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The doctor was summoned to a planet and immediately ran into a mishap. He was mistaken for a surgeon meant to work on a king in dire need. Confused and probably curious, he went along as the surgeon that they thought he was. River song entered the scene with as much flair as always. There’s…
The fact that in the opening we see Clara, the impossible girl, actually makes sense. It was a way to frame the story and at the outset one could assume it was just another instance of Clara. He was there telling this girl his tale, surely fudging some of the more fanciful details to make…
It’s unsettling when the Doctor doesn’t know where he is. He’s in a position where he has no control at all. Sure, he’s able to make a number of educated guesses, but he can’t be certain. Even more frustrating is that the place he’s locked up in is designed to throw him off. Inside was…
Rigsy is back. I quite liked Rigsy when we met him last year. Now he’s calling for Clara’s help since he has a mysterious tattoo on the back of his neck that’s counting down to 0. Dying is something he needs to avoid since he’s got a baby girl to take care of. I will…
Forward to the 38th century. Some catastrophic event has somehow merged Japan and India. Lots has changed from now until then including the clones for brute strength. People live on Triton and they work all day long. I was really intrigued by the state of humanity even though we didn’t get to learn much about…
I enjoyed getting to see where our Clara was as her Zygon doppelganger wreaked havoc. Trapped in her pod, she was also trapped in her head in a replica of her apartment. However she wasn’t simply just trapped a point of reference for her Zygon counterpart. She had the ever so slightest control, but it…
First off let me note that even the briefest clip of the 11th doctor in footage that I’ve already seen makes me happy. He was merely there as a call back and reminder to the events from the 50th Anniversary episode two years ago. The episode pulled in one of the characters we saw prominently…
Note: The final five minutes of the broadcast were cut off in my location and with no timeline, I’m posting my review as it stood, sans thoughts on the final minutes. Once I have seen this, I will update my review. In the midst of a heist gone wrong the Doctor stumbled upon an Ashildr…
I love when Doctor Who is actually in space. There’s something about going somewhere that is entirely other. But I have to admit it’s even more exciting when future tech gets mashed in with past history. I’m not talking about the episodes with strange occurrences. I’m talking tech meets the past. In this case tech…
The Doctor and his little team of people who made with him on his side went to the lake before the flood. There they met the Tivuli. Our Tivoli, was particularly delightful in his absolute love for being conquered. Sure the Tivoli as a race like to be conquered, but the sheer delight he expressed…
As much as I love Doctor Who and believe me, I really love this show, there are times when it feels like it is treading old water. This particular episode is one of those that ended up feeling like one of the many. That said, those many are fun adventures that can go dark places.…
The episode picks up where we left off, however both Missy and Clara were alive. Quickly there were threats from Missy who had Clara strung up like her next meal. Quickly we saw that they were never dead they were simply teleported. This involved tiring back to an old case in an interesting way. What…
Doctor Who is back! Doctor Who is back. If I was left in the middle of the field surrounded by a bunch of hands peeking out of the soil watching me with their single eye in the middle of their palm, I would probably break down crying and proceed to be sucked into a sink…
Nobody likes the tangerines and no one likes Santa. Well, at least this incarnation of Santa. He’s a bit snide and a little condescending rather than the standard jolly fare or the polar opposite, dark and gritty. Instead we have Santa and a few snarky elves dealing with so particularly giddy and free reindeer when…
Doctor Who season 8 (series 8 depending what side of the pond you’re on) suffered from a series of highs and lows, twists and turns, that left me longing for seasons of past despite loving the characters. By the end of the season, I felt lost confused and very uncertain about how I felt about…
So, I pondered... 