Doctor Who: Torpid Adventure Reveals Descent into Stagnation
I think it’s pretty telling about the season as a whole when an episode like Empress of Mars, this week’s outing, is one of the best of the series.
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June 4, 2017
Doctor Who: Turgid Adventure Really Designates Imploding Season
Whew, team. I thought last week was bad, but we’ve reached a new season low with this week’s episode of Doctor Who.
This jacket is FUCKING GREAT though, in all fairness. 10/10 would smash
May 28, 2017
Doctor Who: Thunderingly Awful – Reviewer Dissects Intolerable Showrunner
Alright, let’s get into this. This review is going to be savage and long, so get yourself a cup of tea and a biscuit and we’ll get into it.
May 20, 2017
Doctor Who: Totally Arduous to Really Define Initial Section
Well, that’s me shown. After complaining last week that the show was becoming somewhat forgettable, Doctor Who hit back with an episode that’s going to be niggling at the back of my head for weeks.
May 14, 2017
Doctor Who: Totally Average Run Deserves Indifferent Shrug
Meh.
This review is later than usual, and it’s not just because it was Eurovision last night and I’m consequently a bit hungover. No, it’s because, once more, this week’s episode left me as cold as the vacuum of space and as bland as every one of the supporting cast.
May 6, 2017
Doctor Who: Termite Adversaries Roam Despite Issues with Story
I think before I get into the normal review, it’s worth saying that, for the forty-four minute runtime of this episode, I really enjoyed Knock Knock. It can be hard to disengage critical brain sometimes, but I happily clicked over into being a regular-ass viewer and it was wonderful. I can get so caught up in the nit-picking and continuity and outright disgust for specific episodes that it can be hard to just appreciate an outing for what it is, but Knock Knock had me damn well entertained. I want that on record, because it’s been a while since I could say that and mean it.
April 30, 2017
Doctor Who: Thin Adventure Reveals Doctor’s Indifferent Sadism
Well, tits.
It’s time for the yearly review that I open with the reminder of the fact that yes, I really do love Doctor Who. DW is one of my precious baby shows, with episodes that I’ve watched literally dozens of times over with aplomb and adoration. I’ve always known it’s had it’s faults, but I do adore it. I get a lot of people assuming I review Doctor Who for the same reasons I review, say, American Horror Story; because I love to point and laugh and shriek and dance around the wreckage of every episode. But I don’t. I love this show, I do, and every week I go into new episodes with an earnest smile and an eye out for the good bits of each forty-minute outing.
April 22, 2017
Doctor Who: Tenaciously Average, Relentlessly Dull, Irritatingly Standard
You know, I didn’t think a lot about last week’s season premiere, The Pilot, in the time between that episode and this one. I mean, that probably is a good sign – with episodes I hate, I find myself washing dishes three days later and quietly fuming over some tiny plot-hole that I’ve just realized exists. But I ended up half-forgetting that the show had even come back, with the episode’s inconsequential plot and relative alrightness being neatly filed away in my head, not to be thought of again. Coming into Smile, the second episode of the season, I couldn’t help but hope for something a little more memorable, even if it was more flawed; something I could actually get my teeth into and enjoy reviewing.
April 16, 2017
Doctor Who: Throwaway Aside- Really Delightful Introduction to Sidekick
So, here we are: season ten of Doctor Who has finally hit our screens, and it’s time for me to pick up the solemn blogging mantle once again.
On a side note, I loved everything Pearl Mackie wore this episode, especially this hat.
December 26, 2016
Doctor Who Review: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
An episode of Doctor Who in which no-one mentioned Clara: truly, it’s a Christmas miracle.
Nah, but seriously though: happy holidays one and all, and I hope you spent Christmas in the traditional haze of drunken, overfull perma-lounging. And, of course, with Christmas comes the Doctor Who Christmas special.
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