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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, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
Boy Story (HOT TAKE: "Rogue")
Season 5 Episode 24
Feeling Rogue-ish? This proud Regency romcom takes Who to places old and new, with enough charm and confidence to fill a shed. It’s a meta love lette…
1 year, 9 months ago
Happy Daze (Rockin’ “Delta and the Bannermen”)
Season 5 Episode 23
A trip to 1950s Earth to visit Disneyland? Ranking by stories that got our hopes up, Delta and the Bannermen is near top of the charts. But this is a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Blackest Mirror (HOT TAKE: "Dot and Bubble")
Season 5 Episode 22
It’s been subtle in the past, but Dot and Bubble is Doctor Who’s first overt homage to Black Mirror, the groundbreaking series that satirizes our rel…
1 year, 9 months ago
Isolation Game (HOT TAKE: "73 Yards")
Season 5 Episode 21
It might sound like a really spectacular field goal, but 73 Yards is one of the most unusual episodes of Doctor Who to date. With the Doctor missing,…
1 year, 10 months ago