Tag: Doctor Who
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It was beautiful
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Marvel Cinematic Universe Series: Sad and Beautiful Relationship: River Song/The Doctor, Amy/Rory, Tony/Pepper Summary: With their TARDIS stuck in the New York paradox, Ashildr finds herself becoming part of the Doctor’s family in a way she had never imagined. Author’s Note: Originally published April 2020. Written for…
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Right Here
Fandoms: Doctor Who Relationship: River Song/The Doctor, Amy/Rory. Summary: Rory knows the moment which breaks him. Author’s Note: Coda to The Girl Who Waited. Content Warnings: Reference to canon events, mention of losing a child, grief/mourning. 1. Rory knows the moment that breaks him. It’s standing on one side of…
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Another Beginning
Fandoms: Doctor Who Relationship: River Song/The Doctor, Amy/Rory. Summary: River finds a mysterious blue book and considers the many beginnings she has had with the Doctor. Author’s Note: Missing scene from The Big Bang. Content Warnings: Reference to canon events. She’s digging in the soil of a planet somewhere in…
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Review: The Big Bang
Living up to expectations “The Big Bang” is a resounding finish to what has been a great season of Doctor Who under the new regime. Having left the story with the Doctor locked in the Pandorica, Amy dead, River trapped in the exploding TARDIS and Rory looking at a new life in…
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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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