Doctor Who Universe

The Doctor Who universe is vast and sprawling, including “classic” and “new” Who, novels, comics, audio dramas, and spin-offs, including Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Check out our commentaries, reviews, interviews and discussions!

Doctor Who Commentary – 6.04 ‘The Doctor’s Wife’

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The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory answer a Time Lord distress signal from a junk-yard beyond the universe, and meet the mysterious and beautiful Idris, in a story penned by top fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. But does it live up to the hype?

Join us as we discuss kisses to the past, exploring the TARDIS, the identity of Idris and much more!

This edition’s commentators:Caleb, Peter and James.

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What did you think – was this the best new series episode yet? Will this story change the way you see the show forever? What other parts of the TARDIS would you like to see on screen? Let us know your thoughts, in the comments below, or on Twitter, Facebook or by email.

Doctor Who Commentary – 6.03 ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’

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Yarrr! Join us, me hearties, fer an adventure on t’high seas, aboard the good ship Impossible Podcasts, by the powers! (Or does no one actually say that?)

Anyway, we discuss disappearing pirates, green glowy Lily Cole, dodgy editing and much more in our commentary on ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’!

This edition’s commentators:Caleb and Swithun.

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Doctor Who Commentary – 6.02 ‘Day of the Moon’

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As the TARDIS crew battle the Silence, there are more shocks and surprises in store! Who is the eye-patch woman? Who is the little girl? What are the Silence up to? We discuss all the latest twists and developments in our latest commentary!

 

This edition’s commentators: Caleb, Swithun and Peter, plus guest appearance from Aled.

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Doctor Who – The Curse of the Black Spot – Review

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Inconsequential, thy name is ‘The Curse Of The Black Spot’.

If ever a stand alone episode has suffered from the excessive momentum of its predecessors this was it. Whatever followed the massive cliffhanger from last week was always going to be a little bit of a let down, so instead of explaining anything, we’re just moving on. All those questions that we have are to be put to one side for a little bit as we get a lighter, less ongoing-plot heavy episode instead.

This is very much Doctor Who by the numbers. That’s not to say it’s a bad episode. It’s a pretty good episode, with one or two really good ideas, and an intriguing narrative. It’s just that it was exactly what you might expect from Doctor Who. There was no effort made to make it more than your standard Doctor Who, no twists, just your monster of the week time again! There’s pirates, and a mermaid, and a spaceship and everything. This is totally what Doctor Who is all about.

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Doctor Who Commentary – 6.01 ‘The Impossible Astronaut’

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The latest series of Doctor Who kicks off with the show travelling to America. The Doctor, Amy, Rory and River come together to discover what the world has forgotten about the events of 1969, but only after a deadly encounter with an impossible astronaut. We discuss all the twists and turns in our commentary!

This edition’s commentators:Caleb, Swithun and Peter.

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Doctor Who – Day of the Moon – Review

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Wow. If last week left me reeling with just how they could possibly square the opening ten minutes then this one has totally blown apart any theories, thoughts or expectations that I might have built up over the previous 40 minutes.

It’s almost impossible to describe how excited I am about that.

For a long time Doctor Who has been a monster of the week piece. Word is there are two types of series. There are your monster of the week style series, like Doctor Who under RTD, where each week the villain is introduced and wrapped up in one. Think of your Scooby Doo’s, your early Smallville or Buffy. Great episodes could be thrown in but there’s no through line. Characters may develop, there may be consequences, but the plot of that monster doesn’t follow through over a series in an important way. What happens in that episode may be referenced, the villain may pop up again but there won’t be anything in that episode that you need to have watched in order to understand what happens next week, or in the season finale.

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