It's a testament to just how good Steven Moffat is that a season finale that actually didn't answer the big questions about what actually happened, who was behind the destruction of the TARDIS and whose voice that was at the end of last week's episode, was nonetheless completely satisfying.
There was a lot to love about “The Pandorica Opens,” even if it was mostly set-up for next week’s grand season finale. If nothing else, what a set-up: Bringing back all manner of characters from this season to try and send the Doctor a message about something that he already kind of knew (The destruction of the TARDIS), bringing back even more villains who – gasp! – may be the good guys this time around, and the tease of an explanation about what, exactly, is going on with that whole crack-in-time thing. Oh, and the return of someone who really shouldn’t exist, and a grand historical joke or two. What more could you want?
This weekend’s episode of Doctor Who, “The Lodger”, may not have been the tribute to David Bowie’s seminal 1979 collaboration with Brian Eno that I wanted it to be – That’s next week, apparently – but it was another hour for me to realize that I really, really prefer Matt Smith as the Doctor to [...]
Was it just me, or was there something very old-fashioned about Saturday’s (American – Yes, I know you’ve seen the season finale, British people and those who download things from websites that we pretend don’t exist) Doctor Who? Romps with historical figures, invisible monsters and lessons about the permanence of time – It was just like oldschool Who… and not just because of the William Hartnell cameo.
For the first time since the start of this season, I’m beginning to think that Doctor Who isn’t playing fair. Sure, “Cold Blood” may have been, on one hand, a fairly dull by-the-numbers conclusion of the Silurians two-parter (Humanity’s basest natures, driven by love, prevent a new golden age of man and lizard living in perfect harmony! What a surprise!), but the final few moments of the episode…? Yeah, something was definitely going on there.
