Unfortunately, 55% of it is incredibly stupid and for that reason, I’m out. “THE NEXT DOCTOR”Ībout 45% of this is a very good episode. But, Peter Capaldi is so very good in it, and his monologue about things ending being sad is still one of my favorites. And while the romantic comedy angle was cute enough, and bringing on Matt Lucas’ Nardole as an official companion with this episode was a great move, for me, after an entire calendar year with no Doctor Who, it just seemed so slight and inconsequential, especially coming off of some of the series’ best episodes. If there’s one thing I will give any writer credit for, it’s doing something different, and introducing legitimate, costumed, comic book superheroes into the continuity of Doctor Who is certainly something different. It also didn’t help that the plot had one of those “Love Conquers All” denouements that are only really effective in rare instances, and a big waste of a reference to “The Caves of Androzani.” The carved Christmas tree people were in this one. A Christmas episode certainly ought to have whimsy, which “Doctor/Widow/Wardrobe” certainly had (the Doctor showing the Arwell family their Christmas digs was a delight), but whimsy soon gave way to rampant and unfettered sentimentality, which rang very false to me for some reason. I almost fell asleep typing the name of this episode. “THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW, AND THE WARDROBE” But one scene does not a good episode make. The only good scene (and it is very good) is a tearful moment about impending mortality between the Doctor and Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins). (Not to mention writing that was an unholy blending of silly and super-serious.) “The End of Time part 1” gave us a frothing Master with super powers we didn’t know he had, a Doctor who spends most of his time looking like someone pooped in his shoes, and it all ended with everyone turning into the Master because of reasons.

But during the year leading up to his regeneration (which saw only five episodes spread over 53 weeks), the Tenth Doctor became increasingly arrogant, po-faced, and just downright irritating. And before we get too far-I love David Tennant’s portrayal of the Doctor. No matter how many years removed we are, I’ll still never get over how disappointing David Tennant‘s final two-part story was to me. We’re gonna count ’em down Casey Kasem style, from 12 all the way to 1. This year’s “Twice Upon a Time” will be the 13th such special (bananas), and I thought it’d be fun (and argument causing) to rank the twelve we’ve had thus far. But whether it’s been a year since a full series or not, Doctor Who has been very consistent when it comes to Christmas specials-never missing one. It will never stop blowing my mind that we’ve had 10 seasons of Doctor Who since its revival in 2005.

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