Guilty Pleasures #36 - Time Month - Day of the Doctor

Note: The Bulk of this review was written shortly before the passing of John Hurt. I have made minor alterations since but my opinion of this special is unchanged

It’s time Month!

And I’m still not recovered from Time Shifter’s awfulness I need something half decent to review.

Of course! Doctor Who is staple when it comes to time travel and the like, so tackling something like Doctor Who is an inevitable part of the month. And where Steven Moffat tends to excel is using time tricks in writing episodes, rather than just using the ability of time travel to have an episode set anywhere and any when.

Day of the Doctor uses a couple of those time tricks, it was also a special that celebrated the 50^th Anniversary of Doctor Who, so it’s worth taking a look.

#32 Doctor Who - Kill the Moon

Thought this was going to be a 4 issue test of Doctor Strange? Well unfortunately #4 arrived later than I'd anticipated and I didn't know if I'd get it done in time. This one has been ready to go for a while, so dive into my re-review of Doctor Who - Kill the Moon

It’s January, so it’s time to look at 2 Doctor Who episodes. The first might be familiar to long term fans of this blog because I reviewed it a year ago. The review consisted of me mostly laughing at a particular plot point which we’ll get to

So why this episode? Well, I’ve given the episode time to stir in my mind a bit, I’ve read and seen other reviews of the episode and there’s a hell of a lot more wrong with it than just the bullsh*t I was laughing at in my original review.

So, how much worse is it than I remember? It’s bad, really, really bad. Let’s take a look

Editorial: The Highs and Lows of Doctor Who series 9

Doctor Who completed it's 9th season and once again it's been a great season...ish, actually a stronger series than series 8. So, join me as we once again look at the top 5 highs and lows of Doctor Who series 9

Doctor Who Series 9 Finale Review - Hell Bent

We're here folks, the series finale of Doctor Who, I'll be doing another editorial on the best and worst things about this season soon but until then, here are my initial thoughts on Hell Bent

Doctor Who series 9 episodes 10-11 review - Face the Raven/Heaven Sent

So, this week we have the episode where Clara dies and the first part of the finale, let's take a look.

Doctor Who Series 9 Episodes 8-9 review - The Zygon Inversion/Sleep No More

OK, I'll get this out of the way first. This is a review blog. I'm not here to provide commentary on the atrocities that have occurred in the last few weeks (my condolences to anyone who lost someone in any of those attacks). In perspective, obviously my rage of a couple of episodes of a British TV show is relatively small potatoes. But I do so, with some comedic intent, hope it might make someone smile.

With that said, let's take a look at one of the best and one of the worst episodes this season of Doctor Who with The Zygon Inversion and Sleep no more

Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 7 review - The Zygon Invasion

Well, who would’ve thought arranging a peace treaty between humans and Zygons would end in disaster

Ah, yeah…

Doctor Who Series 9 Episodes 5-6 review - The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived

Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 4 - Before the Flood review

Ah, Moffatt era, your isms are all over this episode, don’t ever change, not that you ever have before.

Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 3 review - Under the Lake

It’s time for Moffatt to explore a more horror element, and this is where he tends to excel, are we in for something interesting here.

Doctor Who Series 9 episode 2 review - The Witch's Familiar

Not really got any introductory blurb for this one so... Let's take a look

Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 1 review - The Magician's Apprentice

Doctor Who is back on the telly with a 9^th season. With Peter Capaldi in the chair as the Doctor, Jenna Coleman playing Clara and Missy being back as well, we’re in for a wild ride.

Guilty Pleasures #11 - Doctor Who: Last Christmas

 

I have a love-hate relationship with Doctor Who in general, but even more so with the Christmas specials. The first 2 were decent, the next 2 were terrible, let's not talk about The End of Time, A Christmas Carol was average, The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe was awful, The Snowmen was meh and the Time of the Doctor was disappointing.

So you can imagine my expectations were not high looking into Doctor Who: Last Christmas, especially since it promises the involvement of Santa. I'm not a big fan of the more silly episodes of the show, and with Santa involved I was expecting a silly episode, boy was I wrong.

This barely counts as a guilty pleasure, but I promised I'd do a long review, and it's certainly not a rage issues topic, so let's dig into Doctor Who: Last Christmas and see what capacity Santa can possibly serve in a serious story.

TV Month - Editorial: The Highs and Lows of Doctor Who series 8

Doctor Who has recently completed its 12 episode run for series 8 and it's been a great season... ish, so let's take a look back as I give my top 5 highs and my top 5 lows from series 8 of Doctor Who

TV Month - Doctor Who series 8 finale (episode 12) - Death in Heaven

So we're left with major revelations from the last episode, and the promise of some interesting ideas for this episode, so let's dig into Doctor Who - Death in Heaven, and see whether it lives up to it's hype.

TV Month - Doctor Who Episodes 10-11 reviews - In the Forest of the Night/Dark Water

In the third installment of TV Month, we'll be looking at the episode before the season finale and part 1 of the season finale of Doctor Who, big revelations so big spoilers ahead

Doctor Who Series 8 episodes 8-9 review - Mummy on the Orient Express/Flatline

It might be a day late, but here are my views of the latest 2 episodes of Doctor Who

Doctor Who Series 8 Episodes 6-7 Review - The Caretaker/Kill the moon

It's been a few days, but we're back, and we're looking at the last 2 episodes of Doctor Who

Doctor Who Series 8 episode 4 review - Listen

Time to look at the latest episode of Doctor Who, will it rise above the sh*t of Robot of Sherwood? Not gonna lie, it does, but it would be disturbing for it not to.

Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 3 - Robot of Sherwood review