The invasion heralded last week begins with weaker writing than we’ve seen this season, but a review will wait until we’ve learned where it’s going to go. In the meantime, here’s the place to discuss “The Pyramid at the End of the World,” the monks, deals with the devil, and a certain curiously understaffed laboratory.
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Doctor Who: “Extremis”
“Doctor, here’s a tip: When I’m on a date, when that rare and special thing happens in my real life, do not, do not under any circumstances put the pope in my bedroom!”
The episode begins as Doctor Who meets Umberto Eco/Dan Brown and H.P. Lovecraft/Robert W. Chambers, and for all the talk of mass suicides and death, it’s surprisingly hilarious.
The second half takes a dark turn based on some familiar SF tropes.
We also learn who is in the vault and why the Doctor took his vow.
Doctor Who Review: “Oxygen”
“Space: the final frontier…”
After the cheeky opening, the heaviest episode of the new season (thus far) takes the Doctor, Bill, and Nardole to a station under attack and a shocking twist.
Doctor Who Review: “Knock Knock”
We’re catching up on this season’s Doctor Who.
This season continues to find a Whovian sweet spot, its premises outlandish, but not so outlandish as to be in a completely foreign country from its audience.
This week finds the Doctor, Bill, and a bunch of millennials in a house of horrors. Dark doings and terrifying tropes are afoot—and (of course) the cell phones won’t work.
Doctor Who Review: “Thin Ice”
We’ve fallen behind with Doctor Who, so we’re going to attempt three reviews in three days, getting us up-to-date by Sunday. We’ll start with the third episode of the current season, which sees the Doctor and Bill at the 1814 Frost Fair—the last time the Thames froze solid enough to have one.
There really was an elephant.
The Doctor and his companion find something else, something history doesn’t record.
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We’re a little behind in our reviews.
They will return shortly, and we should be caught up by next week.
Meanwhile, here’s a recent Whatculture video with one ranking of the Doctor’s various incarnations:
Doctor Who Review – “Smile”
Something like Attack of the Killer Emojis sounds like cheap, independent sci-fi horror flick from the 1960s, akin to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or The Wasp Woman. Does it work for the modern Doctor Who?
Doctor Who Review: “The Pilot”
The Doctor is back, with a new companion.
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965): Make Me Watch It #1
The first episode of our latest podcast series is live and examines Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965). The RSS, iTunes, and Stitcher links will follow as soon as I get them set up. It is available in the master audio feed if you subscribe that way.
The Doctor’s New Companion Revealed
BBC have just revealed who will play the Doctor’s new companion when the series returns to the air. The surprisingly short Pearl Mackie IMDB listings is likely about to boom, but it also says that she was cast for her talents displayed during auditions rather than her resume. (Unless, of course, the blank “Other Works” page for her shouldn’t be blank and includes impressive entries.)