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Hospital Food (Regurgitating “The Tsuranga Conundrum”)
Season 4 Episode 17
If you’re going to attempt a tense thriller in Doctor Who, sometimes the horror can get really intense, such as in The Waters of Mars. And sometimes…
2 years, 11 months ago
Jones and Smith (Courting “The Doctor’s Wife,” with guest Dave Kitchen)
Season 4 Episode 16
When is a TARDIS not a TARDIS? When it’s a bitey mad lady, of course. Yes, The Doctor's Wife shows a side of the show’s signature blue box that we’ve…
2 years, 11 months ago
Invasion Inception (Thwarting “The Invasion of Time”)
Season 4 Episode 15
You’ve got to hand it to the Doctor — he’s single-handedly saved Gallifrey almost as many times as the Earth, and The Invasion of Time even lets him …
2 years, 11 months ago
Who Counts as a True Companion?
Season 4 Episode 14
It’s a long-debated subject among Doctor Who fans: Who counts as a companion? It used to be that traveling in the TARDS, typically across different s…
2 years, 11 months ago
Treasure Flap (Pillaging “The Smugglers”)
Season 4 Episode 13
In the new series, it’s customary to offer freshly onboarded TARDIS crewmembers a choice: Would you like to go to the future or the past? Back in the…
2 years, 11 months ago
One Really Small Step (Eclipsing “Kill the Moon”)
Season 4 Episode 12
“Fearlessly bonkers” is how director Paul Wilmshurst described Kill the Moon, a — shall we say ambitious? — episode of Doctor Who that presumes the m…
3 years ago
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…
3 years 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…
3 years 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…
3 years 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 …
3 years, 1 month ago