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The Gang’s All Here [Doctor Who]

Doctor Who, S04 E12: The Stolen Earth The week: everyone from the extended Whoniverse turns up in one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever.

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Family Ties [Doctor Who]

Doctor Who, S04 E06:The Doctor’s Daughter This week: The Doctor has a daughter. A perky, somersaulting daughter. Anna is slightly underwhelmed.

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Baked Potatoes [Doctor Who]

Doctor Who, S04 E05: The Poison Sky This week on Doctor Who: the Doctor saves the day (again), Donna is noble by name and by nature (again), Martha tries to bid farewell to the Tardis (again) and a tertiary character dies so that others may live (also again). Anna is entertained.

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The Doctor vs. The Potato Heads

Doctor Who, S04 E04: The Sontaran Strategem This week: The Doctor confronts the most evil potato-headed villains of them all when the Sontarans return after a 23-year Who break. Also, Martha Jones is back!

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Torchwood Goes Out With a Bang

The second series of Torchwood finished last night in the US, so I’m going to pretend that I deliberately avoided writing about it after its UK airing in order to not spoil anyone (rather than admit that I forgot about it). Of course, after nearly giving up on the show mid-season, the final episode was excellent. [...]

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Third Time’s the Charm for the Doctor

With season 4 already kicked off in the UK (and about to start in the US), it seemed like a good time for Anna to look back at the season that was. It seems so long ago. Back in 2005, when the BBC relaunched Doctor Who after an absence of more than a decade, few could [...]

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