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

Talking About My Regeneration

One of those added pleasures on a Saturday night (or more usually a Sunday morning) after watching the latest episode of a certain BBC sci-fi show is the fact we get another 40 minutes or so of chat about the programme over on BBC3’s Doctor Who Confidential. The first time I recall having seen on these “shows about other shows” was way back when the BBC used to broadcast a studio-based chat show after every episode of 24 (although for the life of me I can’t remember what it

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Tags: 24, BBC, Confidential, Factual, Helen-Raynor, Phil-Collinson, Russell-T-Davies