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Confession #89: I Like Obscure Species | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Raquo; Confession #89: I Like Obscure Species. Confession #89: I Like Obscure Species. On Wed, 07/08/2015 - 07:00. It's fairly safe to say that anyone who calls themselves a fan of Doctor Who. Mostly, though, these aliens are simply the means to an end a way to tell the best story the writer knows how to tell at that moment. They serve one particular purpose, and then they're never seen again. It's some of these obscure species that I find charmingly bizarre. Not exactly crea...
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Three | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Review of The Green Death: SE (#69). 19 May - 23 Jun 1973. Three, Josephine "Jo" Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney. Planet of the Daleks. Three, Sarah Jane). What is it with green slime that infects the innocently curious on Doctor Who. Aside from being the finale of the Third Doctor's fourth series, The Green Death. Ever fail to remember the maggots? UNIT trying to solve everything with explosions and guns ("Well, I never thoug...
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Five | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Genesis of the Cybermen. Review of Spare Parts (#34). Big Finish Release Date. Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. Years ago when I first became aware of Big Finish and had conversations about which releases were "best," Spare Parts. Came up again and again. It's thus been on my "to listen" list for ages, though for one reason or another didn't make it into the rotation until now. Having now heard it, I completely understand why Spare Parts. Miracle in the Desert. Is in itself an...
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One | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Confession #59: I'm Sick of the Omnirumour. Part of the mythos of our show is the sad fact that many of the early episodes from the first two Doctors are no longer in the BBC archives. Pretty much ever since the advent of home video, fans have hoped that some or preferably all of those would some day be recovered. We've had our share of happy surprises, most recently when The Enemy of the World. And The Web of Fear. Were returned last year. They're covering their behinds!
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Reviews | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. The Beauty Beneath the Masque. Review of The Masque of Mandragora (#85). 04 - 25 Sep 1976. Four, Sarah Jane Smith. Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. The Seeds of Doom. Four, Sarah Jane). The Hand of Fear. Four, Sarah Jane). Last month I started my new series of reviews of Tom Baker's season openers with his inaugural adventure Robot. His second season started with Terror of the Zygons. The story opens with SJS and the Doctor wandering the halls of the TARDIS, apparently just for k...
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Series 8 | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Raquo; Series 8. Can Every Christmas Be Last Christmas? Review of Last Christmas. This review contains episode-specific spoilers. And wild speculation about future episodes. Santa Claus has absolutely no place in Doctor Who. Except when he does. Source - bbc.co.uk - 2014 BBC. I will freely admit that I was among those fans who cringed and gnashed teeth when Santa showed up in the TARDIS at the end of Death in Heaven. Reader Poll Roundup: Series Eight Edition. I'm going to sta...
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Confession #90: I've Underrated Martha | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Raquo; Confession #90: I've Underrated Martha. Confession #90: I've Underrated Martha. On Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:00. As I look back on her time in the TARDIS, though, I realize that I really have given Martha short shrift. Just by being there, by taking up space on screen and refusing to be shoved aside, she did more for representation of diversity than anyone else in the show's history. For example, on her first trip into the past in The Shakespeare Code. Martha's relationship...
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Confession #91: I Believe in Canon | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Raquo; Confession #91: I Believe in Canon. Confession #91: I Believe in Canon. On Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:00. I don't understand other people's brains. Take the case of the social media comment called to my attention this week. I won't go into great detail, but the thrust of the point (aside from some juvenile name-calling and derailment) was that in this fan's opinion, Capaldi wasn't worthy of the mantle of Doctor, and therefore didn't "count" in their mind. One could even argu...
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Confession #92: I Like Change | Confessions of a Neowhovian
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Confessions of a Neowhovian. Raquo; Confession #92: I Like Change. Confession #92: I Like Change. On Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:00. If recent years have taught us anything, it's that keeping a secret from Doctor Who. Having said that, I think it would be cool to be proven wrong. You may recall from my S7. Reviews that I much preferred Clara during this past series, once she stopped being a plot point and became an actual character, though I'm also not super enamored of her. She doesn't exactly rub me the w...
