Month: August 2014

Dr Who: Vengeance on Varos

The Story The TARDIS loses power in mid-flight, and can’t move again without a supply of the precious mineral Zeiton-7. There’s only just enough power to materialize on the only planet in the universe where Zeiton-7 can be found, Varos.…

Dr Who: Deep Breath

In the most recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine, which arrived in my mailbox just a few days before Deep Breath aired, Steven Moffat described his approach to the Twelfth Doctor’s premiere. He’s been saying for a while he plans…

Dr Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Program note: I’ll have a post on the new series’ “Deep Breath” tomorrow. I need a second viewing and some thinking time in order to have a fully-formed opinion. “That didn’t go so well, did it?” The Story The TARDIS…

Dr Who: The Twin Dilemma

“I am the Doctor— whether you like it or not.” Story Regeneration has left the Doctor mentally unstable, with wild mood swings from grandiose overconfidence to sudden cowardice to paranoia and outbursts of anger and violence— including a truly shocking…

Dr Who: Planet of Fire

“Look after him, will you? He gets in the most terrible trouble.” The Master regains control of Kamelion, who’s been sitting in some closet somewhere since coming aboard the TARDIS, and uses the android to steer the ship to the…