Tag: Steven Moffat
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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…
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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” “Dark Water” (08.11, 2014)
Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Rachel Talalay Everything in this episode seemed to be strong and interesting with one major flaw–it seemed that every scene was one step forward but the step was onto a rather narrow ledge. This episode opens with a cataclysmic event. Danny Pink is run down by a car, and…