There’s recently been a bit of renewed speculation as to whether Matt Smith will be stepping down from the role of the eleventh incarnation of the titular character from Doctor Who. This, of course, is nothing new — it is a subject that is regularly discussed in the Whovian fan circles — but between Matt Smith possibly hinting at the end of his tenure and a storyline that strongly suggests an end-point, the possibility of a Twelfth Doctor is starting to look a bit more likely. With this in mind, we asked a few of our contributors and friends to give us their…
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Russell T Davis might well be called the saviour of Doctor Who but in truth, he might just be the saviour of British science fiction on TV. Torchwood started as an adult spin off from his reboot of the TV classic on a minor channel, BBC3. It was ok. In it’s first season it could be seen as a tad naive and slightly inelegant. Season 2 moved up a level onto BBC2 and moved up a gear in terms of pace, back-story and depth. In 2009 went from an I’ll watch if I must to a must watch as Torchwood…
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We’re almost finished, faithful readers! In the past two months, we’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor. Now we continue with the 10th Doctor’s crossover adventure in The Sarah Jane Adventures story “The Death of the Doctor.” So here’s the key: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series will be called “Story 01″), and stories of the…
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We’re almost finished, faithful readers! In the past two months, we’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Now we continue with the two-part finale to the season: “The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big Bang.” As always: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series will be called “Story 01″), and stories of the…
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My, how far we have come, faithful readers! In the past two months, we’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Now we continue with “The Lodger,” a companion-lite tale of love, life and flatmates. As always: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series will be called “Story 01″), and stories of the new…
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Hello again! We’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Now we continue with “Vincent and the Doctor,” a touching tale where victory and defeat are difficult to separate. As always: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series will be called “Story 01″), and stories of the new series are designated by season number, followed…
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Hello again! We’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Now we continue with another two-parter: “The Hungry Earth” and “Cold Blood.” This story features the return of a race of creatures not seen on television in over a quarter of a century! As always: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series will be called “Story…
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Welcome back! We’ve annotated the first, second, third, fourth and fifth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Now we continue into “Amy’s Choice,” featuring an enemy with a strange connection to the Last Time Lord. And this enemy happens to bear some strange similarities to one or two foes of the past, as we’ll discuss. As always: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of Doctor Who are referred to by their chronological number (meaning the first four episodes of the DW Classic Series…
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Fellow Whovians, our wait is almost over… the Doctor is back! BBC America will premiere the new season of Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith, next month. The beloved franchise will launch Saturday, April 23 at 9 p.m. ET with Part 1 of its two-part season premiere. The season picks up with the Doctor (Smith) and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) finding “themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah — right to the Oval Office in 1969.” The two-parter was penned by Steven Moffat and features guest star…
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All right, people! We annotated the first, second, third and fourth stories of Season 5 of the new Doctor Who series, starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. I’ve shown you how they connect to older episodes and the DW Classic Series and you, hopefully, have been enjoying this. If you haven’t, I’m not responsible for your continued reading, so it’s your own fault. Now we continue into the next story of Season 5, featuring some strange life-drinkers occupying 16th century Italy. But before we begin, remember: multi-episode stories from the Classic Series of…
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