Tags: Bernard Cribbins, David Tennant, John-Simm, Regeneration, RTD, Stephen-Moffatt

Ticket to Ride

Slow but steady anticpation is building in advance of the second (or first, depending on your perspective) of this year’s Doctor Who “Gap Year” specials.  I’m looking at Planet of the Dead as “2 of 5″ rather than “1 of 4″ because The Next Doctor is as much a part of the period between Series Four and Series Five as anything else.  There has been a bit of a push from the Beeb’s  marketing peeps with a few guest appearances on the usual outlets, such as Michelle Ryan on Blue Peter tonight; RTD on yesterday’s BBC Breakfast; something to do with a

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Tags: bbc hd, Bernard Cribbins, David Tennant, Michelle Ryan, Planet of the Dead, Radio-Times, Russell-T-Davies, Waters of Mars, Wilf

The Poison Sky was the conclusion to last week’s cliffhanger although we then got another surprise one tagged on the end of the episode, which was only slightly spoiled by the BBC’s “One to Watch” trailer earlier in the day, more on that later though.  It hardly took a great mind to work out the best way to rescue poor Wilf from the car, in fact while the “great mind” was tinkering about under the car with his suddenly impotent

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Tags: BBC, Bernard Cribbins, Confidential, Doctor, Donna, Martha, One to Watch, Poison Sky, Rose, Sontaran, UNIT, Valliant, Wilf

4×04: The Sontaran Stratagem

It’s always nice to have a stratagem. According to dictionary.com its a plan, scheme or trick for deceiving an enemy, although what exactly the inhabitants of Earth had done to deserve the wrath of Staal The Undefeated and his Tenth Sontaran battle fleet wasn’t quite clear from episode one of this series’ first two-parter. Essentially, the plot involved the Sontarans surreptitiously distributing a new carbon eliminating device for all the world’s 800 million cars that was coupled

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Tags: Bernard Cribbins, Christmas Invation, Cloning, David Tennant, Haka, Helen-Raynor, Martha-Jones, Ryan-Sampson, Sontaran, Stratagem, Time War, UNIT

4×01: Partners In Crime

Season premieres from year’s past have all been thematically similar.  Russell T Davies pens a tale that introduces the audience to the new dynamic of Doctor/Companion that serves to set the scene for what’s to come over the next 12 weekends with the story generally seeming of secondary importance to character.  In 2005, Rose kicked off the new era as the very first story (re)introducing us to the mythology of the show through the wide eyes of the eponymous,

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Tags: Bernard Cribbins, Billie-Piper, Catherine-Tate, David Tennant, New Earth, Partners In Crime, Phil-Collinson, Premiere, Rose, Russell-T-Davies, Sarah Lancashire, Smith-and-Jones, TARDIS, The-Runaway-Bride

“Partners In Crime”: First impressions

That was a lot better than I was expecting.  The David Tennant / Catherine Tate dynamic was brill (the exchange about Martha was very cleverly done and the I-only-want-a-mate sketch was expertly delivered) and Bernard Cribbins is going to be a great addition to the ancilliary staff.  However, one scene stole the show… and Billie Piper didn’t need to say a word.  7/10.  More tomorrow… I’m off to spend my Grand National winnings at the pub.

Tags: Bernard Cribbins, Billie-Piper, Catherine-Tate, David Tennant, Partners In Crime