Doctor Who‘s latest season has just come to an end—and with it, we just got hit with an absolute shocker of a cliffhanger. Let’s discuss, shall we? Preparing to sacrifice himself to shift time and save the young Poppy–a descendant of human and Time Lord biology–by shunting his regenerative energy into the Time Vortex, “The […]
The History of Omega, the Beginning and the End of the Time Lords
If we thought all Doctor Who was going to build its upcoming finale around was the return of one classic villain from its history in the Rani, “Wish World” told us to think again in its final moments, as it invoked the name of an all-time terror in the history of the Time Lords: the dread […]
‘Doctor Who’ Plays a Weird Waiting Game for the Beginning of Its End
There are a lot of parallels between “Wish World” and last year’s “The Legend of Ruby Sunday.” They are both, of course, penultimate episodes of their respective seasons of Doctor Who. They are also both built around the return of a classic Doctor Who villain, and paying off a mystery that had played out throughout their […]
A Brief Guide to the Rani, the Diva Time Lady Villainess of ‘Doctor Who’
The current era of Doctor Who has tried to shy away from resurrecting some of the series’ biggest bads for the 15th Doctor to face off against—but that’s not to say it has been devoid of classic villains. As we barrel towards the finale of the show’s latest season, we’ve been given another in the form […]
Russell T Davies Reveals Why Now Was the Time for ‘Doctor Who’ to Resurrect the Rani
One of the many, many things that happened on the latest episode of Doctor Who was that the show finally lifted the lid on what two years of teasing who Mrs. Flood was leading towards. Turns out, it was exactly what many Doctor Who fans had, jokingly or otherwise, guessed immediately. In some ways, according to showrunner […]
I Don’t Know How to Talk About This Episode of ‘Doctor Who’ Without Losing My Mind
A lot happened on this week’s Doctor Who. It feels almost impossible to articulate just how much all that “how much” was—and how much of it was questionable at best, and perhaps wildly poorly thought out at worst—without just vomiting a quick, high-concept summation of what happens in “The Interstellar Song Contest.” There is a Eurovision Song […]
The Future of ‘Doctor Who’ Might Continue With or Without Disney
As Doctor Who prepared to return for its latest season, rumors swirled that it would be a make-or-break moment for the show, as threats of Disney terminating its funding deal for the series and even outright cancellation loomed. But while we’re not quite at the point of finding out what Disney’s stake in Doctor Who‘s future […]
Doctor Who’s Latest Story Was About the Power of Doctor Who Itself
As Doctor Who has, inch-by-inch, diversified the casting of its heroes, its willingness to tell stories directly influenced by those decisions has trailed a little behind. When Jodie Whittaker became the 13th Doctor, only a few of her stories ultimately engaged with what it meant that the Doctor now inhabited a female body. With the arrival […]
The Vibes Ncuti Gatwa Brings to Doctor Who Deserve to Be Celebrated
For the better part of the past decade or so, the Doctor Who fandom has been the one I’ve danced around, trying to get into it but never fully committing. What made it so challenging was the staggered release schedule, with the UK getting episodes first while those of us in the U.S. had to […]
Doctor Who’s Disinformation Episode Needed a Bit More Bite
Lots of things can be terrifying on Doctor Who. Monsters, of course, are terrifying. Standing the face of the unknown in a vast, undiscovered universe is also pretty terrifying. Our noble hero pushed to dark impulses, a terror in a more cerebral way. But sometimes, the most terrifying thing of all can just be a […]