Category:Doctor Who

Here we are then! past the half-way mark for this series and we’re into titles with an exc!amation mark – surely a slippery slope downwards from here on in!I tend to prefer the serious Who-storylines and so with the promise of the always-hilarious Lee Mack in the cast, I have a feeling this episode is …
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Oh dear! For me, this series is just going from bad to worse. Nothing wrong with the acting, it’s just the very simplistic scripts and the lack of any real tension to-date, resulting in truly FORGETTABLE episodes. The Media too, are now starting to ask questions about the Programme and its overall tone. Last week’s: …
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Well, we’re halfway through this series and for me so far, it’s all been a bit underwhelming – except last week’s, which was even worse with its Pantomime bad-guy, a plodding script and characters who I just don’t relate to) – a real snorefest! © BBC Well, let’s hope tonight’s episode is an improvement. I’ve deliberately …
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Ooo-err missus! As the title suggests, it’s not an episode to watch if you’ve any issues with spiders! More importantly though, four episodes in, did this story have legs? Well, the straight-into-the-title-sequence still takes a bit of getting used to, but that’ll pass, so back to the story itself. Unlike last week’s episode, this one …
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Episode 3 and the first period piece in this revamped ‘Who’. Tonight’s yarn revolved around the civil rights activist Rosa Parks and that pivotal moment in her life. A pretty engaging storyline followed with a fair number of tense moments. The music (that I was so indifferent about before) was perfectly suited in tonight’s episode …
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Ahh, another change – the title sequence was right at the front of the episode! I wasn’t expecting that! …and I think the new theme tune is growing on me too. The promise of these new episodes having more of a cinematic feel certainly played-out in this episode – the crash-landing space-ship in one of …
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Well, I can’t possibly compete with the amount of ‘stuff’ that going to be written about this pivotal episode – so I won’t!. The BBC had a good summary HERE on their news site of what the Critics said… First of all, there are some big changes all around! And I do mean BIG!! To …
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Today, the BBC proudly announced a new logo for Doctor Who – as you can see, they even made a movie about it! (Read the detail HERE). And, unusually, given that Whovians don’t like ANY change to their beloved programme, it was received pretty favourably – with one fan going totally OTT and tweeting… “THE …
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This short teaser-video appeared this morning on YouTube courtesy of Comic-Con 2017. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to …
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Well, I didn’t see that coming! I deliberately avoided all social media and any other communication (successfully) for around four hours and eventually caught up with the news when we got back about 8pm). Apparently, at 4.26pm, in amongst the tennis coverage, Sue Barker made the announcement, and that was followed by a short teaser-video. …
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Well, that caught me out! Just as I thought (together with most other Whovians) that I’d learn the identity of the actor playing Doctor Who nearer to the Christmas episode – this appeared just after EastEnders! So, it looks like all will be revealed on Sunday, after the Tennis Finals! Steve PalmerI got into blogging …
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Well, this is it! The final outing for Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Steven Moffat as Lead script-writer and Showrunner. No doubt, the Interweb will catch fire tonight at around 7.31pm, just after the series finale ends and (presumably) the current Doctor morphs into the new actor playing the next incarnation of the titular …
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Weird title though!Well, that was a good one! With so much going on, it was difficult to keep up – and if the pre-titles scene didn’t have Whovians everywhere reaching for their Twitter account, I don’t know what would have!!This was the penultimate episode for Peter Capaldi in the title role and also Steven Moffat …
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I really enjoyed this episode – the powerful message towards the end about fighting other peoples’ fights! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the …
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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ OK, I watched this whilst getting over a rather nasty virus and I was jet-lagged too! 😵‍💫 All-in-all, I found it at ‘OK’ episode, but nothing special. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of …
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Wow! Another great episode – and that’s the truth – although I did feel that the ending was a bit of an anti-climax. Still, at least the leaked images of the ‘regeneration scene’ have now been satisfactorily explained! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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Excellent! Best episode in a very long time… and what a cliff-hanger! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to …
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Wow! This was a good one – and I definitely think I’ll re-watch it! Another creepy episode (more than just scary) with twists and turns at every point. It seemed to start quite slowly, but then I learned it’s the first of a three-parter, so I can’t wait until next week’s episode. For me, this …
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I couldn’t watch this episode live as we were travelling back from Hull, so I watched it on Sunday. After last week’s more traditional Who-storyline, designed to have us regularly inspecting the backs of our sofas, this one tapped into TV’s current obsession with the undead and featured a yarn based around zombies – but …
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That’s more like it! A super-creepy storyline (thank goodness we’ve got a sofa!), incredible SFX and superb acting all round! Loved it!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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Well, that makes a change, I actually watched it live tonight! I do tend to prefer stories set in the past rather than the future, so I was really looking forward to this one – but, disappointingly, it most definitely DIDN’T do it for me! I’m not sure why. The acting was fine, the storyline, …
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So, here we are at episode TWO of the new series – and after last week’s generally favourable views from the majority of critics, I wondered what this week’s story would bring? I carefully avoided all the overnight reviews as I saved this episode to watch it on Sunday via Sky Q. Generally speaking Who …
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Doctor Who fans: Don’t blink!Non-Doctor Who fans – look away now! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be …
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How weird..! Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes meet! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination …
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Not long to wait… “Let’s Kill Hitler!” 😮 (Provocative title ehh?!?! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be …
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As all good Whovians know, the series now takes a break mid-season (very American!) – and what a cliff-hanger. For me, it was about the best episode (since the last time I said ‘it was the best episode’!) SM is certainly a more complex writer than RTD, and his stuff really does keep you on …
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