Tag: Doctor Who

Ahh, the slump of Series 10, where all the dark and moody episodes come to bore the tears out of you. “Oxygen” and “Extremis” are the two episodes that with a good 30 minutes on the clock, few people would remember when…

You can dress it however you please, but this is the same house where we saw Sally Sparrow discover that she couldn’t “Blink.” Anyway, that’s a mystery I am sure even Poirot could solve. The exterior is one thing, but the inside…

Well, everyone loves racism and dead kids in their Doctor Who, at least Chibnall does. It is either that or dead gays (happy Pride!). I didn’t like Sarah Dollard’s “Face the Raven” for any of the reasons she was involved. Sadly, I mostly…

“Emoji. It speaks emoji,” no really, tell me how this series is great, youthful, and not predominantly written by white men who are now at least over 40 years old. Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I don’t get along for several reasons. Mostly due…

The thing is, I can see what was attempted here, and while there are moments I liked, it never clicked. Bill Potts is a fine character though a little heavy on the: “I’m gay, by the way, tell The Guardian about that…

Funny story, well, it’s not really funny, but it is a story and one about Doctor Who. Yesterday when I was writing this week’s review, or rather while writing this review yesterday, a day ahead to keep up. Written tenses are a pain…

Peter Capaldi, Alex Kingston, and Greg Davies? Is it Christmas? It was for “The Husbands of River Song” when I originally watched it. Of Peter’s few Christmas specials, it is the one that is near faultless. I’d give it a perfect 10…

The truth of “Hell Bent” is that there are a few moments that are fan service, and even my cold dead heart(s?) flutter into higher rhythms at them. The moment where Peter is sitting outside the shack, surrounded by the proles of…

I think for the first time in several months now, I’m excited for Doctor Who again. Since the announcement of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, I’ve done nothing but smile and feel happy about the future of Doctor Who. I was already heralding the return of…