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Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 9 Review – ‘Empress of Mars’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 9: Empress of Mars…Directed by: Wayne YipWritten by: Mark GatissCaptain Catchlove – Don’t belong!? We’re British! Mars is part of the Empire now!After the past three episodes of Doctor Who which linked across a rather dark three-story arc, this week’s episode from Mark Gatiss (The Unquiet Dead, Sleep No More) sees the series […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Lie of the Land’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8: The Lie of the Land…Directed by: Wayne YipWritten by: Toby WhithouseMissy – “Awkward”At the close of The Pyramid at the End of the World, Bill made the ultimate decision to save the Doctor by giving consent to the Zombie Monks, who were residing within a “new” ancient Pyramid.  What consent grants the Monks, […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Pyramid At The End Of The World’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 7: The Pyramid At The End Of The World…Directed by: Daniel NettheimWritten by: Peter Harness & Steven MoffatDoctor – “What do you depend on?”Nardole – “Air, Water, Food, Beer.”Following on from last week’s rather excellent Extremis – in which we discovered that not only was virtually the entire episode a simulation for […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘Extremis’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 6: Extremis…Directed by: Daniel NettheimWritten by: Steven MoffatDoctor – “Truth at the heart of heresy”Cardinal Angelo – “…and death at the heart of truth.”Nardole – “You’d be wizard at writing Christmas crackers you two.”Answers are given in Extremis.  Why Nardole is shadowing the Doctor, who or what is contained within the Vault and […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5 Review – ‘Oxygen’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 5: Oxygen…Directed by: Charles PalmerWritten by: Jamie MathiesonDoctor – “Oh look Bill it’s Nardole! What a lovely surprise! I thought I sent you to Birmingham for a packet of crisps!?”Nardole – “Yes I saw through your cunning ruse”Doctor – “Yes well if you will go thinking for yourself.”In this week’s episode of Doctor […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4 Review – ‘Knock, Knock’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 4: Knock, Knock…Directed by: Bill AndersonWritten by: Mike BartlettBill – “He’s My Grandad”Doctor – “Ahhh, come on! Father at least”Bill – “Alright, Grandfather!”When Doctor Who aims to frighten you, it really knows where those dark corners are in your mind, where you keep those little things you don’t like in […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 3 Review – ‘Thin Ice’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 3: Thin Ice…Directed by: Bill AndersonWritten by: Sarah DollardDoctor – “I’m two-thousand years old and I have never had the time for the luxury of outrage.”Doctor Who has been rather good at bringing a number of things to our screens – history, morality, ethical questioning, life and death and humour & sadness.  […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 2 Review – ‘Smile’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 2: Smile…Directed by: Lawrence GoughWritten by: Frank Cottrell-BoyceDoctor – “We’re in the utopia of vacuous teens!” In “Smile”, our second episode of Doctor Who Series 10 (written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce who also wrote “In the Forest of the Night” from Series 8) we are taken to one of Earth’s first colonies which […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Pilot’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1: The Pilot…Directed by: Lawrence GoughWritten by: Steven MoffatDoctor – “What you’re standing in here is a technological marvel. It’s science beyond magic, this is the gateway to everything there ever was or ever can be.” Bill – “Can I use the toilet?”SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for […]