Doctor Who Series 9 Archives

Doctor Who: ‘Heaven Sent, Hell Bent’ A Long Kiss Goodnight

December 7, 2015

The first of the two part finale of Doctor Who Series 9, Heaven Sent, was one of the most superb episodes of the New Who era. Darkly philosophical, mind-bending and terrifying, the Doctor is trapped in an endle... Read More...

Doctor Who: Spoiling the Raven

Olga Hughes

November 23, 2015

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Spoilers! Why BBC decided it was necessary to 'reveal' the ending of Face the Raven on Saturday well ahead of air time, Saturday evening here, Saturday morning in the UK, is a complete mystery. Perhaps they ... Read More...

Doctor Who Sleep No More Top Ten

Olga Hughes

November 16, 2015

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Spoilers Ahead You must not watch this Mark Gatiss's latest contribution to the Doctor Who canon is a 'found footage' episode. When effectively used in the genre, found footage and horror are a marriage m... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Zygon Inversion Top Three

Olga Hughes

November 9, 2015

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Steven Moffat and Peter Harness’s The Zygon Invasion had something to say. The follow-up, The Zygon Inversion, has established the tale of the Zygons immigrating to planet Earth as one of the bravest, boldest a... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion Top Ten

Olga Hughes

November 2, 2015

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Spoilers ahead... Steven Moffat and Peter Harness's The Zygon Invasion certainly had something to say. This is classic allegorical storytelling that strikes directly at current issues; xenophobia, particular... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived Top Ten

Olga Hughes

October 26, 2015

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Spoilers ahead... I am Me I call myself Me. All the other names I chose died with whoever knew me. Me is who I am now. No-one's mother, daughter, wife. My own companion. Singular. Unattached. Alone. The Wo... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died Top Ten

Olga Hughes

October 19, 2015

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No, no, not Vikings. I'm not in the mood for Vikings... Take that, sonic shades (although I am sure they won't give up that easily). A killer scene to follow the opening sequence. Ashildr Young Maisie Wi... Read More...

Doctor Who: Before the Flood Top Ten

Olga Hughes

October 12, 2015

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Spoilers Ahead! ...this is called "The Bootstrap Paradox". Google it So there's this man. He has a time machine. Up and down history he goes, zip zip zip zip zip, getting into scrapes. Another thing he has ... Read More...

Doctor Who: Under The Lake Top Ten

Olga Hughes

October 5, 2015

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Spilers ahead! Ghosts! Ghosts are usually not the scariest of monsters in the genre, and they're very often used as preternatural messengers of sorts. So the ghosts on The Drum are fulfilling a traditiona... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Witch’s Familiar Top Ten

Olga Hughes

September 28, 2015

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Spoilers! Death is For Other People Dear Well, we certainly weren't left in suspense wondering how Clara and Missy would get out of being Exterminated. And it actually was just another teleportation trick... Read More...

Doctor Who: The Magician’s Apprentice Top Ten

Olga Hughes

September 21, 2015

Whovian News

Spoilers Ahead! Continuity Be Damned Let's stretch believability to its very extremities. The combination of Steven Moffat's typically ambitious retcon and Hettie MacDonald's superb space-opera cinematogr... Read More...

Doctor Who: For Series 9 Peter Capaldi Tries Patrick Troughton’s Trousers

C S Hughes

April 2, 2015

Whovian News

Terry Pratchett will tell you that reality is not based on the paradoxical circularities, deus ex machinas and gooey-wooey, wibbly-wobbly timey-wimeys, of Doctor Who, but rather a multiversical reality based on... Read More...

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