106: Dr. Who Series 11
This week we review Dr. Who Series 11. TPK is a weekly pop culture roundtable podcast, by nerds, for nerds.
Read moreThis week we review Dr. Who Series 11. TPK is a weekly pop culture roundtable podcast, by nerds, for nerds.
Read moreTwice Upon a Time is probably the funnest of the Doctor Who Christmas specials to watch. The interplay with David Bradley’s 1st Doctor and Peter Capaldi’s 12th were a pure delight and made up for an otherwise lackluster script.
Read moreThis week we review Series 10 of BBC’s Doctor Who TPK is a weekly pop culture roundtable podcast, by nerds,
Read moreThe Doctor Falls is the best season Finale from Doctor Who. The payoffs are brilliant, the stakes are real, and the ending is one of the most memorable in Doctor Who history. Although Bill’s exit from the show could have been handled better, the interplay between The Doctor, The Master and Missy can’t be beat. Overall this is a fitting end to the series.
Read moreJohn Simm returns as The Master in this penultimate episode. Read our spoiler heavy review of The World Enough and Time.
Read more“The Eaters of Light” features the return of a classic era writer to pen this tale of Romans, Celts and space monsters.
Read moreA surprisingly good episode featuring a sub-par villain, Empress of Mars delivers a story that is both wacky and compelling.
Read moreIn the Lie of the Land The Doctor fights an enemy who controls the world with fake news. Although a capable episode, it fails to live up to such a high bar set earlier in the season.
Read moreThe Pyramid at the End of the World fails to live up to its predecessor, Extremis. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad episode. Pyramid is not the action packed invasion story we were expecting, instead it’s something deeper. The question is not “How will The Doctor prevent the invasion?” but “How will humanity cause it’s own destruction?” Although the crisis was a bit of a let-down, the ending itself was a quintessential Dr Who ending.
Read moreExtremis dispatches with the rather tired monster of the week format while finally giving us the big reveal of the series: the answer to who is inside The Doctor’s box. With a truly intriguing premise and what appears to be a villain able to match wits with The Doctor, Extremis is the best episode of this series to date.
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