Where Did It All Go Right?

Much overdue but here, at last, are my considered thoughts on �Last of the Time Lords�, the final instalment of series three of Doctor Who. Even though it was loved and loathed in apparent equal measure within the picky world of fandom, the broadcast secured some very positive viewing figures that we all now seem to take for granted from these finales and fairly widespread acclaim.� Even the BBC invested a little extra in this televisual treat by commissioning an extra 8 minutes

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Problem Solving

A three-parter in new Doctor Who is unheard of, although the older fans among us may remember the occasional 6 x 25-minute stories of old that equate to much the same duration. The result is that “The Sound of Drums” sits a little uncomfortably between the opening shocks of “Utopia” and the almost inevitable thrills and spills of the finale this evening in “The Last Of The Time Lords”.� So, for an episode with neither a begining nor an end it is a little unusual but it still

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