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If You Only Watch One Christmas Special…

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Christmas Specials are a fickle bunch…few of them really stand out, leaving most to be cheesy and hackneyed Christmas messages that end with an inexplicable snowfall. Since becoming a parent time around Christmas has become… Continue reading

Top 20 Matt Smith Doctor Who Moments

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It seems like so long ago, but there was a time that many feared for the future of Doctor Who as David Tennant was leaving the TARDIS controls behind, and an unknown young… Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Review: ‘The Day of the Doctor’

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Yeah, spoilers. After endless amounts of hype, speculation, merchandise and misinformation it has finally arrived – the 50th Anniversary Special episode of Doctor Who. Broadcast 50 years to the day as the pilot episode, An… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Vol. 11.8

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And done! Every episode reviewed! Now for some sleep before Day of the Doctor.  The Wedding of River Song  The sixth season of Doctor Who feels, on the whole, more a little cluttered. There… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 11.7

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The Girl Who Waited The Doctor takes Amy and Rory to Apalapucia a reputed holiday destination. What they don’t know is that a plague has already spread among the planet, and the population… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 11.6

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A Good Man Goes to War  With the reveal that Amy has been pregnant and kept in another location (with a ganger talking her place in the TARDIS, Rory launches into a violent… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 11.5

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So close… The Curse of the Black Spot After the madness surrounding the Pandorica and the Silence things seems to be back on track. Following a distress signal brings the Doctor and friends… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 11.4

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Five hours left to finish up the epic review marathon started a year ago! The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang   Show runner Steven Moffat described his intentions with this finale as being ‘big… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Vol. 11.3

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There’s still time to finish this… The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood In this adventure the Doctor, Amy and Rory intend to visit Rio de Janeiro but, as is often the case, the Doctor misses… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 11.2

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Still determined to finish this before Day of the Doctor  airs. The Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone Since their introduction in the now legendary episode Blink the Weeping Angels have become iconic. This is the… Continue reading