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Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor (BBC1)

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Spoilers, sweetie. I’m confused. Not, I should immediately make clear, by the story and events of “The Name of the Doctor”, the series finale of the extended staccato season 7 of Doctor Who. As has so often been the case … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver (BBC1)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

I have a confession to make this week: I was up to my ears in work over the weekend, and was in a distracted mood for everything else that evening, which means that this week’s episode of Doctor Who wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror (BBC1)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

One consistently recurring question among fans over recent years has been why accomplished writer and performer Mark Gatiss hasn’t been able to deliver a follow-up to match “The Unquiet Dead,” his first Doctor Who episode back in 2005. There was … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (BBC1)

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Contains vague spoiler-y type things. Maybe. Every year, I tell myself I’m not going to be dragged in to write a review of every single new episode of Doctor Who. Or at the very least, to keep them super-short. How … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Hide (BBC1)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

I was going to keep this one relatively short, since I didn’t think that I had a lot to say about the latest instalment of Doctor Who other than that this was one of the best and strongest episodes to … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: Cold War (BBC1)

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Contains spoilers The previous week’s instalment of Doctor Who had received (to put it kindly) a mixed reception; which is to say that some people loved it but an awful lot of people despised it. There was a much more … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten (BBC1)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Contains spoilers The audience reaction to last week’s season opener appears to have been largely positive albeit with a sizeable churlish minority carping away in the background. If that’s true then the reaction to the second episode of the eight-episode … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John (BBC1)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

It’s good to get back underway once more with the stop-start drip-feed of new Doctor Who. “The Bells of Saint John” is actually episode 7 of series 7, which follows on from the final instalment of the Ponds (“The Angels … Continue reading →

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A brief personal history of time travel

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

My apologies, it’s been a bit quiet on the review front – for the simple reason that I haven’t been watching, reading or otherwise partaking of anything that warrants a review. It’s just been that sort of start to the … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: “The Snowmen”

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Contains spoilers, although I’ll try and be as gentle as I can… I really should know better by know than to allow myself to get too excited about Doctor Who specials. After all, they’ve had a pretty patchy history, with … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: “The Next Doctor” (DVD)

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

I can tell that it’s getting close to Christmas, because I’m suddenly getting unexpected urges to watch festive films and old Christmas special editions of favourite TV programmes – such as Doctor Who. For some reason the desire to rewatch … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who S7: The Angels Take Manhattan

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Contains spoilers Alright, I admit it. I’ve been putting off writing this particular review for quite some time now. I even wrote it, put it to one side, hesitated on publishing it, and then came back to it a week … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970) [DVD]

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

There’s a point midway through this seven-part Classic Who serial from 1970 where you realise: this must have been the season that current Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat saw when he was six or seven years old. It’s at that … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who S7: A Town Called Mercy/The Power of Three

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Contains spoilers for the two aired shows. Here’s the second of the ‘two-up’ reviews of the latest Doctor Who season, ahead of the final instalment of the short five-part mini/half season we’re getting in 2012. While I don’t go out … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who S7: Asylum of the Daleks/Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Contains spoilers for the two aired shows. Doctor Who has been back on TV for nearly two weeks now, and I’m a little tardy in getting around to writing any reviews of the latest episodes. Does this mean I’ve fallen … Continue reading →

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