Verdict of Series 6: Special – A Christmas Carol Well, it had to happen eventually. Ghost of Christmas Past takes up the majority of the episodes. I would love to hear Abigail/Katherine Jenkins do the Irish National Anthem...maybe Wishing You Were Somehow here Again as well. Is “a new kind of screwdriver” a reference to Curse of the Fatal Death? Very well done, despite doing ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a bit of a cliché. Why not use it as a multi-Doctor crossover? Also, how about a Hanukkah special? It would a serial and sort of a throwback to Classic Who. Why wasn’t Sir Michael Gambon in the opening credits? No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am the Doctor” is used: 2 Mini-episodes – Time/Space Good one. No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am the Doctor” is used: 1 (Total: 3) Ep 1 – The Impossible Astronaut (including prequel) The Doctor dislikes Thursdays, referencing H2G2? Yeah, and digging wouldn’t have found these tunnels? This episode is dedicated to Elizabeth Sladen, and there isn’t a reference to Sarah Jane or Four? No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 3 (Total: 6) Ep 2 – Day of the Moon The Silence is really built on a similar premise to the Weeping Angels. Rory is just f***ing awesome. “Go and build some cabinets” reference to 9 . No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 5 (Total: 11) Ep 3 – Curse of the Black Spot (including prequel) ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG! Loving Pirate Amy. Ep 4 – The Doctor’s Wife First time since The War Games have we had the psychic boxes, first time we get (in TV canon) that a Time Lord can change genders. And then we come to the major problem of the episode: it took High Time Lord decree to get the First and Second to help Third, to escape the gravity of Big Bang almost all other rooms of the TARDIS had to be deleted, to talk across dimensions Ten drained an entire sun, but to get out of the time stream/universe only 30% of the rooms need to be deleted? BULLSHIT NEIL GAIMAN, BULLSHIT! The effect of the soul of a TARDIS entering a body is the same a regenerating, why? Couldn’t think of another one? Rory calls House a scrapyard outside of the universe and an opportunity to reference Millyways is missed. The Doctor just told Amy what he did? Why are you making me hurt Neil? No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 2 (Total: 13) Ep 5 – The Rebel Flesh No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am the Doctor” is used: 1 (Total: 14) Ep 6 – The Almost People References to 1 (the Promise), 3, 4 and 10. Recommended. Mini-episodes - Night and the Doctor “Bad Night” The Doctor comes in with a fishbowl and a cricket bat! ...or should I say Krikket? “Good Night” No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am the Doctor” is used: 1 (Total: 15) “First Night” “Last Night” What is the point of these episodes? Ep 7 – A Good Man Goes To War (including prequel) It’s a real pity they couldn’t get John Barrowman to do Captain Jack. Ep 8 – Let’s Kill Hitler The state of temporal grace DOES exist, you idiot, it is not a lie. Moffat ignores his own continuity (being that at the end of Day of the Moon, this was the first and last time River and Doctor kissed), and have River and Doctor kiss for a second time. The episode is called “Let’s Kill Hitler”, yet we only see him for 5 minutes. No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am the Doctor” is used: 2 (Total: 17) Ep 9 – Night Terrors Eeeehhhh, no complaints. Ep 10 – The Girl Who Waited Why not “The Woman Who Waited”? She is a woman. (and yes, to the Doctor she is a girl, but to the audience, Amy Pond is a woman). Recommended, if you’re ok with an emotional episode. No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 2 (Total: 19) Ep 11 – God Complex And this couldn’t have been the last episode for Amy/Rory, why? No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 1 (Total: 20) Ep 12 – Closing Time First time in a long time the Cybermats. Craig defeated the Cybermen with the power of HEART! No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 1 (Total: 21) Mini-episodes – Night and the Doctor “Up All Night” So basically these are also prequels? Ep 13 – The Wedding of River Song (including prequel) Though while it’s an alternate reality, counting as second time Moffat ignores own continuity. How can a Tesselecta look like it’s going through regeneration? No. of times “Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor” is used: 2 (Total: 23) Overall, this series is fraught with more problems than it has good points to counteract those problems. (No. of times "Army in the TARDIS/I Am The Doctor" is used: Series 5 (12) + Series 6 (23) = 35)
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