Twice Upon a Time: Laugh Hard, Run Fast, Be Kind
Two Doctors refuse to regenerate at the same moment, in a slight, gentle Christmas special that exists almost entirely to say goodbye properly.
Two Doctors refuse to regenerate at the same moment, in a slight, gentle Christmas special that exists almost entirely to say goodbye properly.
Hell Bent finally takes the Doctor home to Gallifrey, then spends most of its time undoing Clara’s death, which I never quite forgave it for.
Bang & Kaboom … a major shift in direction here and while it’s one we all saw coming, it’s still somewhat troubling in this excellent episode written by Sarah Dollard.…
Continuing on from the interesting / intriguing / excellent but dumb Zygon episodes (Zygon Invasion falls into the dumb camp and Inversion into the excellent one with one of the…
The second part of the Zygon storyline was definitely better than the first. Perhaps most importantly it had one of THE most epic monologues by Peter Capaldi! Like so…
It’s probably easy to explain our slight ambivalence to Episode 7: The Zygon Invasion with the knowledge that the Zygons are our least favourite of the Doctor’s intergalactic enemies. Not…
Really sorry for being so far behind in my Doctor Who reviews but will do my best to catch up quickly! A continuation to the Girl Who Died, we find…
The Girl Who Died strands the Doctor and Clara in a Viking village facing the Mire, and ends with a choice that makes a young girl immortal.
Under the Lake traps the Doctor and Clara in an underwater base full of ghosts that kill, in a slow episode rescued by a cracking cliffhanger.
Loved it, loved it, loved it! Many girlish squeals of joy also! 🙂 Now that we’ve got that out of the way, lets get down to it shall we? There…
Last Christmas puts Santa, his elves and some very creepy dream crabs into a Doctor Who Christmas special, and it’s one of the best the show has done.
Dark Water kills Danny and finally unmasks Missy, but for me the creepy 3W skeletons can’t save a dishonest volcano twist and a messy finale opener.
In the Forest of the Night covers London in trees overnight. Breathtaking to look at, sharply written, but one Doctor Who fairytale too many for me.
Flatline shrinks the TARDIS, hands Clara the Doctor’s job and fills the walls of Bristol with the Boneless. The creepiest Doctor Who in years.
Mummy on the Orient Express puts the Doctor and Clara on a space-train with a 66-second killer, and it’s the most satisfying episode of the season.
Kill the Moon puts Clara, Courtney and the Doctor on a 2049 moon base with a bomb and a vote, and a script stronger than its science.
The Caretaker sends the Doctor undercover at Coal Hill for a funny sitcom hour, but the Skovox Blitzer barely registers next to Danny and Clara.
Doctor Who Listen starts as pure bedtime horror, then tangles itself in time travel. Here’s where Moffat’s mix of scares and Gallifrey lost me.
Robot of Sherwood sends the Doctor and Clara to a Robin Hood who shouldn’t exist: a clever, funny one-off, with robot knights and a spoon fight.
Into the Dalek is a tight, satisfying Doctor Who hour with a Fantastic Voyage twist, but the Daleks end up as props.
I’m a bit behind the 8ball with regards to my Doctor Who reviews (and blog updates in general to be honest) so many apologies for that, but unfortunately – life…