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Safe Arbor (Cultivating "In the Forest of the Night")
Season 3 Episode 3
What do trees, the end of human civilization, and the psychological trauma of losing a family member all have in common? They're all ostensibly what …
3 years, 11 months ago
Trouble in Store (Reopening "Closing Time")
Season 3
If there was ever a companion who wasn't a companion, it's Craig. He might not have ever traveled in the TARDIS, but he still somehow made his way in…
3 years, 11 months ago
Kingdom of the Insidious Skull (Exorcising "Image of the Fendahl")
Season 3 Episode 2
An ancient evil. Misguided scientists. If you're thinking, "Oh, we simply have to get these guys together," you might be a Doctor Who writer from the…
4 years ago
Copy That (Echoing "Midnight")
Season 2 Episode 26
When either the Doctor or his companion takes a break for an episode, you know you're in for something unusual. That's what you get with Midnight, an…
4 years ago
This Is Maggot Country (Sanitizing "The Green Death")
Season 2 Episode 25
If you were looking for a single Doctor Who serial that encapsulates virtually all of the sci-fi tropes of the '70s — giant bugs, an evil sentient co…
4 years ago
Creep of Faith (Divining "The God Complex")
Season 2 Episode 24
Doctor Who has a reputation for frightening its audience, but is it just as good if it creeps the hell out of them instead? That might be the most ap…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hybrid Theory (Disentangling "Hell Bent")
Season 2 Episode 23
When a show like Doctor Who starts talking about a hybrid, you can bet it's not talking about the latest Prius. Peter Capaldi's second season cooked …
4 years, 1 month ago
All Thirteen (Honoring "The Day of the Doctor," with guest Alisa Stern)
Season 2 Episode 22
Is "The Day of the Doctor" a great Doctor Who episode or the greatest Doctor Who episode? It sounds like a tongue-in-cheek question, but in the case …
4 years, 2 months ago
Must Flee TV (Binging "The Idiot's Lantern")
Season 2 Episode 21
A TV show that turns television itself into a monster? That's got potential. But if you're waiting for "The Idiot's Lantern" to deliver on that poten…
4 years, 2 months ago
A Little Bird Killed Me (Facing "Face the Raven")
Season 2 Episode 20
Companions come and companions go, but very few companions die. At least, death tends not to be the preferred exit from traveling with the Doctor, bu…
4 years, 3 months ago