New Who 7.2 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

As I said earlier in the week, I’ve been busy (though happy!) lately, and so am horribly behind with Doctor Who reviews. I’m writing this up while on a train to London, where I will deliver a workshop on Space and Ancient History for school-teachers (which might as well be called Space, Time and Ancient History, since you can’t really talk about space without talking about time). An appropriate context for writing about a Doctor Who story with an Egyptian queen in it, I think. Obviously, I‘m writing this with the benefit not only of having read many other people's reviews of Dinosaurs, but also of seeing it with the hindsight of A Town Called Mercy. I've tried to acknowledge the effects of both of those where relevant. I also haven't yet seen The Power of Three, let along The Angels Take Manhattan, so I don't know where they will take us. As for my last review, I've grouped my thoughts under thematic headings.

( Overall writing / plotting )

( Time and history )

( Guest characters )

( Solomon and his death )

( Awesome bits )

( Past continuity )

( Future implications )

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New Who 7.3 A Town Called Mercy

And now, for my return train journey, let us consider the matter of A Town Called Mercy.

( History and past continuity )

( References beyond Who )

( Kahler Jex and the Doctor )

( Weaknesses )

( Cool bits )

( Future implications )

And now I think I deserve to finally watch The Power of Three...

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