A solid episode with all the entertainment and action that Rose offered two years ago. By necessity, a vehicle for introducing Martha to the Doctor and vice versa – Smith and Jones had a hungry alien criminal keen to remain hidden, Sontaran-esque alien police officers and a dose of Martha’s family, which I hope they…
Would it be appropriate to get excited now? Or should I wait until later in the week? Seems like only yesterday I sat down to watch Runaway Bride… This weekend, the third outing of the Doctor in this new millennium graces our we’re-not-worthy TV screens. Hurray for the Doctor! Hurray for Russel T! (has he…
As much as I love Doctor Who and the Universe that surrounds it, my jury remains out on whether Torchwood genuinely deserves a second series. When you look at a quality US series, like the current Heroes that frankly has me gagging for more at the end of each and every episode, I find it…
Who had a good Christmas… and yes, I’m two months late saying that. I know, I know. We had the excellent The Runaway Bride – with one of the most memorable chase scenes ever, with the TARDIS chasing a taxi down a dual carriageway. Pure Christmas Who (yes, I know we have only really had…
Isn’t it great when by pure chance you come across something you didn’t expect. I hadn’t seen the reference to this short story on the Doctor Who site… I just happened to get the Sunday Times because, well… it had a picture of the Doctor on the front. Paul Cornell (who I met in the…
Like Love & Monsters (from second series Doctor Who), this episode followed a normal person – by and large – getting involved in things out of the ordinary. I felt it worked for all sorts of reasons and the larger-than-life characters make it all the more accessible. It was a blessed relief to watch an…
Ha! Just finished the puzzle from the 7th day of the Doctor Who advent calendar… What do you mean what’s taken me so long? Impressed?
I sit here, the night before Christmas, and I realise I have a little bit of catching up to do. I’ll add the missing Torchwood episodes when I do my “Runaway Bride” entry tomorrow afternoon. Here’s to an excellent Christmas and a Who-y New Year!
Careful now… that’s three excellent episodes almost running concurrently… four if you allow for certain weaknesses in the close of Countrycide. This was great to watch and actually proved even better on a second run through, because somehow I missed some of the details in the first viewing. Like the other good episodes in the…
