Top Five Reasons David Tennant Isn’t Leaving DOCTOR WHO… Yet

Once more, the Doctor Who rumor mill is stuck in overdrive, with speculation running rampant that David Tennant is vacating the TARDIS. This time, it’s fueled by the cliffhanger ending of this season’s penultimate episode, broadcast Saturday in the U.K. (us poor Americans will have to wait weeks yet before Sci Fi gets around to [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Once Upon a Time…

A debate occasionally arises between people who excoriate Doctor Who for not being “real” science fiction and those who argue that it’s meant to be science fantasy. Steven Moffat’s episodes take the science fantasy argument a step further: he writes science fairy tales. “Forest of the Dead” is the clearest example of this yet, as people [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Footprints on the Beach

While we were all still speculating about whether Russell T Davies was stepping down as Doctor Who showrunner and about whether Steven Moffat would replace him, a popular opinion arose that this couldn’t happen too soon, as Davies relies too much on a set of repetitive tropes (romance in the TARDIS; evil entrepreneurs; the folly [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Why Didn’t The Mirror Crack from Side to Side?

“The Unicorn and the Wasp” was probably a lot more fun for Agatha Christie fans than for everyone else–the Indian housekeeper! The secondary villain, revealed to have a working class accent! The retired military man with a secret!–but fun is a welcome diversion in the middle of a Who season full of mayhem and death. [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Buffy the Dalek Slayer?

Well. That was…
Er, I suppose if you squint a little…
Yeah, I didn’t get that at all.
I mean, I can understand the plot–a war breaks out, largely fought by clone-soldiers who are so quickly killed and replicated that the origins of the war are lost across generations of clones within seven days–even if the execution of [...]

DOCTOR WHO: You Want Fries With That Exploding Spaceship?

Goodbye, potato-like warriors! Should have kept your helmets on. Coupling “The Poison Sky” with last season’s “Evolution of the Daleks,” it seems fair to assume that writer Helen Raynor didn’t take her A levels in science. So you light an atmosphere on fire to make it easier to breathe, but that atmosphere has a lot of [...]

Moffat to Succeed Davies as DOCTOR WHO Showrunner

That sound you hear right now is millions of Doctor Who fans breathing a sigh of relief. You see, ever since word got out that Russell T Davies, the man who’s helmed the series since its return in 2005, would be leaving after producing four specials in 2009, we’ve all been a bit worried.
But now [...]

DOCTOR WHO: Can Darth Tater Be Far Behind?

I wonder if I may not be responding to this episode as the producers intended, as I find the Sontarans too cute to fear. Aw, who’s a good little Sontaran? You are! Yes, you are! No wonder they have some Napoleon Complex going on–locked out of the Time War and then tickled under the chin [...]

DOCTOR WHO: It’s a Beautiful Day for the Neighbor Ood

Full disclosure, true confessions: I’m a bit of an anorak. I’ve created convoluted explanations for how potential romance with Rose Tyler doesn’t disadvantage other Companions (with the help of Susannah’s brilliant Time Vortex theory–ask her about it), and I don’t buy into the whole “baby Time Lords are woven on looms” thing, but for the [...]

DOCTOR WHO: I’m Only Happy When It Rains (Fire and Ash)

Pompeii. Volcano Day. Fire and ash and pyroclastic flow and mayhem. Those complaints about Doctor Who becoming too light were spot on, weren’t they? Like good chocolate, this show is really yummy when it’s dark and the tiniest bit bitter. We’ve said it before, but one of their greatest strengths is that the tone can [...]