Doctor Who Series Thirteen and Thirteenth Doctor Summary Jodie Whittaker’s final series was consistent but frustrating. This batch of episodes encapsulated much of this era of Doctor Who, which struck me as more of a classic era tone with enhanced special effects. The budgets were lower relative to the rest
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor (1 episode, BBC Centenary Special, 2022) Regeneration, degeneration, and regeneration again. The Cybermen attack a cosmic bullet train and Team TARDIS responds to the distress call. The train’s guards apparently kill the intruders, but these are the CyberMasters so they regenerate. The Doctor,
Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils (1 episode, Easter Special, 2022) A spell of swashbuckling with Sea Devils. A coastal Chinese village is under assault. The year is 1807 and a pirate queen stalks through the village, intent on smashing the statue at the center. A man named Ying
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (1 episode, New Year Special, 2022) A fun holiday murder romp! It’s New Year’s Eve 2021 and Sarah is angry. She’s the owner of ELF Storage and her business partner Jeff has failed to show up once again. She’s also perplexed because regular customer
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter Six – The Vanquishers (1 episode, s13e06, 2021) The end of a story with little resolution. Picking up immediately at the cliffhanger from Chapter Five, the Doctor dodges Swarm’s attempt to disintegrate her and rescues the Ood to find a way out. The Doctor nearly escapes
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter Five – Survivors of the Flux (1 episode, s13e05, 2021) Three twisting threads make one convoluted episode. The Doctor’s Story The Doctor, now in the form of a Weeping Angel, learns she is being transported somewhere and that her friends are stranded in time. The Angels deliver
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter Four – Village of the Angels (1 episode, s13e04, 2021) The Weeping Angels return to form. In a basement laboratory circa November 1967, Claire Brown tests a lie detector. Professor Eustacius Jericho is amazed when she claims her birth year is 1985, and she quickly corrects
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter Three – Once, Upon Time (1 episode, s13e03, 2021) A story that covers a lot of ground only to go full circle. This chapter starts with a woman named Bel and her story in the aftermath of the Flux. On the run from Daleks, she’s trying
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter Two – War of the Sontarans (1 episode, s13e02, 2021) It’s history, but not how you remember it. Following last chapter’s cliffhanger, the Doctor gazes upon a giant, misshapen, dilapidated house as the Cloister Bell rings. She comes to on a battlefield with Yaz and Dan.
Doctor Who: Flux Chapter One – The Halloween Apocalypse (1 episode, s13e01, 2021) He’s not quite Dan’s best friend. Of all the odd places, Yaz and the Doctor are trapped, upside down, dangling over an ocean of acid. As an alternative to the locks releasing their ankles in 79 seconds,
Doctor Who Series Twelve Summary Jodie Whittaker’s second set picked up the pace. This group of stories was where the Thirteenth Doctor hit her stride, and it seemed a fitting place to throw a wrench in her confidence with the Timeless Child revelations. The only stinker in the bunch was
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks (1 episode, New Year Special, 2021) A little bit of cloning and a little bit of open warfare. It’s been 367 minutes since the Doctor and her team destroyed the Reconnaissance Dalek in GCHQ. An ill-fated truck driver takes the empty casing to Depository
