Doctor Who 3.13: Last of the Time Lords review

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Last of the Time Lords

The Doctor: I have one thing to say to you.

Production Code: 3.13.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep13).
Story Number: 187c.

It begins at the water’s edge…

Doctor Who 3.12: The Sound of Drums review

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The Sound of Drums

Martha: Yeah, and what is he to you? Like a colleague or…?
The Doctor: He was a friend, at first…

Production Code: 3.12.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep12).
Story Number: 187b.

The electorate explain…

Doctor Who 3.11: Utopia review

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Utopia

The Doctor: End of the universe and here you are. Indomitable, that’s the word! Indomitable! Ha.

Production Code: 3.11.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep11).
Story Number: 187a.

Please watch the episode before reading this review – as the plot is discussed…

Doctor Who 3.10: Blink review

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Blink

The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause-of-effect…but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly…timey-wimey…stuff.

Production Code: 3.10.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep10).
Story Number: 186.

The best Doctor Who story every?

Doctor Who 3.9: The Family of Blood review

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The Family of Blood

Tim Latimer: He’s like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He’s ancient and forever.

Production Code: 3.9.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep9).
Story Number: 185b.

Behold the man…

Doctor Who 3.8: Human Nature review

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Human Nature

Martha: You had to, didn’t you? Had to go and fall in love with a human. And it wasn’t me.

Production Code: 3.8.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep8).
Story Number: 185a.

Was all of Doctor Who before now just a dream?

Doctor Who 3.7: 42 review

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42

The Doctor: Keep moving fast as you can.

Production Code: 3.7.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep7).
Story Number: 184.

As I described in my review of Gridlock, as Doctor Who stories can be set anytime, anywhere, so Russell T guards against the show feeling incoherent by having us visit certain times and places again…

Doctor Who 3.6: The Lazarus Experiment review

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The Lazarus Experiment

Professor Richard Lazarus: I find that nothing’s ever exactly like you expect. There’s always something to surprise you. “Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act”—
The Doctor: “Falls the shadow”.

Production Code: 3.6.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep6).
Story Number: 183.

I enjoyed this. Very trad, very Classic…

Doctor Who 3.5: Evolution of the Daleks review

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Evolution of the Daleks

The Doctor: Then you wouldn’t be the supreme beings anymore.
Sec: That is good.
Dalek Caan: That is incorrect!
Dalek Thay: Daleks are supreme!
Sec: No! Not anymore.

Production Code: 3.5.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep5).
Story Number: 182b.

The Muppets Take Manhattan…

Doctor Who 3.4: Daleks in Manhattan review

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Daleks in Manhattan

Dalek Caan: This is the dawn of a new age.

Production Code: 3.4.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep4).
Story Number: 182a.

The Daleks Take Manhattan…

Doctor Who 3.3: Gridlock review

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Gridlock

Martha: You’ve got your faith, you’ve got your songs and your hymns. And I’ve got the Doctor.

Production Code: 3.3.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep3).
Story Number: 181.

Doctor Who has a famously uniquely flexible format: stories can be set anytime, anywhere…

Doctor Who 3.2: The Shakespeare Code review

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The Shakespeare Code

Shakespeare: The Doctor may never kiss you, Martha. Why not entertain a man who will?

Production Code: 3.2.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep2).
Story Number: 180.

With each of the three new seasons of Doctor Who so far, Russell T. Davies has structured them so that new viewers get a flavour of the time-travelling format of the show with the first three episodes: one is set in the present, one in the far future, and one in the past…

Doctor Who 3.1: Smith and Jones review

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Smith and Jones

Martha: You came up to me and took your tie off.
The Doctor: Really? What did I do that for?

Production Code: 3.1.
Doctor Who Season: S29 (Ep1).
Story Number: 179.

“Like so” indeed. It was as if Russell T. Davies had taken to heart people’s criticisms of last year’s season opener set in a hospital (New Earth), and said “You know what? I can write a better one than that… like so”…

Doctor Who 3.X: The Runaway Bride review

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The Runaway Bride

Donna: That’s not even a proper word! You’re just saying things!

Production Code: 3.X.
Doctor Who Season: Between S28 and S29 (Christmas Special).
Story Number: 178.

This was only the second Doctor Who Christmas Special broadcast…