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DOCTOR WHO S06E06 “The Almost People”
Since Episode Two I had been bracing myself for the discovery that this whole season was either an alternate reality or a dream, either of which I would have hated. But this is so much better: a huge twist that somehow doesn’t invalidate what has come before. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E03 “The Curse of the Black Spot”
Honestly, I don’t have a lot of energy to spend on this thing: “The Curse of the Black Spot” (written by Steve Thompson) isn’t even going to be fun to crap all over. It’s not horrible, it’s just not much of anything at all. It’s a filler episode, a budget-controlling episode, a go-do-this-while-we’re-over-here-working-on-the-ones-that-matter episode. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E01–2 “The Impossible Astronaut” & “Day of the Moon”
Last year’s Doctor Who season opener, “The Eleventh Hour,” was—by coincidence and design—a good jumping-on point for the series. With this year’s season opener, on the other hand, Moffat seems to have different goals entirely, and “safe” is nowhere on the agenda. Continue reading
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