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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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 months ago
The China Sin (Inspecting "The Talons of Weng-Chiang")
Season 2 Episode 19
Doctor Who is sometimes notable for the wrong reasons, and sometimes it's legendary for the right ones. But what about when it's both, and in the sam…
4 years, 6 months ago
On Air (Inhaling "Oxygen")
Season 2 Episode 18
If you're going to make an anticapitalist statement through a Doctor Who story, you've got your work cut out for you in making it distinct enough fro…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Planet of Theatricality (Savoring "The Androids of Tara")
Season 2 Episode 17
Even Time Lords need time off. After you've saved all of reality for the 117th time, it's refreshing to kick back and simply make sure the politics o…
4 years, 7 months ago
Antimatters of the Heart (Excavating "Planet of Evil")
Season 2 Episode 16
Got antimatter? If you don't, swing by Zeta Minor on the outskirts of the known universe, and Professor Sorenson can hook you up. Never mind the invi…
4 years, 7 months ago