String Theory

"This is so weird," I thought to myself several times, before we got to the CGI frog with the voice of Sharon D. Clarke waving the Doctor away.

"It Takes You Away" by Ed Hime, directed by Jamie Childs. Spoilers after the cut.

Ducking Hell

Apparently Alan Cumming brought some "subtle" "suggestions" of James I's "rumoured" sexuality to his portrayal. I must have missed them under all the obvious references to him being gay, as is common knowledge.

"The Witchfinders" by Joy Wilkinson, directed by Sallie Aprahamian. Spoilers after the cut.

Kerblamazon

This week's episode of Doctor Who really made you sit back and think about people working in terrible jobs. Those poor actors, having to share a set with Bradley Walsh and Lee Mack at the same time!

"Kerblam!" by Pete McTighe, directed by Jennifer Perrott. Spoilers after the cut.

MacGyverising

I guess the real Demons of the Punjab were the friends we made along the way.

"Demons of the Punjab" by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs. Spoilers after the cut.

Heavy Pting

"The Tsuranga Conundrum" by Chris Chibnallbloody hell another one? That's half the series now and he's bound to write the finale and New Year special as well. Even Rusty Davies had let a couple of other people have a go by this point, although admittedly he completely rewrote anything with anyone else's name on it anyway, but even so, all Chibbers has done so far is graciously allow Malorie Blackman to share a credit with him on one episode.

Directed by Jennifer Perrott. Spoilers after the cut.

Sheffield Wide Web

I've seen a few places say what a clever pun on Anarchy in the UK the title "Arachnids in the UK" is, which is handy because if it hadn't been pointed out to me I'd never have realised it was clever, I'd have thought it was really reaching for a weak pun that didn't quite work. And let's face it, if there's one thing I know about, it's weak puns that don't quite work.

"Arachnids in the UK" by Chris Chibnall, directed by Sallie Aprahamian. Spoilers after the cut.

Parks and Ride

Wow, the people of Montgomery, Alabama were really committed to their racism, weren't they?

"Rosa" by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai. Spoilers after the cut.

Thank you for smoking

Ah, yeah. This is... Kinda more what I was expecting from a Chris Chibnall episode.

"The Ghost Monument" by Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai. Spoilers after the cut.

Lots of planets have a Hoodezfield

Well, so far I like Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. But then, she was never the one I was worried about, was she?

"The Woman Who Fell to Earth" by Chris Chibnall, directed by Jamie Childs. Spoilers after the cut.

Brig Fun

I've kind of forgotten about this secondary blog, to the point of never even having got round to writing about last Christmas' Doctor Who special, which climaxed in Peter Capaldi's regeneration into Jodie Whittaker. But it's nearly time for Whittaker's first series proper, so I watched "Twice Upon a Time" again to see if I was more inspired to write about it.

"Twice Upon a Time" by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay. Spoilers after the cut.