A Land More Kind Than Home | Watching Doctor Who 1B | Jacob Clifton

Ten years ago, Queer As Folk’s Russell T. Davies brought Doctor Who back to our screens after a lengthy hiatus. What followed was a journey into the mind of one of television’s premiere storytellers, a meditation on class and spirituality, and a work of wonder that built bridges across the Atlantic that has changed the course of our culture forever.

Television Without Pity writer Jacob Clifton was new to the show and its core concepts when he began his weekly column writing about the show for an American, and eventually global, audience. But the community and conversations that began with Doctor Who continue to this day, and the discoveries about and within the show still resonate with us all.

A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME presents the conclusion of that series’ first season: The end of Rose Tyler’s journey with the Ninth Doctor, the revelation of the Bad Wolf, and a meditation on its themes of war, sacrifice and redemption. For fans of the show, those classic recaps, and all the creative work we’ve had to thank for it since, A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME is a humorous and personal account of that show’s first beginnings, an indispensable guide to its larger themes and references, and above all a tribute to its compassionate and unflinching eye for wonder.

Download includes the concluding columns about the Ninth Doctor’s final ride, and a retracing of the steps in Davies’s journey to the Bad Wolf, as we investigate Queer as Folk and Rose Tyler herself through the lens of his classic, transgressive miniseries The Second Coming.