Summary 9×02: The Doctor is trapped in Skaro with a scheming Davros. Missy and Clara launch a rescue mission, but can the Master really be trusted? Rating: ★★1/2☆☆ If compassion was a disease, the Doctor would be terminal. Any being – human, Time Lord, or otherwise – who can show […]
Doctor Who Trailer Steals Spotlight from World Cup
Yesterday across the pond, it seems that more Brits tuned in to BBC One to catch the newest Doctor Who trailer than to watch the World Cup final. But whatever the case, I am happy to say that we finally have a full-length Doctor Who series 8 trailer, and a […]
Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver Recap
“Now if you don’t mind, I have to finish my chess game and you have to die painfully and very far from home.” What starts as a quick visit to a space-themed amusement park quickly turns sour this week as the Doctor finds himself facing some old foes and protecting […]
Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror Recap
“I’ll go play with my grenades.” Our favorite crime solving trio is back, this time solving the mystery of a missing Clara, a plasticized Doctor, and a crazy old woman running a sweets factory in 19th Century Yorkshire. “The Crimson Horror” is really all about filler (in more ways than […]
Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS Recap
Don’t get into a spaceship with a madman. Didn’t anyone ever teach you that? This week on Doctor Who, Clara and the TARDIS finally got some alone time…though perhaps not quite in the way the Doctor had intended. In the fast-paced “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS,” fans got […]
Doctor Who: Hide Recap
“It’s ghost time.” This week Whovians found the Doctor in 1974, solving the mystery of a house haunted by the supernatural. We met a ghost hunting professor, saw the development of Clara’s relationship with the TARDIS (is this a thing now?), and were even brought back to an earlier time […]
Doctor Who: Cold War Recap
“It’s the ’80s, everything’s bigger!” This week the Doctor and Clara found themselves in 1983 on a nuclear submarine with Russian soldiers, a walkman-wearing professor, and a 5,000-year-old Martian soldier. But honestly, could we expect any less? Featuring Liam Cunningham and Tobias Menzies (Davos Seaworth and Edmure Tully in Game […]
Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten Recap
“Oh my stars.” Space vampires, opera, and exploding god-stars, oh my. The newest episode of Doctor Who series 7 aired today, in which we were introduced to several new alien species, given a glimpse of Clara’s past, and made aware of how the TARDIS feels about the Doctor’s new companion. […]
The Nerdist Kicks Off New Season With British Favorites
At the end of a long week spent watching your favorite shows, crying about them on your blogs, and brainstorming your next cosplay, are you feeling out-nerded? No such thing! And on Saturdays on BBC America, The Nerdist is there to remind you that it’s okay to let your nerd […]
Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John Recap
“I don’t know where I am.” Tonight Doctor Who fans tuned in to BBC for the mid-series 7 premiere, and after being introduced (for a third time) to the Doctor’s new companion, were thrown into a world in which wi-fi can’t be trusted. Acting as a street performer, riding a Triumph […]
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