“Hell Bent” Review
I’ve taken a few days to try to unpick my thoughts about this episode. But it’s a mess. After the finely crafted Face the Raven and the near-perfect Heaven Sent, […]
I’ve taken a few days to try to unpick my thoughts about this episode. But it’s a mess. After the finely crafted Face the Raven and the near-perfect Heaven Sent, […]
I have no idea what to write about Heaven Sent. I was looking forward to it – not least because, with just one actor for the whole episode, it would […]
Just as we reach the episodes I’ve most been looking forward to this season, I’ve unavoidably fallen behind. At the time of writing, Heaven Sent has aired but I […]
I like it that Doctor Who is still experimenting in its 52nd year. But experiments wouldn’t be experiments if they never fail. Actually this wasn’t a bad episode (the low-for-Doctor-Who AI of […]
Almost flawless up until the last 2 minutes, but with a careless epilogue that undid much of the good work. I said last week that Osgood was the moral nucleus […]
Being a kids show, I’d have considered Doctor Who ill equipped to tackle the very hardest issues dominating the news at present – terrorism, migration, so called ‘radicalisation’. This, of […]
Mysterious, intimate, atmospheric. This sublime sequel to The Girl Who Died is a pared back reflection on immortality – not something new for Doctor Who – but rarely done this well. […]
On Saturday, the first episode of Doctor Who written by a woman since 2009 will be broadcast. In the 6 years since The Poison Sky there have been 75 episodes […]
Doctor Who and vikings can’t fail to entertain (I must get around to my review of Dark Horizons) and the gentle pace of this witty and engaging tale affords time […]
The most important thing in this episode is the Doctor getting his guitar out and playing along to the theme tune. This needs to happen every week, from now on. The monologue […]
Me, I like a good base-under-siege story. And Toby Whithouse (the most likely successor to Steven Moffat, I think, as lead writer) isn’t capable of turning in a dud script. […]
Please, please can we have the Doctor Who stage tour? I want to see ‘Gomez & Coleman, Capaldi & Bleach’ in lights, and take my seat in the theatre to […]