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Timestamp #234: Good as Gold & Pond Life

Doctor Who: Good as Gold Doctor Who: Pond Life (6 episodes, pre-Series 7 Specials, 2012) Catching up with the Ponds. Good as Gold The Doctor and Amy are traveling in the TARDIS. Amy notes that the Intrepid Universe Traveler Handbook says they need to have at least one adventure per week, so the

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Timestamp #233: The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe

Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe (1 episode, Christmas Special, 2011) Facing traumas and Christmas miracles. Prequel The Eleventh Doctor holds a button that, when released, will blow up a ship that’s about to destroy the Earth. He calls Amy Pond on the TARDIS phone to ask

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Timestamp Special #13: Farewell, Sarah Jane

Farewell, Sarah Jane (Doctor Who: Lockdown: April 19, 2020) On the ninth anniversary of Elisabeth Sladen’s untimely passing, in the midst of a global pandemic, we were offered a chance to say goodbye. It was a beautiful and fitting tribute to the character and the woman who brought her to

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Timestamp: Sarah Jane Adventures Series Five Summary

Sarah Jane Adventures: Series Five Summary Series Five was a strong finale dedicated to the show’s roots. It’s an odd position to be in with three stories and an unexpected finale, but those three showcased the found family heart of The Sarah Jane Adventures. That’s really what this series and

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Timestamp #SJA28: The Man Who Never Was

Sarah Jane Adventures: The Man Who Never Was (2 episodes, s05e03, 2011) Slave trades and work simulations. At Serf Systems, an office cleaner named Adriana Petrescu does her job as an advertisement for the new SerfBoard computer plays on overhead screens. A strange noise draws Adriana to the elevator. When

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Timestamp #SJA27: The Curse of Clyde Langer

Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer (2 episodes, s05e02, 2011) Where were you on the day of the storm? Clyde shows Rani the superhero comic he created, The Silver Bullet, and she’s impressed. She’s less enthused about his idea for story starring an adventurer named Susie June Jones. Meanwhile,

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Timestamp #SJA26: Sky

Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky (2 episodes, s05e01, 2011) Welcome back to the attic. Sarah Jane observes the star-filled sky and reminisces about all of the wonderful things that she’s seen. In that night sky, a meteor crashes into a nearby junkyard, startling a homeless man as a metalloid creature emerges

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Timestamp: Series Six Summary

Doctor Who Series Six Summary Matt Smith’s sophomore series was about the same as the previous round. The Moffat formula remains intact here, approaching a season-spanning threat while maintaining an adventure-of-the-week format. This version made the threat more personal by focusing on the Doctor’s impending death, the pursuit of Amy

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Timestamp #232: Space/Time & Night and the Doctor

Doctor Who: Space/Time Doctor Who: Night and the Doctor (7 episodes, Comic Relief and Home Video Specials, 2011) Wrapping up some loose ends with the time travelers’ dating game run amok! Space Set between The Big Bang and The Impossible Astronaut, we begin with our travelers fixing the TARDIS in

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Timestamp #231: The Wedding of River Song

Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song (1 episode, s06e13, 2011) A wedding, two funerals, and a question. Prequel A digital clock flickers on a computer screen, bouncing between 05:02:57 PM and 05:02:58 PM. Two soldiers patrol the corridors in Area 52, looking into supposedly empty tanks on their rounds.

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Timestamp Special #12: Death is the Only Answer

Doctor Who: Death is the Only Answer (1 episode, Doctor Who Confidential Special, 2011) The Doctor meets one of the greatest physicists of our time. The Doctor celebrates the acquisition of a new fez formerly owned by his old friend Albert Einstein. He trips, knocking the fez out of his

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Timestamp #230: Closing Time

Doctor Who: Closing Time (1 episode, s06e12, 2011) Here to help! At the Sanderson & Grainger store in Colchester, Kelly and Shona prepare to close up for the night. Kelly is late for a date, so Shona offers to take her duties. Shona is perturbed that a customer is still

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