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[12 Apr 2009 | One Comment | ]
Doctor Who Easter Special: “Planet of the Dead” Summary and Analysis

Warning this post contains detailed spoilers for the 2009 Doctor Who Easter Special “Planet of the Dead”

It is a sad indictment of an episode if the only thing you really care about, is the set up for a later episode or more accurately special. The special itself would be a fairly average episode and there was little if anything to make it stand out from a standard episode of Doctor Who, which is disappointing given that there are only a limited number of specials, and the trailer for the next episode does not give me high expectations either.

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[3 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

It has been revealed that the 11th Doctor will be the 26 year old actor Matt Smith, which makes him the youngest actor to play the Doctor as he is 3 years younger than Peter Davidson was when he became the 5th Doctor in 1981.
Matt Smith Wikipedia Page
BBC News Article
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He will be on out screens as the Doctor in 2010 unless he is introduced in one of the remaining specials with the 10th Doctor (David Tennant)

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[27 Dec 2008 | One Comment | ]

Warning this post contains detailed spoilers for the 2008 Christmas Special of the new Dr Who “The Next Doctor”
One Sentence Review
Fairly average episode which yet again is let down by a weak ending
Episode Summary
The episode opens with the Doctor arriving in London on Christmas Eve 1851, and he soon hears a woman (Rosita) calling for the Doctor, he runs up to her and asks her whats happening but she doesnt recognise him as the Doctor and then a man appears also claiming to be the Doctor, a “Cyber Shade” (A cyber converted …

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[6 Jul 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

Warning this post contains a detailed analysis and spoilers for the final episode of the new Doctor Who series “Journeys End”

Russell T Davies decides to have yet another Deus ex Machina ending

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[28 Jun 2008 | 5 Comments | ]

Warning this post contains a detailed analysis and spoilers for the 12th episode of the new Doctor Who series “The Stolen Earth”
One Sentence Review
As normal an excellent penultimate episode of Doctor Who lets hope the final episode is a “Parting of the ways” opposed to a ”Last of the Timelords”
Episode Summary 
The episode opens with the Doctor and Donna arriving on Earth and everything seems fine, they then go back into the Tardis and outside the Earth starts to shake. The Tardis is thrown about and when they open the door to the Tardis …