*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!***** A new Doctor Who “Children In Need” charity special titled “Destination: Skaro” debuted this week. In this seven-minute short, a freshly-regenerated Doctor (Tenth Doctor David Tennant, returning to the role) accidentally makes a brief crash landing on the planet Skaro at a pivotal, foreboding moment in the planet’s history; the unveiling of the…
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“The Power of the Doctor” relies heavily upon Doctor Who’s history and lore…
*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** I just watched the latest Doctor Who special, “The Power of the Doctor,” and I’m not entirely sure what is that I just saw. I’m aware of a 90-minute story involving Daleks and CyberMasters (that name sounds like hi-tech exercise equipment) teaming up with the Master himself to activate all of Earth’s volcanoes…
Doctor Who: “Legend of the Sea Devils” never quite gets its sea legs…
****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** I really wanted to like this one. So help me, I was genuinely enthused at the prospect of seeing the Sea Devils (one of the coolest looking Doctor Who adversaries) back in action for the first time since the Jon Pertwee and Peter Davison eras (“The Sea Devils” and “Warriors of the Deep”,…
Doctor Who: “Eve of the Daleks” gets back to basics…
*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Doctor Who’s New Year’s Day episode, “Eve of the Daleks”, directed by Annetta Laufer and written by current producer/showrunner Chris Chibnall, has aired. While the current run of Doctor Who will be the last under Chris Chibnall before the return of Russell T. Davies in 2023, I’m pleased to write that “Eve of…
Doctor Who: “The Halloween Apocalypse” kicks off the “Flux” event…
*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Something Old, Someone New. Fresh off the news that former producer/writer/showrunner Russell T. Davies is returning to the “Doctor Who” franchise, current producer/writer/showrunner Chris Chibnall returns for a six-episode event called “The Flux,” which began on Halloween night with Episode 1, titled (appropriately enough) “The Halloween Apocalypse.” This was our first look at…
“Fantastic!” Russell T. Davies returns to “Doctor Who”…
Davies and the Debut of New Who. Very recently, I wrote about my anticipation of Doctor Who’s much maligned (and short-lived) resurrection in 1996 with the “Doctor Who: TV Movie,” starring the talented Paul McGann as the Doctor. While that attempt to bring the Doctor back to the airwaves ultimately wasn’t successful, it did manage…
“Doctor Who: The TV Movie” (1996): Bridging the classic and modern eras…
*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Left My Hearts in San Francisco… In May of 1996, after a 7 year drought of Doctor Who (which was last broadcast in the US on PBS), I was set to enjoy an all-new Doctor Who adventure. This would be a single TV-movie, acting as a pilot episode, which would air in the…
DisneyPlus’ “Loki” takes a time-traveling leap into Marvel’s mischievous prankster…
Caveats and Chaos. A couple of caveats to this column. First, to my regular readers (I’m grateful for each of you) I want to apologize for the slower influx of fresh content lately. My little house in the ‘burbs has been plagued with a solid month of plumbing/electrical issues, and has only returned to something…