(spoilers ahead) The season 7 finale of Doctor Who was much more intimate and personal than finales of the past. While it was a nice change of pace and there were strong emotional moments, at times it felt lacking in scale. It would have been a much stronger episode were it not preceded by an […]
Neil Gaiman returns as a writer to Doctor Who after his wildly successful Season 6 debut. ‘Nightmare in Silver’ didn’t quite live up to the high bar Gaiman set for himself with his fan favorite and critically acclaimed episode ‘The Doctor’s Wife’, but it was still one of the better offerings this season. The most […]
Every season of Doctor Who has an obligatory Doctor-lite episode in which the Doctor and his current companion will occasionally pop up, but the real focus of the episode isn’t a regular character. These episodes tend to go towards extremes. They can be like Season 3’s ‘Blink’, which consistently crops up on lists of best […]
The latest Doctor Who episode was an ambitious, though ultimately underwhelming outing. It heavily featured one character (the TARDIS itself), while leaving the other players on the sidelines development wise. The best part of the episode was seeing more of the TARDIS. Most episodes are restricted to the console room. The only other episode to […]
Spoilers below! ‘Cold War’ is the latest Doctor Who episode this season to harken back to the show’s early days by bringing back a Classic Who monster, the Ice Warriors. Although the episode had some strong moments, ultimately it was filled with forgettable characters and a weak conclusion. Taking place on a submarine in 1983, […]
‘The Rings of Akhaten’ was an enjoyable though not especially memorable episode of Doctor Who. Though it featured an interesting location and insight into Clara’s character, the episode’s villain felt like it was added as an afterthought and lead to an anti-climactic conclusion. The main conflict of the episode didn’t start until about half way […]
Doctor Who’s midseason opener, ‘The Bells of Saint John’ was a fantastic starting point for new companion Clara, but ultimately was weighed down by problems stemming from the past. The concept behind the episode was clever- something is in the WiFi. In our digital age, the idea that something could be lurking in the Internet, […]
Merry Christmas, Whovians! In this year’s Christmas special ‘The Snowmen’, we got a brand new companion. Jenna Louise Coleman technically made her debut in the fall as the soufflé baking genius Oswin Oswald in ‘Asylum of the Daleks’. Oswin was actually a Dalek, and died at the end of the episode. Which is why it’s […]