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A Star Is Born (HOT TAKE: “Joy to the World”)
Season 5 Episode 40
Good God, what is happening in Joy to the World, possibly the most time-wimey Doctor Who Christmas special to date. We’d expect nothing less from Ste…
1 year, 3 months ago
A Wrinkle in Flesh Time (Enlightening “Four to Doomsday”)
Season 5 Episode 39
There's bad Doctor Who that makes you ROFL. There's bad Doctor Who that just leaves you baffled. And sometimes, if you're lucky, you find both in one…
1 year, 3 months ago
Nonrapid Transit (Jackknifing “Gridlock”)
Season 5 Episode 38
“Stuck in traffic for ages” may be the most mundane sci-fi concept Doctor Who has ever offered. Yet Gridlock shines through the smog, even though we …
1 year, 3 months ago
Get Back (Reversing “The Edge of Destruction”)
Season 5 Episode 37
In a sense, Doctor Who delivered its scariest story ever on its third outing. There’s something truly unsettling about The Edge of Destruction, espec…
1 year, 4 months ago
Axis of Medieval (Besieging “The Time Warrior”)
Season 5 Episode 36
Did New Who start in 2005 … or 1973? The Time Warrior fell from the stars with a surprising number of firsts for a show in its 11th year: not just th…
1 year, 4 months ago
Repeater Capaldi (Confessing “Heaven Sent”)
Season 5 Episode 35
If we didn’t know better, we’d say we’ve been waiting to talk about this Peter Capaldi episode for 7,000 years. Or is it two billion? Time seems to d…
1 year, 5 months ago
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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago