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Why Did Stranger Things Succeed While Class Faded Into the Shadows?
This is a completely unfair comparison, but I am going to make it anyway. In 2016, two sci-fi shows focussed on school children hit our screens, Stranger Things and Class. On paper, they had a lot in common...

SimplyWho
Aug 65 min read
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A Doctor for Our Time: Is That Even Possible Anymore? Is Billie Piper the Time Lord for the Job?
Is it even possible anymore to cast a Doctor that doesn’t immediately divide people? Can we still find a Doctor who feels right for now?

SimplyWho
Jul 273 min read
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Slow Doctor Who News Days
What is going on? Will anything be announced? Will nothing be announced?

SimplyWho
Jul 175 min read
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I Got in the TARDIS and Took Over Doctor Who! By the New Showrunner (Unofficially)
I have grabbed myself a TARDIS, I am punching in the co-ordinates of Bad Wolf Studios and I am remaking the past couple of years with a healthy dose of hindsight and without the talent of anyone who works on the show...

SimplyWho
Jul 116 min read
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Be Kind - Why Peter Capaldi Is My Doctor
I don’t think you always choose your Doctor. It doesn't have to be your first. Sometimes, your Doctor chooses you. They worm their way into your brain, quietly at first, before they take you over completely...

SimplyWho
Jul 54 min read
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Doctor Who Series 8 Episode Rankings
I love this series, I think it gets a bad wrap. When I was doing this list I felt bad for putting a few near the bottom...

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Jul 25 min read
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Doctor Who Season 2 Predictions Verdict
Before the series started I predicted what I would thought would happen in each episode. So now that the dust has settled, let's see how I got on...

SimplyWho
Jun 257 min read
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Mark Gatiss Episodes: A Mixed Reception Among Doctor Who Fans
When it comes to Doctor Who, some writers are celebrated and some have a more mixed reception. I think one of those writers in the mixed camp is Mark Gatiss...

SimplyWho
Jun 234 min read
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Ranking Every RTD Doctor Who Story Updated
I did this a while back, but after season 2 there are more to add to my ranking of RTD Doctor Who episodes. Will any of the five new additions challenge the top? I have high hopes for a couple of episodes before I start to type...

SimplyWho
Jun 239 min read
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Doctor Who Season 2 (Series 15) Episode Ranking
I have also remembered how horrible the world is now Doctor Who has stopped. I can live in my little Doctor Who cocoon for 8 weeks or so and not think of much else, but reality is hitting now...

SimplyWho
Jun 115 min read
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Introducing Billie Piper as the Bloody Doctor! Or Not as the Case May Be. What Does This Mean?
Now what?

SimplyWho
Jun 26 min read
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Thank You Ncuti Gatwa for a Doctor Who Regeneration
Whether you regenerate on Saturday or not, I just wanted to say I have loved your time as the Doctor...

SimplyWho
May 273 min read
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Doctor Who Is Thriving - So Why Aren't People Watching?
This current era of Doctor Who with Ncuti Gatwa is bold, beautiful, and bursting with creativity - so why aren't people watching it?

SimplyWho
May 125 min read
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Doctor Who Predictions Update
We are halfway through this series already - which is hugely depressing! Could we really be four episodes away from the end?! I know,...

SimplyWho
May 84 min read
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Why it Would Have Been Epic if Thasmin Ended Up With the Thirteenth Doctor Snogging Yaz
Yaz has some ice cream round her mouth, the Doctor goes to move it, the score swells, the universe holds its breath as their eyes meet...

SimplyWho
Apr 176 min read
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Why Modern Doctor Who’s 'Wokeness' isn’t its Problem - It’s a Reliance on Nostalgia
Does the modern version of Doctor Who have a wokeness problem, or does it have too much reliance on nostalgia?

SimplyWho
Apr 154 min read
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Why Doctor Who Needs to Refocus on the Monsters (Not Just the Doctor)
The show needs to change its focus, and I'm not saying turn it away from the Doctor, but I'm saying let's take a better look at the monsters. The Doctor cannot be the Doctor without a decent threat...

SimplyWho
Apr 123 min read
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Why Doctor Who Needs Protecting from a Hiatus – A Robin Hood Reminder
This isn’t just a TV show though is it? It’s pure magic. It’s imagination made real. It’s a story that dares to be bold, to challenge norms, to teach compassion, and to celebrate difference...

SimplyWho
Apr 114 min read
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Ranking Every Opening Story of the Modern Doctor Who Series
Working my way through bogeys and fat, hospitals on the moon or hospitals ran by cats, prisoners and plastic...

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Apr 76 min read
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Doctor Who Series 7 Episode Rankings
This series felt more solid and consistent when compared to the wildly erratic series 6...

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Apr 14 min read
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