Category: Doctor Who

Joel Murphy recaps season nine, episode two of Doctor Who.

“This isn’t you.” – Clara Oswald Throughout his tenure as showrunner of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat has implemented a high risk/high reward style of writing. His stories are bombastic and full of energy, which makes the series’ highs feel especially high. The lows, however, can give you pause …

“I wasn’t very good at it, but I did love you.” – Clara Oswald I had mixed feeling on the finale. On the bright side, I loved that Missy’s plan was essentially to corrupt the Doctor into becoming her. It’s easy to make the two enemies, but it …

Well now, I certainly didn’t expect that. With all of the little vignettes featuring Missy throughout the season, I never guessed that she would turn out to be the Master. That was a nice little twist, especially since the Master has been a character Steven Moffat hasn’t been …

Is it just me or did this feel like a throwaway episode? So much of what the show gave us this week felt like a weak retread of themes and ideas we’ve already explored this season. It seemed like Moffat and Co. were just in autopilot as they …