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Better Call Thal (Refrigerating “Planet of the Daleks”)
Season 5 Episode 34
Destination: not Skaro! “The Planet* of the Daleks” is Terry Nation’s anniversary rewrite of the classic Hartnell tale that kickstarted Doctor Who. I…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Hateful Eight Legs (Reincarnating “Planet of the Spiders”)
Season 5 Episode 33
A tear, Sarah Jane? The Third Doctor on his deathbed forbids it! We (and tear-friendly Fifteen) may look askance these days at the end of Planet of t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Forgotten Realm (Rectifying “The Girl Who Waited”)
Season 5 Episode 32
Just how dangerous is traveling with the Doctor? It’s a fair question after revisiting The Girl Who Waited, which looks surprisingly dark 13 years af…
1 year, 3 months ago
Island Time (Cast Interviews from Long Island Who)
Season 5 Episode 31
We shared a long, hot summer with Doctor Who, and we couldn't think of a better way to close it out than getting our TARDIS on at the 2024 Long Islan…
1 year, 4 months ago
Burning a New Leaf (Mulching “Terror of the Vervoids”)
Season 5 Episode 30
Terror of the Vervoids isn’t exactly the greatest Doctor Who story ever. Those plant-based villains were just … weird. But this bizarre aria from Col…
1 year, 4 months ago
Some Like It Scot (Reconstituting “Terror of the Zygons”)
Season 5 Episode 29
Och aye the noo, it’s Scottish stereotype Who! Terror of the Zygons, written by an actual Scot, really packs them in: bagpipes, kilts, haggis, Nessie…
1 year, 5 months ago
Better With Two (Trimming “Partners in Crime")
Season 5 Episode 28
We’d say Partners in Crime is the long-awaited rebirth of one of the best TARDIS teams ever, but that sounds way too dramatic for the Doctor and Donn…
1 year, 5 months ago
Battle of the Planets (Strafing “The Armageddon Factor”)
Season 5 Episode 27
It’s all been leading to this: The Key to Time season promised a big payoff, one that would assemble the most powerful artifact in the universe and p…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Dying Game (HOT TAKE: "Empire of Death")
Season 5 Episode 26
Is it getting dusty in here? “Empire of Death” delivers a canon bomb that changes 49 years of Doctor Who history, alongside an emotional twist at the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Wait of the World (HOT TAKE: "The Legend of Ruby Sunday")
Season 5 Episode 25
It’s official: The One Who Waits has been waiting since 1913 (or 1975, depending on the dating protocol). Everything’s gone a bit pyramid-shaped in “…
1 year, 6 months ago