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Farewell, My Sarah Jane

Alan Stanley Blair bids farewell to 'Doctor Who's' Elisabeth Sladen

Not too long ago BBC confirmed reports that Elisabeth Sladen, the actress that was perhaps the most well known of the "Doctor Who" companions, had died. Both friends and fans will certainly miss her. Growing up in the nineties, I never had the opportunity to watch "Doctor Who" during its initi ...

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A Fond Farewell To Nicholas Courtney

Airlock Alpha's Sarah Chase and Nick Chase pay their respects to 'Doctor Who's' Brigadier

By Sarah Chase and Nick Chase There are few characters from the original Doctor Who series that still resonate in the "new era" as much as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, and that may have as much to do with the man who played him, Nicholas Courtney, as it does with anything that e ...

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Classic 'Doctor Who' Actor Nicholas Courtney Dies

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart passes at 81

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was an integral part of the classic "Doctor Who" series, even appearing in the spin-off of the revised series that is currently enjoying popularity on the BBC. Some even say that the characters influence was only bested by the actor who played him, Nic ...

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SciFriday: The Biggest Genre Mistake, Finally Corrected

Patrick Troughton's Doctor had it right all along

I'm sure this is hardly a news flash for most people who have frequented Airlock Alpha over the years, or at the very least this column. But before 2005, I really wasn't that much of a "Doctor Who" fan. Sure, I had seen episodes here and there from the Tom Baker years, and maybe a little from the ...

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The Fannish Life: Geeky Weekend

Though Ann Morris envies those who were at Comic-Con, she found a way to have a geeky weekend of her own

My yearning for the far west and San Diego Comic-Con was mitigated somewhat doing my duty to the local science-fiction convention on which I work, Necronomicon, by participating on panels Friday and Saturday in a local anime conventions science-fiction and fantasy track. Anime is not a strong in ...

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