Category Archives: Doctor Who
Fall Premiere: Doctor Who – “Let’s Kill Hitler”
“Let’s Kill Hitler” August 27th, 2011 When Steven Moffat threw that title at the end of “A Good Man Goes to War,” I was imagining something…different. In my mind, it sounded like a right rollicking caper, a piece of historical … Continue reading
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Midseason Finale: Doctor Who – “A Good Man Goes to War”
“A Good Man Goes to War” June 11th, 2011 My choice not to review “The Rebel Flesh” and “The Almost People” is partly due to the awkwardness created by BBC America making the idiotic decision to take a one-week hiatus … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – “The Doctor’s Wife”
“The Doctor’s Wife” May 14th, 2011 It isn’t exactly news that Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who is expressly interested in the poetic: between The Girl Who Waited, The Boy Who Waited, and the tragic love story of the Doctor and River … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – “Day of the Moon”
“Day of the Moon” April 30th, 2011 [Note: while this does not air until a bit later this evening in the U.S., I’m embracing my independence from any one particular country to post my review when it’s finished so that … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Doctor Who – “The Impossible Astronaut”
“The Impossible Astronaut” April 23rd, 2011 “Human beings – I thought I’d never get done saving you.” As Doctor Who enters its sixth “series” (which I refer to as season above to avoid confusion with similarly titled posts on the … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – “A Christmas Carol”
“A Christmas Carol” December 25th, 2010 My “first” experience with Doctor Who, at least more than off-handed glimpses of the Eccleston era, was “Waters of Mars.” I received the screener, watched the episode, and sort of decided that I should … Continue reading
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Cultural Catchup-Lite: Parenthood, Doctor Who, Community
Cultural Catchup-Lite: Parenthood, Doctor Who, Community November 28th, 2010 While I had quite a bit of grading to do over this holiday weekend, my lack of family commitments (being Canadian, and all) meant that the holiday was also a chance … Continue reading
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Review – Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series [Blu-Ray]
Last week, Craig Ferguson dedicated almost an entire episode to a television show. Now, this isn’t entirely uncommon in television talk shows, but it’s normally someone like Oprah searching for the zeitgeist by introducing the cast of Glee or something. … Continue reading
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Series/Season Finale: Doctor Who – “The Big Bang”
“The Big Bang” June 26th, 2010 While I never publicly agonized over it, the decision to watch Doctor Who’s fifth series (or first series of the Moffat era, if we want to get really complicated) on the British schedule was … Continue reading
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Series Finale, Part One: Doctor Who – “The Pandorica Opens”
“The Pandorica Opens” June 19th, 2010 As a newcomer to Doctor Who, one of the challenges I’ve had to face in terms of writing about the series is what to do with its two-part episodes. In particular, there’s a distinct … Continue reading
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