Spoilers within. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode…not that it would make much sense if you hadn’t. I could tell this was going to be a good one, because I got through about thirty seconds and then had to rewind to the beginning and…
A mystery preserved beats a poorly-solved mystery every time. Steven Moffat surely knows this, and that’s why I’m still betting we won’t hear the Doctor’s name tomorrow night; Moffat will find a way for us to have our cake but feel as though we’ve eaten…
Here’s the semi-traditional end-of-season ranking, leaving out the finale. It feels weird to include season 7a, since it feels SO different to me now. I can hardly believe how much more I’ve enjoyed the 7b stories than almost anything that’s gone before. Hide It’s picked…
We won’t learn the Doctor’s name this Saturday. Unless Steven Moffat has really come up with something incredibly brilliant that no one has thought of before, it’s not going to happen. He’ll whisper it to River Song, and probably also Clara, but we won’t hear…
After “The Doctor’s Wife,” a cozy little story about a man and his TARDIS, it was hard to imagine Neil Gaiman’s next script being a Cyberman story. It was even harder not to let my heart sink when “Nightmare in Silver” started out looking like…
If the first half of the season was a surprise double-hitter from Chris Chibnall, this second half belongs to Mark Gatiss. “Cold War” wasn’t great, but it was surprisingly good, and “The Crimson Horror” is even better. It’s traditional Doctor Who on many levels, but…
It’s time to place your bets for what’s going to happen in the finale! Here are the ten elements and revelations I think “The Name of the Doctor” is going to contain. I haven’t heard any true spoilers for any of these, though in some…
If you’ve never read Philip Sandifer’s Doctor Who blog (sometimes known as the TARDIS Eruditorum), there’s never been a better time to jump on board. He’s just dropped an epic, meticulously observed entry about “Rose” to kick off a series of essays about every episode…
At the beginning of this episode, the Doctor turns off some key TARDIS defense systems so that Clara can more easily fly the ship. That would also be a good time for you to turn off your brain so you can more easily enjoy the…
I’m scared to watch “Hide.” I’ve watched it twice now, and I’m scared that if I watch it one more time, I’ll start to notice things I don’t like about it. I’m scared that it’ll lose its sheen and become just another Doctor Who episode….