Tag: Jenna Coleman
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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” “Death in Heaven” (08.12, 2014)
Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Rachel Talalay I’m not a fan of the Cybermen. I’m not a fan of UNIT or the Doctor’s relationship to it. Still, the Master is my favorite villain, so I thought this had a chance. I was wrong. It’s the kind of overly militaristic, far-too-fight-heavy, extremely overblown episode that…
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TV Episode Review: “Doctor Who” “Kill the Moon” (08.07, 2014)
Written by Peter Harness Directed by Paul Wilmshurst The conceit of this episode is fairly simple: the moon is actually a giant egg that hatches some sort of giant space dragon that is forcing its way out in 2049. The Doctor arrives with Clara and Courtney Woods (the troublemaking student we met last episode) in…
