“Nightmare in Silver” Review
Another Neil Gaimen episode was something to look forward to. The bad memory of the last time the cybermen appeared in the penultimate episode of a series was just a […]
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“The Crimson Horror” Review
By rights, putting that much slapstick in an episode of Doctor Who should have irritated the socks off me. Yet, even now, I’m chuckling at the puerile Thomas Thomas gag. How did The Crimson Horror get […]
“Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS” review
This was an episode I was expecting would disappoint. An episode entirely set inside the TARDIS? Either it would be monotonous corridor wandering, as in Logopolis, or it would be […]
“Hide” Review
Set in 1974, there’s more than a small nod to Jon Pertwee in this one, that I feel goes beyond merely mispronouncing Metebilis (there’s no way uber-nerd Tennant would have […]
“Cold War” Review
This mini-season of Doctor Who seems to be getting progressively better and better with every episode, and this one felt like a return to the cinematic feel of stories like […]
“The Rings of Akhenaten” Review
Even with all of the mystery that surrounds her, and despite her (sort-of) mid-season introduction, Clara is getting the proper ‘new companion’ treatment with this episode and I like that. […]
“The Bells of St Johns” Review
I’ve fallen behind with my Doctor Who reviews, but I’m about to make amends with a quick catch-up…. This mini-season opens with an episode that had loads of spectacle and […]
“The Angel’s Kiss” Review
I’ve wanted a Doctor Who noir for ages. Because with Doctor Who you get a whole new setting every time the TARDIS lands genres are a great shorthand to to […]
“P.S.” Unfilmed Doctor Who
This final scene for Rory’s Dad was written by Chris Chibnall but never shot. I wonder why? It answers the “what about Brian” question that many of us were asking. […]
“The Power of Three” Review
I was wrong. I thought the scrag-end of the Amy Pond arc, this minute epilogue to the two-year saga, couldn’t do justice to her story. To my surprise this episode, […]
“A Town Called Mercy” Review
I like a good western. And Toby Whithouse’s A Town Called Mercy is really rather brilliant. Genre episodes of Doctor Who work particularly well because, for a show that has to invent a […]
“Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” Review & Podcast
Well, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship certainly featured dinosaurs. On a spaceship. Also, an Egyptian queen, a big game hunter, a small army of Ponds and Mitchell and Webb. But it’s an […]