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[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h] [i] [j] [k] [l] [m] [n] [o] [p] [q] [r] [s] [t] [u] [v] [w] [x] [y] [z] DOCTOR WHO - GRIDLOCK Sometimes it’s the little things in DOCTOR WHO that make you realise what a gift this series is and how lucky we are to have it back on our screens, f... Full Review DOCTOR WHO - CHILDREN IN NEED SPECIAL SEQUENCE
DOCTOR WHO’s association with the BBC’s annual fund-raising telethon CHILDREN IN NEED goes way back, encompassing the first UK broadcast of the 1983 t... Full Review DOCTOR WHO - DOOMSDAY
This second season of DOCTOR WHO has been a bold, wild ride. It’s been exhilarating, exciting, experimental and once or twice a little bit underwh... Full Review DOCTOR WHO - THE EMPTY CHILD Rating: 10 out of 5...oh, all right….5 out of 5
“Are you my Mummy?”
Absolutely extraordinary. Let’s think about this series of DOCTOR WHO for a ... Full Review DOCTOR WHO - THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE
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A derelict spaceship from the 51st century drifting aimlessly through the void. The Royal Court at Versailles in 17th ce... Full Review DOCTOR WHO EPISODE 6 DALEK WARNING SPOILERS
"You would make a good Dalek."
It seems to be generally agreed that the long-awaited new series of DOCTOR WHO has been a bit of a... Full Review DOCTOR WHO SERIES 4 EPISODES 1+2 So the second episode of series 4 of Doctor Who has just finished. I missed a review of last weeks episode (slap wrist) so we can consider this a catc... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – ARMY OF GHOSTS So here it is. Season’s end rushes towards us and Hell is about to descend upon the Earth. The TARDIS appears in London as the Doctor and Rose pay a l... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – FEAR HER
From the awesome high-concept sci-fi of ‘The Satan Pit’ and the mould-breaking experimental drama of ‘Love & Monsters’, it’s down to Earth with a b... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – LOVE AND MONSTERS
There’s nothing better than a TV show which dares to think outside its box, a show which breaks all its own rules to tell a story unlike anything it... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – NEW EARTH
One of the few valid criticisms of last year's stunningly-successful BBC reinvention of the venerable DOCTOR WHO was that Russell T Davies's vision ... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – RISE OF THE CYBERMEN When the BBC announced, way back in September 2003, that a new series of DOCTOR WHO was on the way, I made a mental checklist of all the boxes I hoped... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – SMITH AND JONES
Rhinos in spacesuits. A blood-sucking alien disguised as a little old lady. Men made of leather. Rain falling upwards. A hospital transported to t... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – THE AGE OF STEEL
Previously on DOCTOR WHO…
So here we are, the Doctor and Rose and co are trapped, surrounded by a gleaming squad of deletion-happy Cybermen. How... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – THE IDIOT’S LANTERN
Forever to be remembered by a nation of kiddies as ‘the one with the scary TV’, Mark Gatiss’ second script for new DOCTOR WHO, ‘The Idiot’s Lantern’, ... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – THE IMPOSSIBLE PLANET
Reviewed by Paul Mount
The TARDIS materialises aboard a Sanctuary Base, an exploration encampment on a planet far out in space. The Doctor an... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – THE SATAN PIT
I’ll get this off my chest from the start; ‘The Satan Pit’ may be the best single episode of DOCTOR WHO ever made. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’... Full Review DOCTOR WHO – THE SHAKESPEARE CODE
Three years in and the so-called ‘celebrity’ historical has become something of an annual tradition in new DOCTOR WHO. In 2005 we saw the Doctor a... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 1 ROSE - FIRST OPINION
The first episode was a mix of an introduction to the alien and 'immortal' nature of the Doctor, an introduction to his new companion Rose and an at... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 10: THE DOCTOR DANCES
"Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!"
NOTE: Episode spoilers
First impressions can be so important. They can also be quite, quit... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 11 - BOOM TOWN "Two words, following us. Bad Wolf..."
Given the epic pace and scale of DOCTOR WHO over the last few weeks, you would be forgiven for thinki... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 12 - BAD WOLF WARNING SPOILERS
“You Are The Weakest Link”
I’ll admit it - I was a little bit worried about ‘Bad Wolf’. I was worried about the resolution of the... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 2 -
THE END OF THE WORLD After last weeks well handled introduction, THE END OF THE WORLD is where the new series really begins. Last week was great, but it had a lot it had t... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 4: ALIENS OF LONDON “Would you mind not farting while I’m saving the world?”
The prospects for this one weren’t good. Internet scuttlebutt suggesting that this first t... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 5 - WORLD WAR THREE
“Oh, bol-”
‘World War Three’, the second instalment of the first two-part DOCTOR WHO adventure of the rebooted Saturday night perennial, was exac... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 7 - THE LONG GAME "We all know what happens to non-entities. They get promoted."The history and legend of the original BBC DOCTOR WHO series - and I really hate to brin... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: EPISODE 8 - FATHER’S DAY
"Don't touch the baby!"
One of Russell T Davies' stated aims, in putting together the 'format' for this sparkling new series of DOCTOR WHO, was t... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: SCHOOL REUNION ‘School Reunion’, where the wider mythology of the old DOCTOR WHO series collides headlong with the bright, shiny world of the new, could have been a ... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
It’s a measure of the remarkable success of the 21st century reboot of DOCTOR WHO that the show’s special 60-minute Christmas episode has, after onl... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: THE UNQUIET DEAD REVIEW 1 “Fantastic!”
Three episodes in and twenty-first century DOCTOR WHO is starting to settle quite nicely into its new forty-five minute house-style. I... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: THE UNQUIET DEAD REVIEW 2 Believe it or not, a few years back I wrote an outline for my perfect DOCTOR WHO story. It was set around Christmas in the 1860’s, and involved (among... Full Review DOCTOR WHO: TOOTH AND CLAW One of the great strengths of DOCTOR WHO – and one of the reasons why it’s always been the most appealing TV fantasy show ever made - is that no two e... Full Review DOCTOR WHO:EPISODE 13: PARTING OF THE WAYS WARNING SPOILERS”Before I go I just want to tell you you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I!”
‘Parting of the Ways’ ... Full Review DR WHO SERIES 4 - THE SONTARAN STRATAGEM / THE POISON SKY The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
Series Four of Doctor Who continues to conjure memories of the Classic Series as this thrilling first doubl... Full Review LOST – EPISODES 1 – 3 So here it is at last, sailing onto UK TV screens in a sea of publicity and riding a huge wave of critical acclaim courtesy of its successful first se... Full Review PLANET OF THE OOD The dazzling giddy brilliance of Russell T Davies’ fourth series of Doctor Who continues to rip through the vortex spinning magical TV glitter into th... Full Review TORCHWOOD - EPISODES 1+2
TORCHWOOD. As a concept it’s been rattling around the fertile imagination of creator Russell T Davies for some time, way before his retooled DOCTOR ... Full Review TORCHWOOD – EPISODES THREE AND FOUR Helen Raynor’s script for ‘Ghost Machine’ the third episode in Russell T Davies’ ‘adult’ DOCTOR WHO spin-off TORCHWOOD sees the fledgling series edge... Full Review TORCHWOOD: KISS KISS BANG BANG
Who else could open a series with a puffer fish speeding along in a sports car, only to stop at a red light to let an old lady cross. This must be T... Full Review Reviews Index[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h] [i] [j] [k] [l] [m] [n] [o] [p] [q] [r] [s] [t] [u] [v] [w] [x] [y] [z]
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