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Warning: Contains Spoilers for Doctor Who's season 14 finale, "Empire of Death".

Doctor Who's season 14 finale explained Ruby's origins but left mysteries for season 15 to solve. Season 14 and 15 were shot back-to-back suggesting bigger, inter-connected storylines next year. Clues about Ruby's father and Susan's return suggest big developments in Doctor Who seasons ahead.

Doctor Who's season 14 finale wraps up the story of Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and her origins, but leaves several unanswered questions for Ncuti Gatwa's second season to answer. Doctor Who's season 14 finale, "Empire of Death" revealed who Ruby's mother was, and explained why the Tardis has been wheezing and groaning more than usual. However, the packed ending of Doctor Who season 14 leaves various mysteries up in the air, answers to which will likely be forthcoming in season 15.

Doctor Who seasons 14 and 15 have been shot back to back, which suggests that showrunner Russell T Davies...

Warning: Contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux Episode 3 ‘Once, Upon Time’

Any little pig will tell you that straw is no basis on which to build. Keep that in mind when, in a little bit, it’s put to you that a new mysterious character in Doctor Who might actually be an old mysterious character from Doctor Who on the basis of a straw hat. Fair warning given.

The really silly part of all this is that the straw hat in question is by far the least memorable headwear worn by Doctor Who character The White Guardian. Yes, that’s what he wears in his first on-screen appearance in 1978’s ‘The Ribos Operation’, but by 1983’s ‘Enlightenment’ he’d upgraded quite significantly to a hat made out of bird. Or perhaps it’s more of a wig made out of bird. Or perhaps it’s a pet. Either way, there...

Alastair Stewart Dec 15, 2017

A salute to The Omega Factor, a seminal 1970s sci-fi TV series that paved the way for many more to follow...

One of the funny quirks about Scotland is that everyone can name a Scots actor, but very few can name famous Scottish TV shows. Beyond the standard native fare of cop shows and comedies, Scotland’s televisual output is well below its literary or film standing.

Of course, there’s Take The High Road (And if you get that reference, dear reader, you can mournfully reflect that you’re as old as me). But there are a few surprising gems beyond the cliched obsession with the Jacobites and Highland allure (ahem, Outlander).

In 1979, and all too briefly, The Omega Factor was BBC Scotland’s paranormal, Edinburgh-set drama. The series, as was so typical of (nearly) every show now considered iconic for the era, only ran for...

The Armageddon Factor. Hmmphh. Sounds a bit like a cross between Gladiators and The X Factor in which Simon Cowell, Many Faces Of Louis Walsh, a Minogue Sister and People’s Pop Princess Cheryl Cole decide which bicep-bulging goons go head to head in mortal combat. In fact, it turns out to be both an orchestrated war between the planets of Zeos and Atrios.

Oh, and more crucially, it’s the last instalment in the Key To Time saga.

The past 26 weeks have boasted some of the best examples of late 1970s Who - witty snowbound Hustle prototype The Ribos Operation, explosion in imagination factory The Pirate Planet and summery Zenda update The Androids Of Tara. One of the good things about the season is that the linking theme isn’t always crowbarred in at inopportune moments. That’s the great thing about the quest motif - you simply start...