Pete Dillon-Trenchard Jun 10, 2017
Spoilers! We dig into the references and extra details in Doctor Who series 10 episode 9, Empress Of Mars...
This article contains spoilers - pretty much all of them - for Empress Of Mars.
See related Doctor Who: Moffat on budget issues, advice for Chibnall Doctor Who: Phoebe Waller-Bridge is now the joint favourite
The Ice Warriors’ tombs have melted, and so have our hearts. As the Doctor gives Missy a good telling-off for helping to save the day, we turn our attention to the references, callbacks and generally interesting things about tonight’s episode. If we’ve missed something, you know where the comments section is…
Alpha CentaurSQUEE
Usually I take these things roughly in order, but let’s take a moment to let out what the cool kids call a big ‘squee’, or a Russell T Davies-style ‘Hooray!’ for the return, after 43 years,...
Spoilers! We dig into the references and extra details in Doctor Who series 10 episode 9, Empress Of Mars...
This article contains spoilers - pretty much all of them - for Empress Of Mars.
See related Doctor Who: Moffat on budget issues, advice for Chibnall Doctor Who: Phoebe Waller-Bridge is now the joint favourite
The Ice Warriors’ tombs have melted, and so have our hearts. As the Doctor gives Missy a good telling-off for helping to save the day, we turn our attention to the references, callbacks and generally interesting things about tonight’s episode. If we’ve missed something, you know where the comments section is…
Alpha CentaurSQUEE
Usually I take these things roughly in order, but let’s take a moment to let out what the cool kids call a big ‘squee’, or a Russell T Davies-style ‘Hooray!’ for the return, after 43 years,...
- 6/9/2017
- Den of Geek
Simon Brew Jun 10, 2017
Mark Gatiss pens Doctor Who series 10 episode 9, as we head off to the red planet in Empress Of Mars...
This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
10.9 Empress Of Mars
“Is this Neil Armstrong?”
Now that’s how to end a Doctor Who episode.
Following what had been a fairly enjoyable 40-odd minutes, Mark Gatiss demonstrated again his underappreciated love of adding in a classic Who reference to his stories, by having a good chunk of the audience scrambling for their Peladon DVDs. The appearance of Alpha Centauri – voiced again by Ysanne Churchman! – was just the kind of surprise that I thought the show had lost the ability to keep. A small addition, but one that both gives long-time fans an added grin, and also gives the impression that the universe ticks along whether the Doctor is visiting or not.
If Alpha Centauri is entirely new to you,...
Mark Gatiss pens Doctor Who series 10 episode 9, as we head off to the red planet in Empress Of Mars...
This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.
10.9 Empress Of Mars
“Is this Neil Armstrong?”
Now that’s how to end a Doctor Who episode.
Following what had been a fairly enjoyable 40-odd minutes, Mark Gatiss demonstrated again his underappreciated love of adding in a classic Who reference to his stories, by having a good chunk of the audience scrambling for their Peladon DVDs. The appearance of Alpha Centauri – voiced again by Ysanne Churchman! – was just the kind of surprise that I thought the show had lost the ability to keep. A small addition, but one that both gives long-time fans an added grin, and also gives the impression that the universe ticks along whether the Doctor is visiting or not.
If Alpha Centauri is entirely new to you,...
- 6/9/2017
- Den of Geek
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