“Time is collapsing. Incidents of chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the lives of one Time Lord and his many friends – all fallout from one terrible disaster. From Earth’s past and present to timeless alien worlds, from the cloisters of G
Read more…Rose Tyler was the Doctor’s first companion of the new era.
Here are some highlights of her character arc.
FATHER’S DAY: The Ninth Doctor takes Rose to the day her father died.
RISE OF THE CYBERMEN / THE AGE OF STEEL: The Tenth Doctor and Rose meet othe
Read more…1)No opening credits. That bugs me more than it probably should.
2)Daleks can survive being cut into three parts? And reassemble itself over long distances?
3)Ah, yes, the Unwitting Archaeologists Who Find....Something...
4)"Nineteen New Year's Eve
Read more…1)"If that is the creature from Sheffield, I will kill it if I can."
2)"I don't have to answer all these questions." "That's just what my teacher used to say. Usually just before they quit teaching."
3)"Yippee-ki-yay, robots!"
4)"Tzim-Sha might have
Read more…1)"I've always fancied the idea of Norway."
2)"We'd know if we were vampires, right?"
3)"I bet your brain tastes so delicious."
4)"How's that for an old codger, eh, Two Knives?"
5)"You had a grandmother?" "I had seven."
6)"At least we've got each ot
Read more…1)"It's a witch trial!"
2)"Dunk the witch!" "If she weighs the same as a duck..."
3)King James is another fellow I don't know much about, so I can't say how accurately he's portrayed here.
4)"Together we shall save the souls of my people from Satan
Read more…1)"It's the Kerblam man!"
2)"Some of my best friends are robots!"
3)"The People's Republic of South Yorkshire"?
4)"How would you like a warning for insubordination?" "I'd love one, I could add it to my collection!"
5)"Talking about wasps, did I ever
Read more…1)The Partition of India is another era I know little about. This season makes me want to read more history.
2)"Tread softly. You're treading on your own history."
3)"We can't have a universe with no Yaz!"
4)As with "Rosa", we see that human malice i
Read more…1)"The Book of Celebrants"?
2)The monster is goofy in this one!
3)"It just ate my sonic!"
4)"Pting"?
5)"Boys give birth to boys, and girls give birth to girls." "Not where we come from." "Euh, how's that work?"
6)"Clever sonic - self re-booting." T
Read more…1)They seem to have done away with the pre-credits sequences.
2)"Am I being weird?" "A little bit, yeah."
3)"I used to have sisters."
4)"You made an awesome human,"
5)"Are you Ed Sheeran?"
6)"You can't be President if you fired Yaz's mum!"
7)"I call
Read more…1)"We don't serve Negros." "Good, 'cause I don't eat them."
2)"...Or Mexicans."
3)"You're not Banksy!" "Or am I?"
4)"I don't recognize anyone by that description."
5)"We're not harboring anyone who has no right to be here."
6)"Steve...Jobs."
7)"I di
Read more…OK, thanks to the power of love and friendship (and that is NOT sarcasm), I've finally gotten to see some of these.
1)I like the new opening OK.
2)"Welcome to what I presume is your first alien planet." "No, we went to Mondas for our school trip."
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I’ve been putting this discussion off for a long time. I bought the first couple of sets a while ago when Big Finished announced that they weren’t going to do any new pressings of physical CDs once those they have in stock are sold. The business mode
Read more…“Missy... alone, unleashed and unfettered. What does she get up to when the Doctor isn’t around?
“Well, Missy has a plan. And to carry it out, she’s going to have to break some rules. And people. And planets. Look out universe, Missy is on a mission.
Read more…1)"Sorry. Half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman."
2)"We don't get aliens in Sheffield". Really? the number of mass invasions they've had in the new series alone should mean that no one doubts the existence of aliens.
3)I had to look up "dis
Read more…With the Thirteenth Doctor in DOCTOR WHO, "the Doctor She", if I might be forgiven, ____ ____, to be introduced in her first episode of a regular season (series) oo-morrow -- let's chatter Gallifreyian!
Read more…It’s time for me to take a break from the Sixth Doctor’s adventures and look at those of his daughter (five times removed). This is one of those series that distracts me from getting caught up on the main range. I got a better deal buying it in a bun
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The new season of Doctor Who premieres this fall on BBC America.
Read more…I will probably never get around to reviewing all of the “Eighth Doctor and Charley” adventures, but after Charlotte Pollard stopped travelling with the Eighth Doctor, she travelled with the Sixth for a time. How it is that the Eighth Doctor doesn’t
Read more…Ravenous follows Doom Coalition.
“We went into Ravenous planning for a change of pace and style. Doom Coalition had been so dense and intricate—a 16-hour interlinking story—and it was something we didn’t want to attempt again so soon. And neither shou
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