Category: Reviews
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Review: The Pandorica Opens
A trap which is worth springing With only the finale ahead, this epic first part sets up the prospect for a wonderful finish to the Eleventh Doctor’s first season. “The Pandorica Opens” is a fantastic treat as threads from previous episodes are used to weave a larger tapestry, one in…
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Review: The Lodger
Candy-floss – sugary and insubstantial On the surface, “The Lodger” is a fairly light-hearted romp as Amy gets stuck in the TARDIS and the Doctor gets stuck on Earth having to pass as human to his new landlord, Craig (James Corden), so he can fix the broken time-ship stuck on…
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Review: Vincent and the Doctor
The epitome of Doctor Who & outstanding art This has to have been one of the most emotional episodes of Doctor Who I’ve ever seen. Following the heartbreaking episode of “Cold Blood” (31.09) and the loss of Rory, “Vincent and the Doctor” deals with the tragic life of Vincent Van Gogh on…
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Review: Cold Blood
Average in every way “Cold Blood” concludes the story which began in its predecessor “The Hungry Earth” and is infinitely more interesting in terms of the ideas it explores as the Doctor fails to broker a peace between the Silurians and humans due to hostility and death on both sides.…
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Review: The Hungry Earth
A dull affair which irritates and frustrates In many ways I found “The Hungry Earth” extremely frustrating. It definitely suffers from being the first in a two-part story for me even if it does its job as the Doctor and his companions end up in Wales just as a mining…
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Review: Amy’s Choice
Dream Lord twists for a special ending “Dark, intriguing and almost too clever for its own good” could be a description of the Dream Lord who turns up to torture our erstwhile heroes in “Amy’s Choice,” but this is in fact more of a comment about the whole episode. As…
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Review: Vampires in Venice
An enjoyable vampiric romp Have I mentioned that I love the humor of this season of Doctor Who? “Vampires in Venice” sees the Doctor taking Rory and Amy to Venice so they can have a date only to come across a school of what appear to be vampires, only of course…
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Review: Flesh and Stone
A poor ending to a brilliant beginning I have to admit that it’s rare that I await the second part of a story with the nail-biting anticipation with which I awaited “Flesh and Stone,” conclusion to the excellent “The Time of Angels” (311.04). The question is: was this second part…
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Review: The Time of the Angels
Great entertainment as the Angels deliver again After the so-so third episode, the series needed a fantastic fourth to get back on track, and “The Time of Angels” delivered on every level. From the brilliant opening with the Doctor rescuing River Song to the dramatic cliff-hanger of being trapped by an…
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Review: Victory of the Daleks
It’s terrible I really wanted to like this third installment of the Eleventh Doctor’s adventures, and there was much to be hopeful for given the trailers: the rich historical background of England in the Blitz, and the Doctor going up against his oldest enemy. Unfortunately, none of that was enough…
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