The final episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who comes to a conclusion this week with Hell Bent. Written by Steven Moffat this episode ties up most of the threads of the series, and serves as the last part in a trio of episode that began with Face the Raven, and continued with Heaven…
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Doctor Who (Peter Capaldi) – Last Christmas, and The Magician’s Apprentice
Steven Moffat pens the Christmas special that launched the ninth series, and the Doctor (Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) find themselves reunited on Christmas Day, 2014, for what may be their last Christmas. It seems there is something strange going on at an Arctic base, and as they try to figure out what is going…
Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – The Day of the Doctor, and The Time of The Doctor
The Day of the Doctor, the big 50th Anniversary episode of the iconic science fiction series was written by Steven Moffat and aired fifty years to the day after the premiere episode of The Unearthly Child, 23 November, 2013. The Doctor (Smith) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) are summoned by UNIT and their commander, Kate Stewart…
Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – The Big Bang and, A Christmas Carol
The fifth series of the relaunched Doctor Who comes to a close this week with The Big Bang. Penned by Steven Moffat, this episode is the conclusion of the season long arc featuring the cracks in space-time as well the resolution of the Pandorica cliffhanger from last week. The episode first aired on 26 June,…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – The End of Time
The End of Time. Better get my tissues again. I was a wreck when these two episodes originally aired on 25 December, 2009, and 1 January, 2010 respectively. Written by Russell T. Davies, the two -parter brings an end to Tennant’s time in the TARDIS. Running for as long as he can to prevent the…
Doctor Who (Colin Baker) – The Mysterious Planet
Season 23 gets underway this week with the season long story, Trial of a Time Lord. The first instalment, The Mysterious Planet, was written by Robert Holmes and aired from 6 to 27 September, 1986. The stories reverted back to twenty-five minute long episodes, and found the Doctor (Baker) being uncontrollably summoned to present themselves…
Doctor Who (Peter Davison) – Resurrection of the Daleks
This week in the TARDIS, we say goodbye to a Companion, and an old enemy returns. Resurrection of the Daleks, written by Eric Saward, this story was broken into two 45 minute episodes that ran from 8 to the 15 February, 1984. The time corridor that captured the TARDIS last week, deposits the Doctor…
Doctor Who (Peter Davison) – The Five Doctors
Neither part of season 20 or 21, The Five Doctors was originally a Children in Need special, featuring Davison’s Doctor as well as Tom Baker’s (shown through footage recorded for the unaired Shada, as the actor didn’t want to return), Jon Pertwee’s , Patrick Troughton’s and Richard Hurndall, standing in for William Hartnell’s. Airing…
Doctor Who (Peter Davison) – Mawdryn Undead
The beginning of the Black Guardian trilogy gets underway with this four-parter written by Peter Grimwade which aired from the 1 to 9 February 1983. The celebration of the Doctor’s (Davison) 20th year sees the return of the Black Guardian (Valentine Dyall), last seen in the Key to Time season arc, and Nicholas Courtney’s…
Doctor Who (Peter Davison) – Arc of Infinity
Season 20 (!) gets underway for the Doctor (Davison) this week, and each story this season has a nod back to the stories before it, as they celebrate the show’s anniversary. This four episode story ran from 3 to 12 January, 1983, and was written by Johnny Byrne, who brought back the ancient, villainous…
The Mind Reels 