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About me as a Whovian: Now you're talking! Ok, I like Matt Smith's Doctor best for a more manic and eccentric performance and great stories like The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, Amy's Choice, and The Name of the Doctor. I do not consider myself a fan of New Who or Classic Who, I am a fan of Doctor Who, plain and simple.
About me as a Whovian: Now you're talking! Ok, I like Matt Smith's Doctor best for a more manic and eccentric performance and great stories like The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, Amy's Choice, and The Name of the Doctor. I do not consider myself a fan of New Who or Classic Who, I am a fan of Doctor Who, plain and simple.


This week's episode: The Name of the Doctor was amazing! Vastra and Jenny were at there absolute best, and Strax was entertaining as ever. Alex Kingston gives her best performance as River Song since Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, and her goodbye to the Doctor is up there with Amy and Rory, Jamie and Zoe, Donna, and Sarah Jane Smith as the saddest goodbyes of Doctor Who. The Great Intelligence was incredibly chilling and sinister, even when he's trying to take the moral highground over the Doctor, and his plan was brilliant. The Whispermen were just as scary and chilling, though they didn't do much. The cameos of every Doctor except maybe Eight was sheer fan service, but very well executed. Matt Smith has given perhaps the best performance in the history of the show this season, ranging from serious and dark in Asylum of the Daleks and A Town Called Mercy to comical and funny in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three to tragic and heartbreaking in The Angels Take Manhatten and The Name of the Doctor. Clara was fantastic, and the revelation of who she was was the best ending to the story arc you could ask for, and very reminiscent of City of Death, my favorite Fourth Doctor story. The cliffhanger has to be one of the best. 10/10.
Review of the Week: Victory of the Daleks was, in my opinion, one of the most underrated episodes of all time. Amy not recognizing the Daleks is hinted at being more than just a plot hole, and when the Doctor mentions it again at the end, it builds up some more mystery for the season finale. I find the friendship between the Doctor and Winston Churchill very entertaining, with their conflicting egos and great respect for eachother. Matt Smith has great chemistry with everyone in the story, be it Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Ian McNiece as Churchill, Bill Patterson as Professor Edwin Bracewell, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks. The idea that the Daleks are hiding in the background and not invading on masse is very refreshing and a nice touch. The line "WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?" is absolutely hilarious. The Ironsides are wonderfully designed. The Doctor's outburst at the Daleks is one of Matt Smith's greatest moments as the Doctor. As for the new Daleks, one of the most polarizing changes ever made to the show, I really like them. I like the idea for different colors, the larger size and jagged-edged eyestalk are incredibly intimidating, and I was instantly reminded of the Dalek designs from the Cushing movies. I also liked seeing how the Supreme and Strategist Daleks quickly asserted their roles in the new race of Daleks. The Spitfire battle in space was great action. The best part of the episode is when the Doctor has to chose between destroying his worst enemies and saving his favorite planet, and the Supreme Dalek ia very sinister in taunting him. Bracewell's conflict is an interesting concept, but when the day is saved by making him feel love, that was just a cop out in the worst way. The wartime feel is very well executed, and the sense of hope at the end is brilliant. I hope to see the purpose of the Eternal Dalek and the other Daleks fit their roles in the near future. I'd give the episode 9/10. It was a fantastic episode with a badly executed resolution, but the good use of the Daleks more than makes up for it, even if you don't like the new design, and Matt Smith never fails to impress as the Doctor.


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*6. Asylum of the Daleks
*6. Asylum of the Daleks
*7. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
*7. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
*8. Amy's Choice
*8. The Rings of Akhaten
*9. The Caves of Androzanni
*9. The Caves of Androzanni
*10. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
*10. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
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