Doctor Who’s New Companion Revealed
The good Doctor himself, Doctor Who has been through innumerable casting changes. Since the sci-fi series has been on the air since 1963, we’ve seen a revolving door of actors…
The good Doctor himself, Doctor Who has been through innumerable casting changes. Since the sci-fi series has been on the air since 1963, we’ve seen a revolving door of actors…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Into the Dalek is a tight, satisfying Doctor Who hour with a Fantastic Voyage twist, but the Daleks end up as props.
The Time of the Doctor strands Matt Smith’s Doctor on Trenzalore for nine hundred years, and a messy first half gives way to a great goodbye.
The Day of the Doctor takes the Time War apart with a tired John Hurt, a weapon wearing Rose’s face and three men stuck on one big red button.
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.