Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 9: Empress of Mars… Directed by: Wayne Yip Written by: Mark Gatiss Captain Catchlove – Don’t belong!? We’re British! Mars is part of the Empire now! After the past three episodes of Doctor Who which linked across a rather dark three-story arc, this week’s episode from Mark Gatiss (The Unquiet Dead, Sleep […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Lie of the Land’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8: The Lie of the Land… Directed by: Wayne Yip Written by: Toby Whithouse Missy – “Awkward” At the close of The Pyramid at the End of the World, Bill made the ultimate decision to save the Doctor by giving consent to the Zombie Monks, who were residing within a “new” ancient Pyramid. What […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Pyramid At The End Of The World’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7: The Pyramid At The End Of The World… Directed by: Daniel Nettheim Written by: Peter Harness & Steven Moffat Doctor – “What do you depend on?” Nardole – “Air, Water, Food, Beer.” Following on from last week’s rather excellent Extremis – in which we discovered that not only was virtually the […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘Extremis’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6: Extremis… Directed by: Daniel Nettheim Written by: Steven Moffat Doctor – “Truth at the heart of heresy” Cardinal Angelo – “…and death at the heart of truth.” Nardole – “You’d be wizard at writing Christmas crackers you two.” Answers are given in Extremis. Why Nardole is shadowing the Doctor, who or what […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5 Review – ‘Oxygen’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5: Oxygen… Directed by: Charles Palmer Written by: Jamie Mathieson Doctor – “Oh look Bill it’s Nardole! What a lovely surprise! I thought I sent you to Birmingham for a packet of crisps!?” Nardole – “Yes I saw through your cunning ruse” Doctor – “Yes well if you will go thinking for yourself.” […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4 Review – ‘Knock, Knock’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4: Knock, Knock… Directed by: Bill Anderson Written by: Mike Bartlett Bill – “He’s My Grandad” Doctor – “Ahhh, come on! Father at least” Bill – “Alright, Grandfather!” When Doctor Who aims to frighten you, it really knows where those dark corners are in your mind, where you keep those […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 3 Review – ‘Thin Ice’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 3: Thin Ice… Directed by: Bill Anderson Written by: Sarah Dollard Doctor – “I’m two-thousand years old and I have never had the time for the luxury of outrage.” Doctor Who has been rather good at bringing a number of things to our screens – history, morality, ethical questioning, life and death […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 2 Review – ‘Smile’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 2: Smile… Directed by: Lawrence Gough Written by: Frank Cottrell-Boyce Doctor – “We’re in the utopia of vacuous teens!” In “Smile”, our second episode of Doctor Who Series 10 (written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce who also wrote “In the Forest of the Night” from Series 8) we are taken to one of Earth’s […]
Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Pilot’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1: The Pilot… Directed by: Lawrence Gough Written by: Steven Moffat Doctor – “What you’re standing in here is a technological marvel. It’s science beyond magic, this is the gateway to everything there ever was or ever can be.” Bill – “Can I use the toilet?” SEE ALSO: […]
Bill Potts is Doctor Who’s first openly gay companion
With Doctor Who set to return to our TV screens later this month, the BBC has announced that the show is getting its very first openly gay companion in Bill Potts, played by Pearl Mackie. “It shouldn’t be a big deal in the 21st Century. It’s about time isn’t it?,” said Mackie in an interview […]
