******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Actor Ncuti Gatwa blasted his way into Doctor Who lore following his pioneering ‘bi-generation’ from David Tennant‘s resurrected Doctor in “The Giggle,” the last of several Doctor Who specials from 2023. The returning Tennant’s three specials and Gatwa’s introduction marked the returns of producer Russell T. Davies, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and classic…
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Doctor Who, S2.1: “The Robot Revolution” is standard issue Who…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** With the return of former showrunner Russell T. Davies, “Doctor Who” was due for a much-needed regeneration after several years of mediocre scripting and missed opportunities under previous showrunner Chris Chibnall. However, last year’s batch of eight new episodes under Davies weren’t necessarily the franchise’s best, and with a few that were just…
Checking into the latest Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Joy to the Worlds” (2024) …
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Okay, I know I’m very late to the party on this one (by nearly two weeks or so), but the holidays have been very busy for my wife and I (see: my last post on the “Duran Duran” concert in Las Vegas), so without further ado, let’s check into the ‘Time Hotel’ of…
BBC/Disney’s “Doctor Who”; a fourteenth series overview…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** With new Disney money flowing into this 61-year old series, BBC’s “Doctor Who” just wrapped its 14th series/season—or 40th, if you’re a completist. A newly bi-generated Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) has a new (temporary) companion, Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson). Orphan Ruby’s arc was more or less completed at the end of the run. A…
Actor William Russell (1924-2024) will be remembered across time and (relative dimensions in) space…
Yesterday, I learned of the sad passing of a Doctor Who original cast member, and it brought me back to 2019, when my wife and I attended the “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles. Beyond being a Doctor Who fan, one of my motivations for attending was special guest, William Russell, the actor…
Doctor Who Special #4: “The Church on Ruby Road” is a refreshing restart…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Last we saw the new Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), he’d just ‘bi-generated’ from the 14th Doctor (David Tennant) atop UNIT Headquarters as they battled the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris) together in Special #3: “The Giggle.” With Doctor 14 surviving the split and living in a state of semi-retirement with the Noble family, this 15th Doctor…
Doctor Who Special #3: “The Giggle” wins the game…
After last week’s bizarre, creepy voyage to the end of spacetime (“Into the Wild Blue Yonder”) the third of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebration specials brings it home with the return of a classic Doctor Who villain (one not seen since the Hartnell era), a uniquely Doctor Who-style apocalypse, and of course, the introduction…
“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: “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…
“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…