Thin Ice

A solid historical romp, focusing yet again on the burgeoning friendship between the Doctor and Bill. Said friendship is given its first test, with Bill questioning the Doctor's past actions and morality. Thankfully, such conflict is solved organically and satisfactorily, allowing the episode to continue with foiling the plans of what is admittedly a one-note villain, whose only character trait is that he's racist. Still, the Doctor's punch w...

Doctor Who has taught us to be afraid of shadows, statues and...frowning? Smile - or die.

When Frank Cottrell-Boyce was announced as the writer of an episode of Series 10, I wasn’t particularly enamoured. Memories of his previous episode, Series 8’s In the Forest of the Night resurfaced, and I groaned at the thought o...

Doctor Who returns to our screens after spending a year in the Vortex. Perhaps it’s found its pilot?

A companion’s introductory episode is always quite exciting: what will they be like? How will they react to the Doctor? How will they react to the TARDIS? For newcomers to the show, they will get to experience all these things for the ...

The votes have been tallied, and the results for the ABC Whovians Awards are as follows:

Best Episode:

1. Heaven Sent

2. Face the Raven

3. The Magician's Apprentice

4. The Witch's Familiar

5. Hell Bent

6. The Zygon Inversion

7. The Girl Who Died

8. Under the Lake

9. The Zygon Invasion

10. The Woman Who Lived

11. Before the Flood

12. Sleep No More

Best Writer:...

The very best of Doctor Who one week, and some of the worst the next.

I can't think of another supposed 'two parter' that has polarised me as much as this one has. But honestly, I don't thin...

 Australian writer Sarah Dollard's Doctor Who debut is the episode with the Big Event.

It's rather curious that, considering how dangerous travelling with the Doctor appears to be, only a handful of companions have actually died while doing so. Adric's death in 1982 is the one everyone remembers, but there have been others as well - two in the 60s, and two...

Thanks to a very busy schedule, I've found myself significantly behind in reviews, for which I apologise. Not having the time to go back and do a full review for all the stories I've missed, I've combined them all into one and given a small overview for each. Full length reviews will recommence this week with Face the Raven.

Under the Lake/Before the Flood

A solid, atmospheric base-under-siege story with a nice time travel twist for the second half. ...

Doctor Who kicks of its 35th Season with the return of an old enemy.

It's funny how 2010's The Eleventh Hour has become the 'gold standard' for Doctor Who openers - the one episode that all subsequent ones are compared to so as to give an idea of their quality. It's not an unfair development either - I personally believe that The Eleventh Hour is ...

After a couple of weeks of voting, it's time to announce the results of the ABC Whovians Awards for Doctor Who Series 8! So, with no further ado, the results are as follows:

Best Story:

1. Listen

2. Mummy on the Orient Express

3. Time Heist

4. Deep Breath

5. Flatline

6. Into the Dalek

7. Dark Water/Death in Heaven

8. Robot of Sherwood

9. The Caretake...

Plot threads from Series 8 come to a head, and a few from Series 7 get a mention too.

Doctor Who finales are tricky things to write, and extremely hard to get right - so much so that I think only 3 finales have achieved true excellence (the Series 1, 5 and 7 finales). Two of those were written by current showrunner Steven Moffat, but can he repeat his succ...