Overview
The Doctor is a Time Lord, an alien race with two hearts and a seeming excess of brain, that regenerates instead of dying and has been through umpteen faces getting steadily younger in his lifetime. He travels with friends/companions, who are usually awesome, and he (and the companions, mostly) saves the world from aliens a lot. And sometimes saves the aliens. Yeah.
Stuff
I have a particularly long history with this show. My mother, who is from England originally, used to watch the really old Doctor Who as a kid, and she showed some of the very oldest episodes (black-and-white, even, that's how old) to me when I was maybe four or five. The Daleks (main enemy, electrocute people and talk creepily) back then were easy to beat... like by going up flights of stairs... so understandably I flipped out when the new Who appeared in 2005 complete with FLYING DALEKS. I refused to watch it for several years, eventually got over my paralysing fear of Daleks, and realised that I actually really loved the series. Thus began an obsession which ended when I learnt that there were other series out there that were better. (Russell T Davies' last episodes were appalling). Lately, Doctor Who has been going downhill, (Steven Moffat's latest episodes are even more appalling) and it seems to be aiming more at a target audience of very small children rather than being the 'family entertainment' it promises. If it gets any worse I may stop watching completely.
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Next Episode: Listen - 13th of September 2014
Today's Header
Taken from episode 8x04, Listen. I was a little bit annoyed about the lack of resolution in this episode, so here. Have a weird lumpy blanket thing.
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Episodes
Season 1
1. Rose - Recap, Review 2. The End Of The World - Recap, Review 3. The Unquiet Dead - Recap, Review 4. Aliens Of London - Recap, Review 5. World War Three - Recap, Review 6. Dalek - Recap, Review 7. The Long Game - Recap, Review 8. Father's Day - Recap, Review 9. The Empty Child - Recap, Review 10. The Doctor Dances - Recap, Review 11. Boom Town - Recap, Review 12. Bad Wolf - Recap, Review 13. The Parting Of The Ways - Recap, Review |
Season 2
1. The Christmas Invasion - Recap, Review 2. New Earth - Recap, Review 3. Tooth And Claw - Recap, Review 4. School Reunion - Recap, Review 5. The Girl In The Fireplace - Recap, Review 6. Rise Of The Cybermen - Recap, Review 7. The Age Of Steel - Recap, Review 8. The Idiot's Lantern - Recap, Review 9. The Impossible Planet - Recap, Review 10. The Satan Pit - Recap, Review 11. Love & Monsters - Recap, Review 12. Fear Her - Recap, Review 13. Army Of Ghosts - Recap, Review 14. Doomsday - Recap, Review |
Season 3
1. The Runaway Bride - Recap, Review 2. Smith And Jones - Recap, Review 3. The Shakespeare Code - Recap, Review 4. Gridlock - Recap, Review 5. Daleks In Manhatten - Recap, Review 6. Evolution Of The Daleks - Recap, Review 7. The Lazarus Experiment - Recap, Review 8. 42 - Recap, Review 9. Human Nature - Recap, Review 10. The Family Of Blood - Recap, Review 11. Blink - Recap, Review 12. Utopia - Recap, Review 13. The Sound Of Drums - Recap, Review 14. Last Of The Time Lords - Recap, Review |
Season 4
1. Voyage Of The Damned - Recap, Review 2. Partners In Crime - Recap, Review 3. The Fires Of Pompeii - Recap, Review 4. Planet Of The Ood - Recap, Review 5. The Sontaran Stratagem - Recap, Review 6. The Poison Sky - Recap, Review 7. The Doctor's Daughter - Recap, Review 8. The Unicorn And The Wasp - Recap, Review 9. Silence In The Library - Recap, Review 10. Forest Of The Dead - Recap, Review 11. Midnight - Recap, Review 12. Turn Left - Recap, Review 13. The Stolen Earth - Recap, Review 14. Journey's End - Recap, Review 15. The Next Doctor - Recap, Review 16. Planet Of The Dead - Recap, Review 17. The Waters Of Mars - Recap, Review 18. The End Of Time Part I - Recap, Review 19. The End Of Time Part II - Recap, Review |
Season 5
1. The Eleventh Hour - Recap, Review 2. The Beast Below - Recap, Review 3. Victory Of The Daleks - Recap, Review 4. The Time Of Angels - Recap, Review 5. Flesh And Stone - Recap, Review 6. The Vampires Of Venice - Recap, Review 7. Amy's Choice - Recap, Review 8. The Hungry Earth - Recap, Review 9. Cold Blood - Recap, Review 10. Vincent And The Doctor - Recap, Review 11. The Lodger - Recap, Review 12. The Pandorica Opens - Recap, Review 13. The Big Bang - Recap, Review 14. A Christmas Carol - Recap, Review |
Season 6
1. The Impossible Astronaut - Recap, Review 2. Day Of The Moon - Recap, Review 3. The Curse Of The Black Spot - Recap, Review 4. The Doctor's Wife - Recap, Review 5. The Rebel Flesh - Recap, Review 6. The Almost People - Recap, Review 7. A Good Man Goes To War - Recap, Review 8. Let's Kill Hitler - Recap, Review 9. Night Terrors - Recap, Review 10. The Girl Who Waited - Recap, Review 11. The God Complex - Recap, Review 12. Closing Time - Recap, Review 13. The Wedding Of River Song - Recap, Review 14. The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe - Recap, Review |
Season 7
1. Asylum Of The Daleks - Recap, Review 2. Dinosaurs On A Spaceship - Recap, Review 3. A Town Called Mercy - Recap, Review 4. The Power Of Three - Recap, Review 5. The Angels Take Manhatten - Recap, Review 6. The Snowmen - Recap, Review 7. The Bells Of Saint John - Recap, Review 8. The Rings Of Akhaten - Recap, Review 9. Cold War - Recap, Review 10. Hide - Recap, Review 11. Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS - Recap, Review 12. The Crimson Horror - Recap, Review 13. Nightmare In Silver - Recap, Review 14. The Name Of The Doctor - Recap, Review 15. The Day Of The Doctor - Recap, Review 16. The Time Of The Doctor - Recap, Review |