This was a special short "mini-sode" done for the BBC's "Children in Need" telethon in 2007. There've been a number of these over the years, but this one is my favorite, since it features the Fifth Doctor having a brief encounter with the Tenth. It o
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In which we meet Leela, a warrior of the Sevateem, who is cast out for questioning the local shaman, and the Doctor arrives for a visit and finds that everyone calls him "The Evil One", despite that he can't remember ever visiting the place
Read more…1)I debated with myself whether to post this as one or two stories. I went with one, as to me it's all one big story.
2)Of course, this story is all about the return of the Master. We start out with the mystery of Professor Yana - once we know he's a
Read more…1) Another "Doctor lite" or what they call a "double banking" episode, which was filmed concurrently with the previous story. Typically, I don't like these, but this one was pretty good as these go, with an interesting gimmick - presaging some of th
Read more…1)This is probably my least favorite story of the new series. The problem I have with the story is that Cornell obviously wants to have a situation where the Doctor is living as a human, but has him behaving extremely out of character in order to set
Read more…1)Another "base under siege" (or "ship under siege", if you prefer) this time around. Fairly basic stuff, but not bad. Supposedly the title was a gag on 24, which was an American television program that was being broadcast at the time.
2)The actual
Read more…1)Not one of my favorite episodes, for some reason. It's not bad, it just doesn't overwhelm me, for some reason. For one thing, I didn't like the monster design. Not that it's goofy - it's no Myrka, or anything - I just don't like it.
2)I never war
Read more…1)This is one of my favorite Dalek stories - I like a relatively low-key Dalek story, they don't all have to have the fate of the cosmos at stake. I think the lower-key stories allow the Daleks to emerge as characters, whereas stories they tend to be
Read more…1)Another fun story, bringing back an old "monster", further developing the relationship between the Doctor and Martha, revealing the Face of Boe's "secret message" and continuing the story of New Earth. The idea of an "eternal traffic jam" is intere
Read more…1)A fun first trip for Martha in the TARDIS. Some good scenes with her reacting to the reality of time travel, and also the beginnings of her realization that the Doctor isn't still over Rose. The business with the bed in the inn was a good example
Read more…1)Here we have the introduction of the Doctor's newest companion, Martha Jones, as played by Freema Agyeman. I quite like Freema, and have nothing against Martha as a character - if I was less than overwhelmed by her, it's because after all the soap
Read more…1)In Catherine Tate, we have another person who was apparently a big deal in the UK, but of whom I had somehow managed never to hear prior to her appearance in the program. The impression I have is that there was alot of fear that all she could do w
Read more…1) Went back and re-watched the first story last night. The thing for me was, I was already fairly steeped in the show's mythology by the time I saw this, so I find it harder to imagine what it was like to see it when the viewers had no idea what to
Read more…1)At long last, Rose Tyler's reign of terror is almost over! ;) As I've said before, I actually kind of like Rose, but I do feel that she is somewhat overrated as a character. That said, she had some good moments in this story. "This is the story o
Read more…1)For whatever reason, I've always had trouble buying into the whole "people being turned into drawings" aspect of this, which has colored my perception to the whole episode. There's actually some good scary moments in this, including a "monster" tha
Read more…1)I'm not generally a big fan of these so-called "Doctor lite" episodes. I understand they have to do them for practical reasons, and one or two of them have been OK, but they're not my favorites. If I'm watching Doctor Who, I want to see the Doctor.
Read more…(Taking a break from the adventures of the Tenth Doctor - I need to steel myself before the horrors of "Love & Monsters" and "Fear Her", so I decided to reach back and watch something that was better-written.)
1)Of course, the main thrust of this is
Read more…1)Well, now we get the new show's take on a perennial of the old show, the "base under siege" story, with a diverse bunch of characters in an isolated situation being picked off one by one by an ibnsidious threat. I always liked these kinds of stori
Read more…1)A lightweight episode, somewhat redeemed by the fun performance by the woman who plays the Wire. ("Hungry!") I gather there's alot of references to early British TV here ("Alexandra Palace", "Muffin the Mule", and so on), that probably mean more t
Read more…1)So, now we get the new show's take on the Cybermen, in conjunction with the return of Peter Tyler. Certainly, the use of a parallel world is an acceptable science fiction way to bring back a dead character. On the other hand, I wasn't too wild at
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