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Doctor Who: 2 – 4: The Girl in the Fireplace

By Dan | Published May 9, 2006

Steven Moffat wasn't a writer I associated with Doctor Who. I enjoyed Coupling, but I couldn't quite grasp how writing a sit-com about the lives and loves of four friends qualified you to write an episode of Doctor Who. That said, Russel Davies' previous writing credits don't exactly scream "TIMELORD!" Despite my concerns, Moffat's two [...]

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Doctor Who: 2 – 3: School Reunion

By Dan | Published May 8, 2006

It's important to remember that Doctor Who isn't just for adults. There's a great deal for adults to enjoy, that's always been the case, but this is television that's not exclusively aimed at us so-called grown ups. Quite the opposite in fact. School Reunion, by grown up standards, isn't that great.
But that's missing the point, [...]

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Doctor Who: 2 – 2: Tooth and Claw

By Dan | Published April 22, 2006

Episode two of the new series starts badly. The "Crouching Tiger meets 28 Days Later" (the director's words, not mine) intro sequence is terrible. Even though a sick little part of me is quite pleased that the "unique way in which the BBC is funded" (my license fee) has given birth to a set of [...]

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Doctor Who: 2 – 1: New Earth

By Dan | Published April 15, 2006

The Doctor has returned!
Saturday nights haven't been the same since the last season of Doctor Who ended – the triumphant return of The Doctor last year (thanks to Russel T. Davies and the team at BBC Wales) proved that the BBC were more than capable of producing good Sci-Fi and raised the bar for Saturday [...]

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