Doctor Who The Girl Who Waited is obviously this year’s Doctor-lite story. The focus is on the companions and their relationship with each other, with a nice scattering of a Classic-Who feel. The focus on relationships and the characters themselves feels very much in line with the focus of the new series, whilst feeling different… Read More Doctor Who S6 E10 “The Girl Who Waited”: Review (repost)

Doctor Who I am a fan of Gatiss’ Doctor Who contributions. Some were better than others (The Unquiet Dead is a favourite of mine), and I was a tad disappointed when he didn’t contribute to Seasons 3 or 4 as a writer. Something that marks most of his earlier work is the historical emphasis; Charles… Read More Doctor Who S6 E09 “Night Terrors”: Review (repost)

Doctor Who Doctor Who is back in Australia, and starts off once more with a bang. My feelings towards this episode are tainted by a few things, perhaps most importantly my fondness of history. One of my topics for Modern History in 2010 was Germany (1919-1939), so it was an amusing experience to watch one… Read More Doctor Who S6 E08 “Let’s Kill Hitler”: Review (repost)

Demons run when a good man goes to war This is the half-way point for this season of Doctor Who, and the finale for Part 1 of Season 6. There are spoilers below. I loved the twist at the beginning; the best way to get you interested. Amy describes to her daughter, Melody, a man… Read More Doctor Who S6 E07 “A Good Man Goes to War”: Review (repost)

In 2006, Matthew Graham wrote (as a last minute replacement script) the episode Fear Her, regarding the Doctor and Rose’s investigations into missing children in an otherwise normal neighbourhood. Compared with some of the ‘heights’ of Doctor Who, this episode was seen as rather lacklustre. Fast-forward to 2011, and Matthew Graham pens a more fulfilling… Read More Doctor Who S6 E06 “The Almost People”: Review (repost)

Seeing as my main review of this story will be in my thoughts on The Almost People, my review of The Rebel Flesh will mostly be on my thoughts to the plot points Matthew Graham has introduced and how well I think they’ve been set up for the second episode. This feels like yet another string… Read More Doctor Who S6 E05 “The Rebel Flesh”: Review (repost)

The Doctor’s Wife is by Neil Gaiman. Automatically this means the episode is going to be quirky, slightly Tim Burton, and have that dash of dark fantasy to it that seems to in some way describe the work of Neil. We have quirky in the form of Uncle and Auntie, slightly Tim Burton in the… Read More Doctor Who S6 E04 “The Doctor’s Wife”: Review (repost)

In Doctor Who in Australia this week, we have The Curse of the Black Spot. Less timey-wimey mind-blowing Moffat monsters and more traditional Doctor Who goodness; there’s a mysterious glowing woman who’s stealing the crew of a pirate ship one by one and she seems to be unstoppable. I saw the twist coming, but it was still… Read More Doctor Who S6 E03 “The Curse of the Black Spot”: Review (repost)

Day of the Moon answered some of the questions that we really wanted answered after The Impossible Astronaut, but it didn’t answer them all. Good, we have story arcs for the rest of the series in place. The Silence were defeated (in a manner of speaking), River Song gets some more bitter-sweet moments (‘There’s a… Read More Doctor Who S6 E02 “Day of the Moon”: Review (repost)

The Impossible Astronaut aired only hours ago in Australia. I’ve been keeping myself spoiler free for the entire past week, and the end result was very refreshing. The first monsters of the series are the Silence; whispers dating back as far as ‘The Eleventh Hour’ at least, and they have begun to deliver. This is… Read More Doctor Who S6 E01 “The Impossible Astronaut”: Review (repost)