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Doctor Who “The Crimson Horror” – Review

Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire! Well, I did say that this was one of my favorite episodes by Mark Gatiss, though that isn’t a difficult feat given some of his horror-centric episodes. If I had to place it, it would be third out of the…

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Target Novelization: Rose (Book) – Review

Well, after the news broke about Doctor Who’s new showrunner, I’ve been doing very much the same thing as everyone else. Revisiting some of the modern classics of Doctor Who, as written by Russell T Davies, arguably the greatest TV writer. Others might add qualifiers…

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Doctor Who “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS” – Review

Don’t be alarmed, but next week we are going… to the north. We might want some scissor grenades, limbo vapor, triple blast brain splitters, and the fleshy boy named Jenny. Anyway, that’s enough about one of my favorite Mark Gattis episodes. Let’s…

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Russell T Davies Returns To Doctor Who

I made a noise on Friday, a very loud one at that. I didn’t know that I could make it, and I’m pretty sure my cats will rip my eyes out when I least expect it, but I don’t care. I said…

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Doctor Who “Hide” – Review

An episode with crap jumpers, a big spooky house, tech of the 70s, and “I am speaking to the lost soul…” Yep, it is one of those horror-ish episodes with supernatural elements, and it just happens to have one of my least…

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Doctor Who “Cold War” – Review

“Steam in the subway, earth is a afire.” If no one else is going to sing Duran Duran with David Warner in Russian while trapped at the bottom of the ocean with one of Elon Musk’s cousins, I will! This is genuinely…

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Doctor Who “The Rings Of Akhaten” – Review

One of only two Clara-heavy episodes in this series (or this half of the series) that includes mythology, is a bit mad in places, and yet I enjoy it. Am I ill? No, but it is all correct that Clara, the woman…

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Doctor Who “The Bells of Saint John” – Review

“Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement’s;” I almost liked this one, said the guy watching “The Bells of Saint John.” Right, so after a lot of piddling about and doing a bit of a dance with the merry old…

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Doctor Who “The Snowmen” – Review

The time period is Victorian-ish. There is no companion, and the Doctor is mopey and dejected. Ahh, Clara must be about! Her, the lizard lesbian, Mr. Potato head, and Jenny all show up. Let’s get it out the way right now. I…

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Doctor Who “The Angels Take Manhattan” – Review

Writing an ending to a story is one of the hardest things to do, crafting something that ties up as many ends as possible while also being satisfying. When I started writing reviews, I hated the ending. I knew the conclusions, but…

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