So Doctor Who's 'Flux' mini-series has finished, and my overall verdict is…entertaining nonsense. Entertaining in that I mostly enjoyed watching the series, certainly more than I enjoyed the last two seasons, nonsense in that if you pause to examine almost any element of it in any depth whatsoever, the whole thing falls apart like a house of cards ( Read more... )

So we've had two episodes now of this year's heavily serialized six-episode Doctor Who mini-series. It's still early days to offer commentary on the overarching plot, but in terms of substance and structure…I'm surprised to say that I'm really enjoying the season, so far.

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So Rusty is coming back to Doctor Who! Who'd have ever believed it?

Interesting news. Very, very interesting. And exciting! For a while there it was starting to look as if there wouldn't be any Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary, as if the show might even be rested for a few years, but now we know there is a plan in place. And that plan involves a ( Read more... )