Michaelmas 2017
7-Oct | 7:00pm | JCR, Newnham | Episode Screening | Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords – Making up for the lack of traditional finale episode in Easter term! And what could be cosier than a large group of Whovians in a small JCR, huddled around a TV, passing round snacks? |
14-Oct | 7:00pm | The Castle Inn | Social | Impromptu Pub Meet – Due to lack of a venue to show Terror of the Autons for Katy Manning’s birthday, we all went to the Castle for a drink and a chat! |
21-Oct | 7:00pm | The Chancellor’s Room, John’s | Big Finish Night | Jubilee – A true Colin Baker classic (which inspired 2005’s Dalek), featuring Evelyn Smythe, creepy dystopias and the original good Dalek! |
28-Oct | 7:00pm | CUSU/GU Lounge, Mill Lane | Episode Screening/Matt Smith’s Birthday | The Eleventh Hour – What better way to celebrate the birth of the Eleventh Doctor by watching the… birth of the Eleventh Doctor…? It’s like watching a Nativity at Christmas – there is precedent! |
4-Nov | 7:00pm | Old Divinity School, John’s | Games Night | Games Night – We all gathered for some Top Trumps, Trivial Pursuits and Doctor Who Monopoly! |
11-Nov | 7:00pm | Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Site | Episode Screening | The Tenth Planet – In anticipation of the First Doctor’s return in the upcoming Christmas Special, the Patrex Cardinal ushered us into his place of work to view William Hartnell’s final serial as the incumbent Doctor. The Cybermen, at their most disturbing, made their first ever appearance… |
18-Nov | 7:00pm | CUSU/GU Lounge, Mill Lane | Marathon | Steven Moffat’s Birthday Christmas Marathon! – An early Christmas marathon featuring the some of the birthday boy’s finest specials: A Christmas Carol; the Snowmen; Time of the Doctor; and Last Christmas! |
25-Nov | 7:00pm | The Castle Inn | Anniversary Quiz | 54th Anniversary Quiz – As per tradition, the original broadcast of Who’s very first episode was celebrated with a quiz! A pleasant pub-quiz-style contest culminating in the President winning with 3 points. The losing teams both got over 100 though… |
Lent 2018
20-Jan | CUSU/GU Lounge, Mill Lane | Reconstructed Episode Screening | Shada (Animated) | |
27-Jan | JCR, Newnham | Craig Night ft. Peter Kay | The Lodger, Closing Time, and Love & Monsters | |
03-Feb | Earth Sciences Department | Lecture | The Politics of the Peter Capaldi Years – Robin Bunce | |
10-Feb | JCR, Newnham | Episode Screening | Kinda / Unquiet Dead | |
17-Feb | CUSU/GU Lounge, Mill Lane | Awkward Unofficial Documentary Night | ||
24-Feb | John’s | Big Finish Night | ||
03-Mar | Earth Sciences Department | AGM / Minisodes Screening | ||
10-Mar | JCR, Newnham | Episode Screening | Arc of Infinity |
Easter 2018
28-Apr | Episode Screening | Genesis of the Daleks | ||
05-May | Lecture & Formal | Talk on Gridlock, Una McCormack / Annual Formal | ||
12-May | Episode Screening | Black Orchid / Unicorn and the Wasp | ||
13-May | Varsity Quiz | |||
19-May | Finale Screening | Stolen Earth / Journey’s End | ||
May Week | War Games |