Category: Doctor Who
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Before the Flood” (09.04, 2015)
Written by Toby Whithouse Directed by Daniel O’Hara For the second time this season we had a two-episode story arc. Historically, Doctor Who‘s stories have typically not been single-episodes contained, but the new series has been much more interested in single-episode arcs. Since Moffat has been in charge, there’s been a pattern for most seasons…
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Under the Lake” (09.03, 2015)
Written by Toby Whithouse Directed by Daniel O’Hara Okay, let’s get the inevitable sonic discussion out of the way . . . The Sonic Screwdriver has been a part of Doctor Who since at least very near the beginning back in 1963. However, it began life as a piece of alien technology that nonetheless actually…
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “The Witch’s Familiar” (09.02, 2015)
Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald We open this episode with Missy and Clara. Missy tells a story of how the Doctor escaped from robots programmed to kill him by using the energy of their attacks to recharge a teleport. While I enjoy Missy, there’s something very wrong about the way she tells…
