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Doctor Who: The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe review
December 10, 2011 — John NorReview
The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe
The Doctor: Only three flaws in this plan…
Doctor Who Season: S33.
Story Number: n/a, though prequel to 225.
Amazing…
Doctor Who 2.13: Doomsday review
November 6, 2011 — John NorReview
Doomsday
The Doctor: And I suppose… if it’s my last chance to say it…
Production Code: 2.13.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep13).
Story Number: 177b.
A spectacular finale…
Doctor Who 2.12: Army of Ghosts review
October 30, 2011 — John NorReview
Army of Ghosts
Jackie: You’re always doing this, reducing it to science. Why can’t it be real?
Production Code: 2.12.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep12).
Story Number: 177a.
The most epic story so far…
Doctor Who 2.11: Fear Her review
October 23, 2011 — John NorReview
Fear Her
Huw Edwards: It’s more than a flame now, Bob. It’s more than heat and light. It’s hope. And it’s courage. And it’s love.
Production Code: 2.11.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep11).
Story Number: 176.
A common criticism that has been levelled against Russell T’s resurrection of Doctor Who is that the stories never stray too far from Earth and that there is little travelling to alien planets…
Doctor Who 2.10: Love & Monsters review
October 16, 2011 — John NorReview
Love & Monsters
Elton: And if you think that was the most exciting day of my life, wait till you hear the rest.
Production Code: 2.10.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep10).
Story Number: 175.
Whoa. This one positively defies you to write anything about it…
Doctor Who 2.13: The Wedding of River Song review
October 9, 2011 — John NorReview
The Wedding of River Song
The Doctor: It’s time.
Production Code: 2.13.
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep13). (Footnote [1]).
Story Number: 224.
Wow. Plot discussed obviously with this review…
Doctor Who: The Prequel to The Wedding of River Song review
October 6, 2011 — John NorReview
The Prequel to the Wedding of River Song
Voiceover: Tick tock goes the clock…
Doctor Who Season: S32.
Story Number: n/a, though prequel to 224.
The last of this season’s prequels…
Doctor Who 2.12: Closing Time review
October 1, 2011 — John NorReview
Closing Time
The Doctor: I think it’s fair to say, in the language of your age, that I lived my dream. I owned the stage. Gave it a hundred and ten percent. I hope you have as much fun as I did, Alfie.
Production Code: 2.12.
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep12).
Story Number: 223. (Footnote [1]).
The end?
Doctor Who 2.11: The God Complex review
September 25, 2011 — John NorReview
The God Complex
Rory: I’d forgotten. Not all victories are about saving the universe.
Production Code: 2.11.
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep11, Footnote [1]).
Story Number: 222.
Another corker of a story after the previous one…
Doctor Who 2.10: The Girl Who Waited review
September 18, 2011 — John NorReview
The Girl Who Waited
The Doctor: If anyone can defeat predestiny… it’s your wife.
Production Code: 2.10.
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep10).
Story Number: 221. (Footnote [1]).
A modern classic for the programme…
Doctor Who 2.9: Night Terrors review
September 11, 2011 — John NorReview
Night Terrors 
The Doctor: And one thing I can tell you, Alex – monsters are real.
Production Code: 2.4. (Footnote [1]).
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep9).
Story Number: 220.
Kitchen sink Doctor Who, but for now Amy and Rory have a cuppa in the console room…
Doctor Who 2.8: Let’s Kill Hitler review
September 4, 2011 — John NorReview
Let’s Kill Hitler
The Doctor: Never knowingly be serious — rule 27. You might want to write these down.
Production Code: 2.8.
Doctor Who Season: S32 (Ep8).
Story Number: 219. (Footnote [1]).
It begins in a cornfield…
Doctor Who: Prequel to Let’s Kill Hitler review
August 26, 2011 — John NorReview
Prequel to Let’s Kill Hitler
Amy: Doctor…
Doctor Who Season: S32.
Story Number: n/a, though prequel to 219.
Something a bit different for this prequel…
Doctor Who 2.9: The Satan Pit review
August 21, 2011 — John NorReview
The Satan Pit
Rose: Doctor? … Doctor, can you hear me? Doctor? Ida? Are you there?
Production Code: 2.9.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep9).
Story Number: 174b.
Rules. We all live by them, whether they are our own rules or someone else’s…
Doctor Who 2.8: The Impossible Planet review
August 14, 2011 — John NorReview
The Impossible Planet
Ida: Well, we’ve come this far, there’s no turning back.
The Doctor: Oh come on! Did you have to? “No turning back,” that’s almost as bad as “Nothing could possibly go wrong,” or “This is gonna be the best Christmas Walford’s ever had!”
Production Code: 2.8.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep8).
Story Number: 174a.
The roots of many Classic Doctor Who stories are in Horror and Science Fiction films, from The Daleks to Pyramids of Mars and beyond…
Doctor Who 2.7: The Idiot’s Lantern review
August 7, 2011 — John NorReview
The Idiot’s Lantern
The Doctor: “It’s never too late”, as a wise person once said. Kylie I think.
Production Code: 2.7.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep7).
Story Number: 173.
A curious one this…
Doctor Who 2.6: The Age of Steel review
July 31, 2011 — John NorReview
The Age of Steel
Cyberman: We think the same. We are uniform.
John Lumic: But you think of what?
Cyberman: We think of the humans. We think of their difference and their pain. They suffer in their skin. They must be upgraded.
John Lumic: Excellent!
Production Code: 2.6.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep6).
Story Number: 172b.
After a rather abrupt resolution to the cliffhanger…
Doctor Who 2.5: Rise of the Cybermen review
July 24, 2011 — John NorReview
Rise of the Cybermen
Rose Tyler: They’re people?
The Doctor: They were. Now they’ve had all their humanity taken away.
Production Code: 2.5.
Doctor Who Season: S28 (Ep5).
Story Number: 172a.
In 2005 “Series One” – in re-establishing Doctor Who as one of the nation’s favourite Saturday primetime TV entertainments – also re-established the Daleks, spotlighted as they were in a story halfway through the season and the finale story…
