Tag: Peter Capaldi
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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” “In the Forest of the Night” (08.10, 2014)
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce Directed by Sheree Folkson Since “Listen,” this season has really spiraled badly. It has lost track of the show’s usual mix of logic and science with magic and wonder, favoring the latter to such an extent that it has become absurd. It has lost track of any sense of Clara’s…
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