Category Archives: SERIES 3 REVIEWS

Self-proclaimed Earthonomist Mister Copper is heard to say mid-point through this year’s festive special that ‘Christmas is a celebration of violence’. Having viewed RTD’s latest efforts I’m in no position to argue the negative. (spoilers follow)

They (well… he) said it would never happen, but finally we get our first multi-doctor story of the new series in the form of the Children in Need special, Time Crash. And what a lot of fun it was too. Davison … Continue reading →

Dum-dum-dum-dum…. Funny how those four words are such an important element of the final episode of Series 3, and yet they’re also the words that have been escaping the lips of fans all over the world in its wake. I went into … Continue reading →

The end of the Universe. We’ve been here before, haven’t we? There’s a sense of deja vu that permeates Utopia, and yet despite its location, its familiar director (who, it must be said, does a reliably excellent job here), a quarry … Continue reading →

Steven Moffat is a genius, and by now it must be very unlikely that anyone would dispute that.  His contributions to the last two years of Doctor Who have produced the very best stories which the new series has to … Continue reading →

If most of us spent a large amount of Human Nature looking for the Doctor in John Smith, then The Family of Blood proved a very slow reveal indeed. There are two reasons for this: first of all Cornell had … Continue reading →

There are a number of fans who might once have said that you can’t turn a New Adventure into a television programme; that such stories belong in their own time and place, contextually removed from the series by readership, maturity and the eagerness … Continue reading →

  This story comes across a little like a reality TV programme set in hell. Contestants are forced to cooperate and battle for their survival against a relentlessly ticking clock, extreme physical tests, rogue team mates and, yes, general knowledge … Continue reading →

If there’s one hang-up I have at the moment that just won’t go away it’s Baby Boomers. Can’t stand ’em. Born into a fully-operating welfare state, brought up on milk in schools, served the best era of rock and roll, and the … Continue reading →