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Decoding the Codex (A Pull To Open Short Trip)
Season 4 Episode 11
The question of what constitutes a complete story in Doctor Who isn't a straightforward as it may seem. The issue actually first reared its rubber-ma…
2 years, 9 months ago
Bitter Dregs (Stranding “Orphan 55”)
Season 4 Episode 10
Orphan 55 stands apart from the rest of Doctor Who canon in two key ways: First, its idea of an indeterminate always-in-flux future is at odds with v…
2 years, 9 months ago
Robot Roll Call (Fulfilling “Destiny of the Daleks”)
Season 4 Episode 9
Is there a story that gets the Daleks wrong more than Destiny of the Daleks? While Douglas Adams’ run on Doctor Who as script editor is revered for m…
2 years, 10 months ago
UNIT on the Brain (Rethinking “The Mind of Evil”)
Season 4 Episode 8
If you tuned into Doctor Who in the early ’70s, chances are you saw Jon Pertwee in a colorful tuxedo arguing with the Brigadier and UNIT on the best …
2 years, 10 months ago
Jurassic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Rerouting “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”)
Season 4 Episode 7
Time travel and dinosaurs — they go together like teeth and curls. Strange, then, that Doctor Who has only ventured on a rousing adventure with these…
2 years, 10 months ago
Last Time Lord Standing (Flooding “The Waters of Mars,” with guests from The Cloister Bell podcast)
Season 4 Episode 6
When the Doctor travels to the past he obviously has a great deal of foreknowledge about what’s taken place and, moreover, what must take place in or…
2 years, 10 months ago
Present Danger (Unwrapping “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”)
Season 4 Episode 5
Matt Smith’s Doctor is known for being a few notches higher on the Bonkers Scale than his predecessors, a measure that arguably reaches its peak in T…
2 years, 11 months ago
Last Faction Hero (Quelling “Revolution of the Daleks”)
Season 4 Episode 4
As Doctor Who’s ultimate monsters, the Daleks have been rebooted more times than a MacBook doing a janky system update. The most recent revamp came v…
2 years, 11 months ago
Threat Gala (Fertilizing “Black Orchid”)
Season 4 Episode 3
The Fifth Doctor’s cricket outfit seemed a bit random at first, but Black Orchid is the story that shows it’s more than just a signature look. In an …
2 years, 11 months ago
Game Controller (Pwning “The Celestial Toymaker”)
Season 4 Episode 2
Entering the pocket reality of a powerful entity that loves to play games isn’t something that happens every day, but if you’re a character on Doctor…
2 years, 11 months ago