Category Archives: Eleventh Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

Posted on July 13, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Continuing still further on from our recent examination of Doctor Who extras, I have to take us through David Tennant and Matt Smith’s eras to some very special events: Doctor Who at the Proms.  There were three times the Doctor … Continue reading →

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Pond Life

Posted on July 6, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Continuing on from last week’s examination of Doctor Who extras (in the form of Tardisodes during David Tennant’s run), we have to jump over to Matt Smith’s era for another appetizer with Pond Life.  Released over a 5 day span … Continue reading →

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Top of the Docs: Series 7 (2012-2013)

Posted on May 11, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

This was a strange season seemingly made up of 2 parts.  There was the first half that premiered in September of 2012, paused until Christmas, then leapt over to April and May to give us a cliffhanger that would have … Continue reading →

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Top of the Docs: Series 6 (2011)

Posted on May 4, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

Smith’s first season as the Doctor had some strong episodes, but only one or two genuinely memorable ones.  That didn’t stop me from heading out to NYC to the Ziegfield theater with a young friend who was allowed to miss … Continue reading →

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Top of the Docs: Series 5 (2010)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by DrAcrossthePond

With David Tennant gone and no established companion for a new series, the future of Doctor Who was in as mysterious a place as any TARDIS landing.  But Stephen Moffat was taking over as showrunner so there was hope.  Smith … Continue reading →

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The Target Storybook

Posted on February 2, 2020 by DrAcrossthePond

When I was a kid, nothing was more exciting than getting a new Doctor Who book from the TARGET book range.  I utterly adored them.  Then, one day, I finished the collection and there were none left to collect.  When … Continue reading →

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Cliffhangers: Moffat Era

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Roger Pocock

DOCTOR: Oh, big mistake. Huge. Didn’t anyone every tell you there’s one thing you never put in a trap?  If you’re smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Doctor

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Roger Pocock

When we started this blog we decided not to write about the stories in order.  It has been done before, many times, and we wanted to have something for fans of every era right from the start, so we went … Continue reading →

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The Power of Three

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Back in May I wrote an article about the significance of the number three in Doctor Who, and came to a conclusion that stated three reasons why the number three was important, one of which focussed on the Doctor, the … Continue reading →

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A Town Called Mercy

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Doctor Who crashing into other genres can be a lot of fun, but every so often it crashes into a genre that is so vastly inferior that it runs the risk of being diminished by the effort.  This happened with … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Roger Pocock

The last time the word “dinosaurs” appeared in the title of a Doctor Who story things went awry, but special effects have moved on to an extent that dinosaurs can now be the selling point of an episode without embarrassment.  … Continue reading →

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The Name of the Doctor

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Our last finale to a split season, The Wedding of River Song, was something of a box-checking exercise, wrapping up all the loose ends.  This time around Steven Moffat focusses the two halves of the season much more tightly, so … Continue reading →

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The Wedding of River Song

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Russell T. Davies used to wrap up a season with a two-parter.  Here Steven Moffat wraps up two seasons with a one-parter.  The resulting episode is a bit of a muddle, and reprises a lot of things in slightly less … Continue reading →

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Let’s Kill Hitler

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Any article written about Let’s Kill Hitler is always going to end up not being about Hitler, as the episode has very little to do with him, so let’s at least give that part of the episode a passing mention … Continue reading →

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A Good Man Goes to War

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This is something new: a mid-season finale.  It functions in a very different way to a season finale because instead of bringing all the plot strands together and resolving them, it instead resolves some while creating others, but leaving the … Continue reading →

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The Rebel Flesh

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This article covers the episodes The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People, which together form a single story.  Your appreciation of this one will probably depend on what it is that you want from a Doctor Who story.  If you … Continue reading →

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The Doctor’s Wife

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Roger Pocock

To get the obvious remark out of the way, this is by Neil Gaiman, and it’s magnificent.  Of course it is – Neil Gaiman is an incredible writer.  He is also perfect for Doctor Who, especially if you like your … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Black Spot

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Just this once, everybody lives!  This is the story of alien medical technology malfunctioning and creating terror in the process.  There is also a young boy whose relationship to his parent needs to be healed.  So, superficially we have the … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Astronaut

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Don’t you just love a season finale?  The epic storytelling, the payoff for everything that has gone before, the big bad monster, the ensemble cast, the complex plot threads coming together as a satisfying resolution.  This article covers the episodes … Continue reading →

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The Pandorica Opens

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This article covers the episodes The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang, which together form a single Doctor Who story, albeit one with very different individual episodes, but this is the Moffat way with two-parters.  The first thing to notice … Continue reading →

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