Doctor Who and the Rejuvenation of the Daleks
In the nearly 14 years Doctor Who has been back on TV, the Daleks have been built up as the most fearsome army in Time…
Doctor Who Tried to Have Two Finales at Once, and It Mostly Worked
Doctor Who’s 11th season has seen the series go through a bit of an existential crisis—is the show a character-driven…
That Might Have Been the Most Beautifully Surreal Episode of Doctor Who Ever
Doctor Who is a surreal show. That’s sort of the point. It makes weird things happening in weird times, and weirder…
Finally, a Doctor Who Story Only the 13th Doctor Could've Faced
This season of Doctor Who has been one of new takes on familiar themes—sometimes pushing the boundaries of what the…
Doctor Who's Differing Approaches Find a Shared Fear in the Future of Amazon
There’s a moment in “Kerblam!” where Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor does something she’s never done before, but her past…
Yaz Finally Steps Into the Spotlight for a Poignant Doctor Who
One of the many changes brought to Doctor Who this year is more companions than a dimensionally transcendental phone…
I Think I'm Ready for Doctor Who to Stop Proving That It's Still Doctor Who
Despite being a show about change, there’s always a certain amount of trepidation in Doctor Who when any amount of it…
Doctor Who's Tour of Its Own Roots Continues With a Return to B-Movie Horror
We’ve had stories about mysteries, truly historical dramas, and now, mutant spiders causing frights across Sheffield.…
A Blunt Episode of Doctor Who Harkens Back to Its Educational Core
What is Doctor Who about? It has been around for so long, changed into so many things, that sometimes it’s hard to say.…
Last Night's Doctor Who Gave Some 'Who' Back to the Doctor
Much of Steven Moffat’s era of Doctor Who was dedicated to solving the mystery of the Doctor—why the name, where’s…
io9 Roundtable: Breaking Down Jodie Whittaker's Stellar Doctor Who Premiere
Doctor Who returned last night, and brought with it a whole new look, a whole new cast, and a whole new Doctor in the…
Doctor Who's Season Finale Wrapped Up a Three-Year-Long Character Arc Perfectly
Doctor Who rarely does big character arcs. By its very nature it’s a transitory program: every week a new adventure,…
Doctor Who Reminds Us Why the Cybermen Will Always Be Its Scariest Enemies
When asked about the scariest Doctor Who villains, fan have all sorts of responses. The Daleks are the go-to, but…
On Doctor Who, Bill Potts Has Finally Become the Doctor's Equal
This week’s Doctor Who delivered a classic, but very familiar tale of two hostile sides coming together to face a…
This Week, Doctor Who Returned to a Middling Status Quo
After the middling Monk trilogy, Doctor Who fell back on a well-trodden house style this weekend for “The Empress of…
Doctor Who Tackles Fake News With a Disappointing Fake-Out of Its Own
This week’s Doctor Who saw the Monk trilogy come to its end, as team TARDIS found themselves battling through a…
Doctor Who Just Pulled Off a Barnstorming Cliffhanger
There’s a lot of comparisons to be drawn between this weekend’s “The Pyramid at the End of the World” and its preceding…
This Week's Doctor Who Highlighted the Best and the Worst of the Steven Moffat Era
“Extremis” was the most unique episode of Doctor Who we’ve seen so far in season 10—but only because, unlike the rest…
Doctor Who Just Did One of Its Most Daring Episodes in Ages
By its very nature, Doctor Who is a formulaic show. You’ve got the Doctor, you’ve got a companion, they go on an…
Doctor Who Is on One Hell of a Streak Lately
Doctor Who’s tenth season is only four episodes in, but I can’t remember the last time the show hit the ground running…