The Name of the Doctor: A Grave on Trenzalore
The Name of the Doctor answers the Impossible Girl question properly, goes to Trenzalore and ends on a John Hurt shot I can’t stop thinking about.
The Name of the Doctor answers the Impossible Girl question properly, goes to Trenzalore and ends on a John Hurt shot I can’t stop thinking about.
Nightmare in Silver gives me the best Cybermen in years and Matt Smith playing chess against himself, then buries both in a theme park.
The Crimson Horror drops the Paternoster Gang into a Victorian model village run by Diana Rigg at full tilt. I give it 4/5.
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS takes us inside the ship at last, then throws it all away with a reset button. A 2.5/5 from me.
Hide sends the Doctor and Clara into a haunted house in 1974, and the ghost story turns into something kinder than I expected. I give it 4/5.
Cold War thaws an Ice Warrior aboard a Soviet submarine in 1983 and leaves the Doctor with no TARDIS. Tense, tight and old-fashioned.
The Rings of Akhaten sends Clara to an alien market and a girl singing a god to sleep, then ends on a leaf. Thin plot, big heart.
The Bells of Saint John harvests people through the Wi-Fi as the Doctor meets Clara a third time. Fast and fun, but far too easily solved.