ThrowbackThursday #ClassicTV

06.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Davison at a press call for his role as the new 'Doctor Who' (1981)

Peter Davison at a press call for his role as the new 'Doctor Who' (1981)

Friday

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Coming up next on the docket for our podcast.

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The Timelords (The KLF) - Doctorin' The Tardis (12-inch mix)
The Timelords (The KLF) - Doctorin' The Tardis (12-inch mix) YouTube video by Emperor Palpatine

Happy Friday and time for bit of nostalgia even though some say this would be cheesy but hey I love it. Doctor Whoooo Hey. Love this.

youtu.be/L5fDOCwa9L0?...

06.03.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 5, 1985 - Birmingham Evening Mail - Michael Grade gets his say when it comes to the future of the BBC and the resting of Doctor Who.
#DoctorWho #BBC #MichaelGrade #EntertainmentHistory #TelevisionUpdates #BirminghamEveningMail #SciFiLegend

06.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Doctor Who Annual for 1986 was released in August of 1985.


#DoctorWho
#DoctorWhoAnnual
#DoctorWhoAnnual1986
#DWAnnual
#1985Release
#Whovian
#ClassicDoctorWho
#DoctorWhoHistory
#SciFi

06.03.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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August 1, 1985 - Parts 3 and 4 of "Slipback" air on BBC4's Pirate Radio.
#Slipback #BBC4 #PirateRadio #80sTV #tvhistory #nostalgia #retro

06.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 25, 1985 - Parts one and two of "Slipback" premiere on BBC4's Pirate Radio.
#Slipback #PirateRadio #BBC4 #1980sTV #RetroTelevision #Nostalgia #MediaHistory

05.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 24, 1985 - Western Daily Press - While opening a new Telecom centre, Tom Baker laments how so few of his friends phone him.
#TomBaker #TelecomCentre #WesternDailyPress #FriendsForever #ThrowbackThursday #80sMemories #Nostalgia

05.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 21, 1985 - Sunday Mirror - a profile on Sandra Dickenson, wife of Peter Davison.
#SandraDickinson #PeterDavison #SundayMirror #1980sCelebrity #Throwback #CelebrityProfile #ClassicInterview

05.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 17, 1985 - Daily Echo - "Seeds of Death" gets a home video release.
#SeedsOfDeath #HomeVideo #ClassicHorror #1985Movies #FilmHistory #CultCinema #HorrorFans

05.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 17, 1985 - The Seeds of Death was released on VHS.
#TheSeedsOfDeath
#SeedsOfDeath
#VHS
#VHSrelease
#1985
#OnThisDay
#DoctorWho
#RetroVHS
#VintageVHS
#80sTV
#ClassicTV
#TVHistory

05.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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June 13, 1985 - The novelization of The Awakening by Terrance Dicks was first released by Target Books.

05.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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July 5, 1985 - Reading Evening Post - Come see Colin Baker at the opening of Texas Reading Homecare.
#ColinBaker #TexasReading #HomecareEvents #ReadingEveningPost #EventAnnouncement #Nostalgia #MeetAndGreet

05.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1