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DOCTOR WHO S07E12 “The Crimson Horror”
A review of DOCTOR WHO 7×12, “The Crimson Horror,” written by Mark Gatiss. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E11 “Journey to the Center of the TARDIS”
A review of DOCTOR WHO 7×11, “Journey to the Center of the TARDIS,” written by Steve Thompson. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E10 “Hide”
A review of DOCTOR WHO 7×10, “Hide,” written by Neil Cross, directed by Jamie Payne. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E09 “Cold War”
A review of DOCTOR WHO 7×09, “Cold War,” by Mark Gatiss. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E08 “The Rings of Akhaten”
A review of DOCTOR WHO 7×08, “The Rings of Akhaten,” written by Neil Cross, directed by Farren Blackburn. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E07 “The Bells of Saint John”
We return to our ongoing coverage of DOCTOR WHO with a review of S07E07, “The Bells of Saint John,” written by Steven Moffat and directed by Colm McCarthy. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E06
“The Snowmen”
A review of “The Snowmen,” the 2012 DOCTOR WHO Christmas Special. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E05 “The Angels Take Manhattan”
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Amelia Pond… Continue reading
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ELEMENTARY (TV Review)
CBS is not even attempting to make the Sherlock Holmes story fresh: that is not the point. All they are trying to do is to use the Sherlock Holmes brand, cynically, to make us interested in yet another formulaic, cookie-cutter crime drama. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E04 “The Power of Three”
At this point in the season—with only one episode left before the hiatus, and only one more week before the Parting of the Ponds—an entry like “The Power of Three” represents a wasted opportunity on an epic scale. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E03 “A Town Called Mercy”
“A Town Called Mercy” is an excellent reminder that it is possible to use the tropes of genre adventure to explore fairly complex ethical dilemmas. In fact, that’s one of the things that Doctor Who does best. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E02 “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”
If “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” turns out to be the weakest episode of Series 7, we can count ourselves lucky—parts of it were tremendous fun, and it had just enough substance to save it from total irrelevancy—but it is both overstuffed and undercooked. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S07E01 “Asylum of the Daleks”
Welcome back to our continuing coverage of Doctor Who. I’ll be reviewing every episode of Series 7, the first five of which will air Saturday evenings at 9/8c throughout September on BBC America. (My goal is to post each review … Continue reading
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THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin—though an undeniably impressive technical achievement—is never quite as much fun as it should be…The result is a gorgeous, frenetic adventure that children might enjoy, and animation aficionados might admire, but which no one will ever really love. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO – 2011 Christmas Special “The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe”
It was The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, with a touch of A Wrinkle in Time, and just a hint of Aliens at the end. It was charming, and funny, and a wonderful way for families to spend an hour in front of the television on Christmas Night. It just wasn’t very Doctor Who. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E13 “The Wedding of River Song”
Sometimes, the most surprising place we can find ourselves is exactly where we expected to be. “The Wedding of River Song,” the grand finale of the 2011 season of Doctor Who, is long on spectacle, but short on revelation. By its conclusion, however, we are well-positioned to move forward towards something very different indeed. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E12 “Closing Time”
“Closing Time,” written by Gareth Roberts as a sequel to his 2010 story “The Lodger,” gives us a welcome breather between the emotional sturm und drang of the previous two entries and next week’s grand finale. More than that, however, the episode provides a turning point for the season: instead of piling still more guilt on the Doctor, Moffat and Co. begin to shake off the cumulative darkness of the previous few episodes, and start moving us back towards a more joyous, edifying vision of the Doctor we know and love. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E11 “The God Complex”
This is the Doctor’s fear: the people he likes that he cannot save; the people he loves but can’t protect; the confrontation with his own limitations; the reminder that he is better off alone. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E10 “The Girl Who Waited”
Make no mistake, “The Girl Who Waited” is essential Doctor Who, and its themes echo and ripple throughout the past and future of this entire franchise in dark and troubling ways. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E09 “Night Terrors”
We might recognize “Night Terrors” as something of a low-budget filler episode, but I have a feeling that the young children who watched it on Saturday night from behind their sofas may remember it as an absolute classic: an episode that scared them, and comforted them, and told them exactly what they needed to hear. Continue reading
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DOCTOR WHO S06E07 “A Good Man Goes to War”
Ladies, gentlemen, and others: when you get a moment to catch your breath—when you come down from some seriously understandable geeking out, and recover from the adrenaline rush of having watched what felt like a full-length epic movie concentrated into 50 minutes of near perfection—take a moment to consider that what we have just experienced is not only one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever, but also one of the most important. Continue reading
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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 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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DOCTOR WHO An Introduction
I doubt anyone involved in the creation of Doctor Who would have predicted that the show would be thriving well into the new millennium, but—whether by accident or intention—there’s no denying that they built this show to last. Continue reading
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