“Asylum of the Daleks” Review
So was the secret kept or did it leak out? Being slightly spoiler-phobic I naturally avoid all but the mainstream Doctor Who news sites, and so I was not only […]
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“Pond Life” Review
I’ve always liked the idea that, while the Doctor’s life might never be routine, there must be ‘little’ adventures between the big, ever-more dramatic epics that are shared with us. […]
“The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe” Podcast
There are few traditions I cling on to as we go through the annual festive routine. One is brandy butter. another, of course, is Doctor Who. Since 2005 (with an […]
Doctor In Distress
Starting from scratch, and brand confidence: two reasons why Doctor Who fans… well, this Doctor Who fan at any rate… might be perturbed by this evening’s announcement concerning the development of […]
“The Wedding of River Song” Review
Three thousand years in the future, a time traveller meets someone. A woman. A woman he’s never met before, and yet who knows his name. “There’s only one reason I […]
Pre-Finale Questions
Doctor Who reaches the season finale with The Wedding of River Song on Saturday. There are a lot of questions still needing an answer. If we don’t get all the […]
“The Coming of the Terraphiles” Review
I don’t normally take my Doctor Who in text form but I was intrigued by Glyn’s tweet. https://twitter.com/#!/egrommet/status/104136671590760448 For about the first third, I was convinced Moorcock was purely pastiching […]
“Closing Time” Review
A rare dud among this year’s Doctor Who gems, Closing Time for the most part is a by-numbers episode, not just the poorest of this year’s crop but not as good […]
“The God Complex”
“So what do Time Lords pray to?” Another episode of such quality can only serve to strengthen my faith in the supreme Moffatt. He’s shown he’s capably of putting together […]
“The Girl Who Waited” Review
Any attempt I make at a critical analysis of this episode is doomed to failure. I think this episode may have been entirely without flaw. This is not just my […]
“Night Terrors” Review
It feels like a long time since we’ve spent an episode on present day Earth (The Lodger?). It feels even longer ago that we used to return there every third […]
“A Good Man Goes to War” Review
It’s rather late to be reviewing the “mid-season finale” of this year’s split Doctor Who, broadcast 3 weeks ago, and while this post has been festering my brain has been […]