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The Curse of Fatal Death Wasn’t a Parody, It Was a Warning

by Cecilia Doss

Imagine, if you can, a life during the Wilderness years of Doctor Who. A bit hard to think of for those of us who discovered it after the success of the modern continuation, but it was a rough time to be a fan of this show. Most episodes haven’t been released on anything aside from a Target novelization, the TV movie flopped in the States,…

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