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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" (SPOILERS)

1)Our Steven shows his gist for creepy stories with this one. Lots of good scary moments in this one - I especially liked the bit with the TARDIS phone ringing. I like the moments where even the Doctor seems a little bit weirded out. The transformati

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Father's Day" (SPOILERS)

1)"Peter Alan Tyler, my dad..."  So, now we come to the "tear-jerker" episode. I gather Paul Cornell based the character of Pete Tyler on his own father, even down to some of the things he has Pete say. I'm not the biggest Cornell mark int he world,

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Long Game" (SPOILERS)

1)Here we have the story of a "failed companion".  It might've been nice if Adam had been allowed to develop a bit, but at least he saves some time by going wrong almost immediately. Of course, Rose and the Doctor seem to be somewhat against him from

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First official photo of the new Doctor Who shoot

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Dalek" (SPOILERS)

1)Gee, I wonder what the threat will be in this episode?

 

2)In Henry Van Statten, we re-visit yet another staple of the old series, the Arrogant Human Who Thinks He can Control the Alien Threat for His Own Purposes. I particularly liked the scene with

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Ministry of funny Doctor walks

 

 

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" (SPOILERS)

1)"It's not twelve hours - it's twelve months."  It was interesting to see one of the Doctor's "time goof-ups" make this kind of trouble for Rose. Really, you'd think this kind of thing would happen more often, considering the TARDIS' notorious unrel

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All of Doctor Who in one infographic

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Unquiet Dead" (SPOILERS)

1)Well, after starting out with an "Earth invaded" story, and following up with a "crisis out in space" story, we now re-visit another of the old show's story types, the "pseudo-historical". (A side note on Doctor Who terminology as I learned it:  Wh

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The End of the World" (SPOILERS)

1)So, five billion years in the future looks like a cheesy hotel?

 

2)"Welcome to the end of the world." I like the inversion of expectations here - the Doctor is not going to save the Earth.

 

3)"The paper's slightly psychic."  "The paper's a somewhat l

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Rose" (SPOILERS)

(After "collecting" all of the existing Doctor Who threads, I thought it might be fun to go back and re-watch some of the old shows whose threads were "lost" and see what I thought of them now.  Weeknights, I will watch an episode or two of the new s

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Doctor Who memories

I looked over the entire list of WHO threads... and none of them seemed appropriate for this post. So I decided, however reluctantly, to start yet another one. Ah well.  ENJOY!

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Sensorites" (SPOILERS)

Strangers in Space:

1)"Yes, it all started out as a mild curiosity in a junkyard - and now it's turned out to be quite a - quite a great spirit of adventure, don't you think?"

 

2)"He threw a parson's nose at me."

 

3)"We come from the 28th Century."  Int

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List of Doctor Who Threads

TV Episodes:

 

The First Doctor:

An Unearthly Child

The Daleks

The Edge of Destruction

Marco Polo

The Keys of Marinus

The Aztecs

The Sensorites

The Reign of Terror

Planet of GIants

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

The Rescue

The Romans

The Web Planet

The Crusade

The Space

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Android Invasion" (SPOILERS)

Part One:

1)What is/are "ginger pop"/"ginger beer", anyhow? Is it like ginger ale?

 

2)The twitchy guy is quite creepy.

 

3)"Trespassers are prosecuted in England, not killed."  It's Scotland where they're shot on sight.

 

4)Very Invasion of the Body-Snatch

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" (SPOILERS)

Part One:

1)Interesting that Part One is simply titled "Invasion", to keep the "dinosaurs" part secret.

 

2)Part One also survives only in black-and-white, although there is a "colorized" version available on the DVD.

 

3)"The Vandals were quite decent ch

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Doctor Who Reactions: The BBC Radio Episodes

If you’ve read the reactions I’ve posted recently, you know I’ve been enjoying audio only versions of the lost episodes on CD. You also know that it won’t be just too long before the fourth set becomes available. You should know, too, that I couldn’t

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The Sarah Jane Adventures Reactions: "Death of the Doctor" (SPOILERS)

Part One:

1)"The Doctor's gone. He's dead."

 

2)Cool! Vulture men!

 

3)"I don't think he's dead"

 

4)Poor old Brigadier - constantly being shipped off to Peru! And Liz Shaw is on the Moon?

 

5)And.. it's Jo Grant!

 

6)I like Jo's reaction to the news that Sarah

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The Sarah Jane Adventures Reactions: "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" (SPOILERS)

(The tape I got with the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special contained a few sample episodes of this show, which I'd never seen.)

 

Part One:

1)This starts out as quite reminiscent of 60's "fantasy" sitcoms like Bewitched, what with them having comic misa

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" (SPOILERS)

1)"I got dressed in a hurry."

 

2)"Usually called 'the Doctor' or 'the Caretaker' or "Get off this planet', though strictly speaking that probably isn't a name."

 

3)"This Christmas is going to be the best Christmas ever."

 

4)"Fairyland looks completely d

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