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‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Pandorica Opens’/’The Big Bang’

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It’s the two-part season finale of Series 5 of ‘Doctor Who’ today! In this story by Steven Moffat, Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond reunite with Alex Kingston as River Song and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. They witness the opening of the Pandorica as well as the Big Bang itself in this. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Lodger’

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This ‘Doctor Who’ episode features the first appearance of James Corden as Craig. This is ‘The Lodger’ by Gareth Roberts where Matt Smith’s Doctor meets Craig. The Doctor becomes Craig’s lodger at his and Sophie’s house. I enjoyed this episode, finding it a refreshing comic relief episode in the TV series. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Vincent and the Doctor’

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This ‘Doctor Who’ episode features Matt Smith’s Doctor and Amy Pond meeting Vincent Van Gogh. The episode is by Richard Curtis, who previously produced ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’. This episode however is not a comedy and it tackles a sensitive subject regarding Vincent Van Gogh and depression. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Hungry Earth’/’Cold Blood’

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It’s time for another two-part story in the Matt Smith era of ‘Doctor Who’. This one is by Chris Chibnall and it features the Doctor, Amy and Rory meeting the Silurians. This marks the first ‘Doctor Who’ story to feature the return of the Silurians in the new series. They look different to their classic series counterparts. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Amy’s Choice’

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In this ‘Doctor Who’ episode, the Doctor, Amy and Rory experience two dreams – one in the TARDIS and one set many years later in Amy and Rory’s home village. But which one of these dreams is real? Will Amy make the right choice? This episode also features special guest Toby Jones as the Dream Lord. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Vampires of Venice’

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It’s time for a vampire story in ‘Doctor Who’, except it’s not vampires from ‘State of Decay’ disappointedly. This episode has Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy now joined by Arthur Darvill as Rory in the TARDIS when they visit Venice in 1580 for a romantic trip that goes haywire.

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‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Time of Angels’/’Flesh and Stone’

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Today it’s time for the first two-part story featured in the Matt Smith era of ‘Doctor Who’. It’s ‘The Time of Angels’/’Flesh and Stone’ with Matt Smith’s Doctor and Amy Pond. This story of course features the return of the Weeping Angels from ‘Blink’ and River Song from ‘Silence In The Library’/’Forest of the Dead’. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘Victory of the Daleks’

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Here is the first ‘Doctor Who’ episode with Matt Smith’s Doctor where he meets the Daleks for the first time. And it was a disappointing Dalek episode for me at the time. However this episode does feature Ian McNeice as Winston Churchill who summons the Doctor to show him his new Ironsides. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Beast Below’

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It’s time for the second episode of the Matt Smith era of ‘Doctor Who’. In this episode, the Doctor and Amy visit the Starship UK in the future and face ‘The Beast Below’. This episode also features Sophie Okonedo as Liz 10 as well as scary Smilers and a giant whale that has the starship on its back. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Marathon – ‘The Eleventh Hour’

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We now come to the first episode of the Matt Smith era of ‘Doctor Who’ as well as the first of the Steven Moffat era. In the first episode, Matt Smith’s Doctor crash lands to Earth and Ameila Pond who later becomes Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. This episode also introduces Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. Continue reading