What as season. What a freakin’ great season of Doctor Who. While the majority of the episodes were standalone, there was one arc being woven throughout series 8. And in Death In Heaven, it all came to a close, as the Doctor faced his greatest enemies, fears and doubts, finally putting to rest the question as to what kind of …
Can you believe it? We’re almost completely finished with the eighth season of Doctor Who. The freakin’ eigth season! Peter Capaldi has been a magnificent Doctor so far, and a sharp departure from Matt Smith’s lovable Time Lord as he gallavanted around the universe. And he may just be my favourite incarnation to date as the last of his species. …
Who’s really in charge? It’s a given that in any Doctor Who episdoe, the Doctor is always going to be leading the charge into whatever adventure he happens to have found himself in. But when you;ve got an episode where the Doctor is being played around like a puppet on time-strings, you get an interesting scenario. Spoilers ahead… Last Updated: …
For better or for worse, Listen is a fantastic episode. It’s also a terrible episode, that will leave you slamming your head into a table in a manner reminiscent of Danny Pink having yet another bad date. Spoilers ahead… Last Updated: September 15, 2014
This weekend past saw the kickoff of 8th season of Doctor Who aka The Greatest Sci-Fi Show In the Wibbly Wobbly History of the Timey Wimey Universe, with the premiere, “Deep Breath”, giving us our first proper look at new Doctor Peter Capaldi and independently angry eyebrows. And it was great! (the episode and his eyebrows, I mean). But now that the …
[Warning: SPOILERS ahead for the Season 8 premiere of Doctor Who. Read at your own risk if you haven’t seen the episode yet!] As far as opening stories go once a regeneration kicks in, Doctor Who had a rather tepid start on the weekend. But while the tale of Victorian London, a time-displaced T-Rex and a nod back to an earlier episode …
People assume that the progression of a new TV series is thought to be strictly cause and effect. But actually, from a non-linear and non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big wibbly wobbly ball of badly scheduled repeats and cheaply produced reality shows. Also, it means that Doctor Who won’t be broadcast locally when the new series arrives. Last Updated: …
Whether you love or hate the direction that Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has taken with Doctor Who, there’s no denying that his version of the rebel Time Lord has been very different from the Russell Davies Doctors portrayed by Christoper Ecclestone and David Tennant. His show has had a darker element, with a mix of fairy tale thrown in …
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