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Doctor Who stories

In Space and Time, the Moff's's love of all things wibbly wobbly timey wimey crashes into his desire to cram Coupling-style sex comedy into Doctor Who …


Jul
06
2025
Story
213

In A Christmas Carol the Doctor displays a cavalier attitude towards terrifying children worthy of Robert Holmes …


Jul
05
2025

I recently discovered Led Zeppelin's 1970 Albert Hall performance …


Jun
01
2025
Story
212

It's all bollocks, of course, but it's hugely enjoyable bollocks …


Dec
22
2024
Story
211

James Corden may be the proverbial Marmite, but he, Daisy Haggard and especially Matt Smith are great in The Lodger …


Dec
21
2024
Story
210

Let's start with the important stuff: nobody in Vincent and the Doctor pronounces van Gogh correctly …


Dec
15
2024
Story
208

It's hard to say which is the bigger shock at the beginning of Amy's Choice: a heavily preggers Amy Pond or Rory's ponytail? …


Dec
08
2024
Story
207

The cast of The Vampires of Venice is graced by the late Helen McCrory and she is unsurprisingly rather wonderful as the Saturnyne Sister of the Water Rosanna Calvierri …


Dec
07
2024
Story
204

My son pointed out that one of the problems with The Beast Below is the lack of mystery in its opening scenes …


Nov
24
2024
Story
203

When I started this Doctor Who marathon, Matt Smith was still, for a few more weeks at least, the Doctor …


Nov
23
2024
Story
202

Bigger, louder and more bombastic seemed to have been RTD's guiding principle towards each of his twenty-first century Doctor Who finales …


Nov
04
2023

Do the Viperox 'decimate every world they encounter' or do 'they kill everything'? …


Oct
29
2023
Story
201

You might think that choosing to watch The Waters of Mars with my daughter shortly before running her a bath was not the brightest parenting idea I've ever had …


Oct
28
2023

Strictly speaking untitled, but generally referred to as "Tonight's the Night", this mini-episode is just a bit of fun, of course …


Sep
03
2023
Story
200

I've been re-reading The Stand recently, so I was acutely aware of Planet of the Dead's obvious use of the Magical Negro trope …


Sep
02
2023

Doctor Who was riding high in the summer of 2008 …


Jun
24
2023
Story
197

While it isn't exactly Threads, a post-apocalyptic Britain in which Donna doesn't meet the Doctor is certainly a grim 'un. …


Jun
11
2023
Story
196

I must admit to having not seen Hitchcock's Lifeboat …


Jun
10
2023
Story
195

The skeletons in spacesuits are perhaps the most visually memorable scare in Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead …


May
20
2023
Story
194

"Topping day, what? Spiffing. Top hole." …


May
07
2023
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