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Doctor Who Ep. 7.07, “The Bells of Saint John”: Ep’s energy and fun doesn’t hide Moffat’s shortcomings

Steven Moffat has proved himself to be an excellent writer able to craft incredibly entertaining television that expertly balances humor and horror, switching deftly between the two to memorable effect. He’s given us some of Doctor Who’s most creatively terrifying villains and interesting heroes and pushed the series to explore its options in the fourth dimension more than any showrunner previous.

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Doctor Who, 2012 Christmas Special, “The Snowmen”: Personality, energy outweigh third act blunders

Doctor Who, 2012 Christmas Special: “The Snowmen” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Saul Metzstein Aired Christmas at 9pm (ET) on BBC America Another Christmas, another Doctor Who special. Though the series has a dubious track record for specials, to say the least, it’s become somewhat comforting to be able to count on new Who …

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Doctor Who Ep. 7.01, “Asylum of the Daleks”: Tightly-paced premiere glosses over flaws with fun

Doctor Who, Series 7, Episode 1: “Asylum of the Daleks” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Nick Hurran Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: The Daleks hijack the Doctor, Amy, and Rory to save them from their most crazed brethren. I have a confession to make. I don’t …

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A Beginner’s Guide to Doctor Who: Everything You Need to Know to Jump In with Series 7

Doctor Who is an international phenomenon. It’s the longest-running genre series in television history (2013 is its 50th anniversary) with a rabid fan base and, since its return in 2005, fairly wide-spread critical acclaim. With such a long history, it would be easy to feel intimidated or unable to jump in, but Doctor Who constantly …

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BBC releases five webisodes ahead of the ‘Doctor Who’ season premiere

The British television series Doctor Who has been a staple of the science fiction landscape since the 60s, and after a brief hiatus, has successfully re-established itself under the guidance of ex-showrunner Russell T. Davies. In recent years, the show has seen a surge in popularity in North America, leading the BBC to ramp up their promotions …

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Doctor Who Christmas Special, “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” misses the mark with unearned sentamentalism

Doctor Who, 2011 Christmas Special, “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Farren Blackburn Aired Christmas at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: The Arwell family’s Christmas present from the Doctor goes predictably awry Since its return in 2005, Doctor Who has established a tradition …

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‘The Adventures of Tintin’ stands as one of the best adventure films in quite some time

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish Directed by Steven Spielberg USA/New Zealand, 2011 A point of controversy regarding Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin is the issue of whether or not, due to its heavy motion capture leanings, one should classify it as an …

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‘The Adventures of Tin-Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ is visually stunning and action-packed

The Adventures of Tin-Tin – The Secret of the Unicorn Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Joe Cornish, Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright 2011, USA/New Zealand For the past few years, Steven Spielberg has been on something of a sabbatical to focus on his work as a producer. Any director worth his money would welcome …

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Doctor Who, Ep. 6.13: “The Wedding of River Song”

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 13: “The Wedding of River Song” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Jeremy Webb Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey, the Silence are back, we get a few answers, one particular question, and series six comes to a close. Series …

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Doctor Who, Ep. 6.12: “Closing Time”

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 12: “Closing Time” Written by Gareth Roberts Directed by Steve Hughes Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: The Doctor tries being social, Craig and Sophie have a baby, Cybermen and Cybermats return, and Amy’s a model. With series six of NuWho coming …

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Doctor Who, Ep. 6.10: “The Girl Who Waited”

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 10: “The Girl Who Waited” Written by Tom MacRae Directed by Nick Hurran Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: Amy gets stuck in the whitest waiting room ever Last week, Doctor Who had limited success with a standalone episode. This week, they …

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Doctor Who, Ep. 6.09: “Night Terrors”

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 9: “Night Terrors” Written by Mark Gatiss Directed by Richard Clark Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: The TARDIS crew answer a little boy’s terrified plea to save him from the monsters. After last week’s continuity-filled “Let’s Kill Hitler”, this entirely stand-alone …

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Doctor Who, Ep. 6.08: ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’

Doctor Who Review, Series 6, Episode 8: “Let’s Kill Hitler” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Richard Senior Airs Saturdays at 9pm (ET) on BBC America This week, on Doctor Who: We met Mels, Melody, and River. Oh, and Hitler gets shoved in a closet. After a long wait, Doctor Who is back with the …

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BBC to air three ‘Doctor Who’ specials in August

As we wait with breathless anticipation for the second half of Series Six of Doctor Who, the BBC has just announced that it will air three Doctor Who specials in the run up to the show’s return Saturday August 27th . The specials will feature celebrity guests such as 30 Rock’s Scott Adsit, singer-songwriter Amanda …

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