Monthly Archives: June 2017

What Is Who?: Other Great Episodes

Posted on June 10, 2017 by awinslow001

“Hello, sweetie.”  If you liked Dalek, other notable villain episodes: Rise Of the Cybermen The Age Of Steel             This two-parter reestablishes the Doctor’s second most iconic foe, also mechanical and bent on totalitarianism. Rose is initially dating a sheepish … Continue reading →

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Heaven Sent

Posted on June 9, 2017 by awinslow001

“I can’t always do this. Why can’t I just lose?” Who is the Doctor from Gallifrey?             Heaven Sent has more answers to that than almost any Doctor Who story, revealed bit by bit as the Time Lord bares his … Continue reading →

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Mummy On the Orient Express

Posted on June 8, 2017 by awinslow001

“Shut up and give me some planets”            We jump into season eight with a semi-serialized, but fabulously creative monster of the week episode. In and of itself, that tentative mix of continuity and standalone was … Continue reading →

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The Day Of the Doctor

Posted on June 7, 2017 by awinslow001

“A man who regrets, and the man who forgets”            Being one of the longest-running TV shows in history, Doctor Who has an insane amount of continuity and mythology to build off of. Even with the new series being a … Continue reading →

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The Snowmen

Posted on June 6, 2017 by awinslow001

“He is not your salvation, nor your protector”            In its kid-friendly, old-fashioned ways, Doctor Who has long had a tradition of producing holiday or Christmas-themed episodes to air every December 25th. I would be remiss to not include one … Continue reading →

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The Doctor’s Wife

Posted on June 5, 2017 by awinslow001

“I always took you where you needed to go”             Other than the vague notion of his inner decency, the TARDIS (and the untamed adventure it hurtles him toward) is the only constant in the Doctor’s life and the one … Continue reading →

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The Lodger

Posted on June 4, 2017 by awinslow001

“Now, football’s the one with the sticks, isn’t it?”             Moffat’s scheming and Davies’ heartbreaking aside, the tone of Doctor Who is very whimsical. Its sense of humor is naturally quite British, alternating between withering deadpan and overt wackiness. That’s … Continue reading →

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Amy’s Choice

Posted on June 3, 2017 by awinslow001

“Why do dreams have to fade so quickly?”             Back in the Billie Piper era, I said that companions are the masterstroke of Doctor Who’s formula, and that bears repeating. More so than the villains or weekly story premises, they … Continue reading →

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The Eleventh Hour

Posted on June 2, 2017 by awinslow001

“Amy Pond, there’s something you better understand about me… I am definitely a madman with a box”             Honestly, the other entries in this feature don’t need to exist. Beyond mythology, continuity, character development and personal preference, there is only … Continue reading →

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Midnight

Posted on June 1, 2017 by awinslow001

“Because I’m clever!!!”             Midnight is an extreme episode. Especially by Russell T. Davies standards; this and a couple other hours show that he can do a depressing deconstruction of the show’s whimsical universe as well as Moffat. The locked-room … Continue reading →

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