[Alternatively: Mary Poppins Versus the Snow Globe.] The Doctor is brought out of ‘retirement’ by governess/barmaid Clara, a […]
Category Archive: Doctor Who
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye.] Rory is catapulted back in time to […]
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Three’s Company.] The Doctor intrudes upon Amy and Rory’s ‘real’ life over the […]
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively:Â The Good, the Bad and the Terminator] The Doctor, Amy and Rory find the […]
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Jurassic Lark] With Earth training missiles on a mysterious spacecraft hurtling straight for […]
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Doctor Who Does the A-Team] The Doctor and the divorcing Ponds/Williamses – as […]
Six years after David Tennant saw off the Sycorax in his pyjamas in the first Doctor Who Christmas special, the show has become as much a fixture of BBC1’s festive schedule as the Queen’s Speech. And this second seasonal special from the pen of show-runner Steven Moffat was a perfect metaphor for Christmas Day itself: a flurry of excitement at the beginning, a bit bloated around the middle, but ultimately satisfying in the end as it reinforced the value of family and close friendships.
Thoughts (and spoilers) below …
*** WARNING: SPOILERS (naturally) ***
Five months after watching the Doctor killed by a space-suited assailant at Lake Silencio on the Plain of Sighs, we finally learned how the Time Lord cheated his destiny. The Wedding of River Song answered all (well, most) of our questions, set up new ones for next year and also managed to reset the series to move the Doctor away from being a feared God-like Time Lord Victorious, perhaps moving back to being the quiet adventurer he was in the Hartnell era.
*** WARNING: SPOILERS! (Well, it does feature River Song after all) *** Season six (or season 32, if […]
Not content with assuming a God-like role in the season five finale The Big Bang by recreating the […]
*** WARNING: SPOILERS! *** (Obviously …) Yes, I know the current run of Doctor Who finished a week ago. But […]
Three months ago, I listed eight genre series which I was very much looking forward to over the […]