Wearing a Bit Thin
“Is that what Time Lords do? Lop a bit off, grow another one? You’re like worms.”
matt smith
Checking in
So yeah. It’s been a while. I’ve been watching loads of things, but not much that’s inspired me to take the time to write a full entry. Here are a few I remember offhand. Accatone: Eh. Even in Italian I can tell the acting can’t…
The Time of the Doctor
This Christmas, the time of one of my favorite Doctors drew to a slightly disappointing close, with a potentially moving elegy buried beneath an avalanche of eh. But let’s have one more go at picking apart yet another overstuffed Moffat finale, five minutes at a…
Next…
This time tomorrow we’ll know who the Twelfth Doctor is. I originally commented that I loved this post about how underrated the Sixth Doctor was, but I redacted it because I got to thinking about how this “role model” was primarily known for strangling his…
Fanboy Planet and the next Doctor
The guys at Fanboy Planet, who are generous enough to run my Doctor Who reviews on their site alongside their much more diverse and comprehensive coverage of the world of fannish things, even more generously invited me to join them on their podcast last week:…
The Name of the Doctor
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…
Season 7 so far
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…
Nightmare in Silver
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…
The Crimson Horror
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…
My bets for the finale
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…