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Episode 134: “The Return Of Doctor Mysterio”
Debating Doctor Who
English - May 05, 2020 07:13 - 82.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsTV & Film doctor who whovian new russell davies steven moffat matt smith Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Announcement! We have a live show this Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern! We hope you'll come join us! As for what we have this week, yep, we *finally* got round to this episode. Only took us three and a half years! But first, we read a little excerpt from Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat interviewing each other in Doctor Who Magazine, and pay a little tribute to Davies's brilliance in reimagining the show back in 2005. Then, we launch into our discussion of the 12th Doctor's penultimate Christmas special. We generally like this one a lot, though we do look at some pretty basic ways the story doesn't do right by its sole female character, which, yeah, that sounds familiar. Beyond that, we find a lot to praise, especially in the plotting and the performances and the general warm feelings it elicits. You'll be shocked--shocked!--to hear we say a lot of really nice things about Peter Capaldi. Some things never change...