Season 8’s two-part finale, “Dark Water”/”Death in Heaven” was easily my favorite story of the season, which has been plagued by an odd combination of ideas and performances that frequently never quite gel. Moreover, it’s only the second time a season finale has left me satisfied, the first being SeasonContinue Reading
HERE THERE BE SPOILERS “Deep Breath” marks the first episode with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. We’ve gone from the youngest Doctor ever (Matt Smith, who was 28 when cast) to the oldest (Capaldi is 56, while the first doctor, despite his aged appearance, was only 55). That hints atContinue Reading
If you don’t want spoilers, don’t read. I would say if you want warning, go ahead and read, but even the worst review in the world is not going to keep a Whovian from an episode, much less a regeneration episode. And it’s not the worst review I could give…Continue Reading
Originally, this post was going to be simple pretty straightforward. Today, I came across this: This is, of course, all of the Doctors from Doctor Who re-enacting Leonardo DaVinci’s Last Supper. When people do these, I always wonder how much thought they put into who they put where. Clearly, itContinue Reading
While I disagree with some of the specifics,What Steven Moffat Doesn’t Understand About Grief, And Why It’s Killing Doctor Who illustrates the power of death in fiction and, arguably, why Doctor Who needs more of it. When the new series started, the Doctor had been forced to kill two warring racesContinue Reading
First of all, for all of my concerns, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who was amazing. I was left more than satisfied. Indeed, the only major complaint I have with it is its treatment of Queen Elizabeth I. The Marriage Proposal In 1562, the Doctor is suspecting that shape-changingContinue Reading
Whatever is going to happen this weekend for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, it is expected to be big. Clearly it is pulling together a variety of threads from many years of the show. If you’re less than a die hard fan but have still seen some of it, thisContinue Reading
If you are a Dr. Who fan, and you have not seen this, you totally should. You’ll need to click on the title of this post (above) and open the full post. Also, there are spoilers farther down in this article. So see the video FIRST. And while you’re atContinue Reading