Welcome to the “Ruediger-light” episode of this season’s Doctor Who recaps.
The plot is surprisingly simple and the story is rooted in concept and character.
“Forest of the Dead” is an episode that left me so thoroughly perplexed that I had to see it several times to even begin thinking I understood it.
The name Steven Moffat has been the stamp of quality on Doctor Who scripts over the past three seasons.
I’m sure I read an interview with Russell T Davies some time ago where he referred to “The Unicorn and The Wasp” as “the first comedy we’ve done.”
As a title, “The Doctor’s Daughter” conjures up exciting possibilities, but as an episode it leaves the viewer wanting more.
This is easily the best of the early season, two-part action spectacles Doctor Who has yet offered up.
The episode is a killer setup for this type of two-parter, which always grabs a couple pre-midseason slots.
“Planet of the Ood” is a really strange episode (and yes—I had to restrain myself from describing it as odd).
After more or less trashing “Voyage of the Damned” last week, it’d be all too easy to start a trend by picking apart Season Four’s first proper episode.
The annual Christmas specials are appetizers dished up to satiate diners between the seasonal main courses.
There are a lot of things to admire about Doctor Who’s audacious third season finale, “Last of the Time Lords.”
It’s difficult to discuss Doctor Who’s penultimate Season Three installment, “The Sound of Drums”, without also talking about the events of the episode that follow it.
If “Blink” was the perfect standalone episode of Doctor Who, then “Utopia” is just the opposite.
Before moving on to more important issues, let’s talk scarecrows.
It has a myriad of fascinating aspects marking it, but one of the most noteworthy is that it’s the first televised Doctor Who story based on a book.
It’d be all too easy to write off “The Lazarus Experiment” as Season Three’s transitional episode.
Any Dalek story that attempts such bold revisionism is bound to be a mixed bag, and this two-parter most certainly is.
In “The End of the World” Russell T Davies had the Doctor take Rose to the year 5 Billion to see the Earth explode.
“The Runaway Bride” is the second Christmas special of the new Doctor Who and it packs a special punch.