Doctor Who - Empire Of Death

The Mummy, The Last Jedi and Infinity War all get nods as Empire Of Death throws everything at the screen for Doctor Who's season finale #Review

And Su could have it all, my empire of dust Previously on Doctor Who… The Doctor and Mel were trapped with a zombified Susan Twist! Kate and the rest of UNIT were trapped with a TARDIS-clutching Sutekh and Ruby was trapped in The Volume…er, I mean the Time Window. The Legend Of Ruby Sunday sure did try and juggle a lot, but let’s see if Empire Of Death can catch everything that’s been left up…

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Doctor Who - The Legend Of Ruby Sunday

Doctor Who: The Legend Of Ruby Sunday attempts to pay off the season's clumsy and rushed set-ups with mixed results and mediocre wordplay. #Review

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Doctor Who - 73 Yards

This departure for #DoctorWho may borrow from It Follows and American Werewolves but does 73 Yards go the distance? #Review

It follows that I have a theory about Doctor Who’s supernatural sidestep 73 Yards Folk horror and DOCTOR WHO is a match made in TV heaven and, of course, it’s something the series has dabbled with across the years, most recently in THE WITCHFINDERS and more classically in the likes of THE CURSE OF FENRIC, THE AWAKENING or THE DAEMONS. 73 YARDS, on the other hand, is unlike anything the series…

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Doctor Who - Space Babies

Space Babies sees Ncuti Gatwa's #DoctorWho era take off with a snot monster and a snot inconsiderable amount of foreshadowing.

Space Babies snot the best Doctor Who has to offer, but it’s a lot of fun Here, as Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge Stewart once wearily observed, we go again… Ncuti Gatwa’s season opener proper, SPACE BABIES, opens with a statement of intent. The intent, of course, is to fully, forcibly embrace the messy legacy left by RTD’s immediate predecessor. We’re not backing off from the Timeless Child,…

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Doctor Who - The Church On Ruby Road

With something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, #DoctorWho gets us to The Church On Ruby Road on time. #Review

With something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, Doctor Who gets us to The Church On Ruby Road on time Christmas is a time for treats – and also, on TV, repeats so it’s little wonder that Russell T Davies usher’s in Ncuti Gatwa’s era with a bit of razzle dazzle to cover up for some of the more familiar elements. In keeping with all of his previous festive specials,…

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Last Christmas (2019)'s heart is in the right place, but it still flatlines.

#LastChristmas (2019)'s heart is in the right place, but it still flatlines. #Review

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