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I spent pretty much the entire day yesterday unpacking and getting our new apartment settled. We’re making progress, there are fewer boxes strewn about than there were, but our dining room is still completely packed with unpacked boxes. That being said, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to write about the 13th Doctor. On Sunday morningRead more

Peter Capaldi has really grown on me as the Doctor. His first few episodes were suspect, but he really came into his own through the past two series. I was preparing for his regeneration in “The Doctor Falls,” but thankfully we’ll get one more Christmas special out of Twelve. Here are some thoughts I hadRead more

“The Lie of the Land” wrapped up a nice little arc in the middle of Series 10. I was unsure with “Extremis,” but I thoroughly enjoyed the Monk trilogy. These three episodes gave us a great creepy villain, an appearance from Missy and some eyebrow raising actions by the Doctor. Other than the end ofRead more

Last week I wrote that Steven Moffat had Moffated last week’s episode of Doctor Who. “Extremis” was a good episode, but felt like it got a little too cute and a little too confusing. With “The Pyramid At The End Of The World,” though, Moffat proved me wrong. “Extremis” left me confused, but “The PyramidRead more

Steven Moffat has been at the helm of Doctor Who since Matt Smith first donned his bow tie. I’ve enjoyed Moffat’s time with the Doctor, but his mythology episodes always leave more questions than they answer. “Extremis” seems to have fallen into the same trap as a lot of Moffat’s other episodes. I have watchedRead more

I don’t like zombies at all and “Oxygen” brought in space zombies before the credits even started. Zombies aside, “Oxygen” was another excellent episode of Doctor Who. The cramped space station setting along with the space zombies helped create a tense episode filled with plenty of scares. I enjoyed the inclusion of Nardole on thisRead more