This Season of Doctor Who has overall been glorious. Between Peter Capaldi’s new Doctor and the darker tone throughout this season, it finally feels like fantastical show is grounded once again. True that last week’s episode – “In The Forest of the Night” was less than stellar, but from the looks of things that was just…
Named after the William Blake poem The Tyger – yes there was a tiger in this episode – “In the Forest of the Night” is the 10th episode of Season 8 Doctor Who; as well as the last episode before the two-part finale. That’s right, the finale is already upon us. So what did this…
If you’ve ever read Flatland by Edwin A Abbott, then you were well prepared for all the spatially abstract WTF-ness that this week’s episode of Doctor Who entitled “Flatline” brought to the table. “Flatline” had all the makings of a suspenseful/scary episode like “Blink” and “Listen”; but sadly missed the “relatability”. Though despite all this…
Call it a great pun or an easy joke; but just don’t call “Mummy on the Orient Express” a boring episode. With only 66 seconds to save a life, this episode gave us a great sense of urgency as well as an all-telling honest reveal by the doctor himself. Throw in some new sinister characters,…
This weeks Doctor Who was as surprising as it was brilliantly hard hitting. Not only did we have a companion tell the Doctor off for the first time; but also had an episode where the women held all the power. The uneasiness of last episode is gone and this season of Doctor Who is back…
The Doctor is back, or should I say John Smith – the Doctor’s usual human alias. In an episode that featured so many quick references to past Doctor Who story elements – John Smith, River Song, Coal Hill School -, none were given more than just a passing mention. Instead, the bulk of this episode…
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like if the Doctor was in Ocean’s Eleven? Well that is exactly the kind of situation the Doctor and Clara found themselves in when they awakened with their memories wiped and instructions to rob the most secure bank in the galaxy. Though what started as a bank robbery…
