Thursday, November 14, 2013

NuWho Review: 2013 Minisode "The Night of the Doctor"

           
By: Steven Moffat

**Spoilers**
If you have not yet seen this episode, please go and do so before proceeding.

           I don't understand why people hate the made-for-tv movie so much, really I don't. Sure it's nothing particularly splendid and can be at times both un-meaningly campy and unbearably dramatic...but, c'mon! Aren't there plenty of episodes that suffered from far worse in terms of premise and storytelling? Personally I think that anyone who skips the movie really misses out on something special - and that something special is Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.


            It was so exciting to see his Doctor on the screen again, especially with better effects and writing than what he had to contend with in the film. This minisode is so, so important because it gives us the Eight - Nine regeneration that we had been missing (and more or less confirming the rumors that Eccleston is, in fact, the Tenth Doctor) but it also gave McGann his first on-screen appearance as The Doctor since the 1990's! It was great to see Doctor Eight again, wonderful to see that mysterious regeneration and the return of the cult from The Brain of Morbius, and I can't wait for the 23rd to come! Where's Jack Harkness and his Vortex Manipulator when you need him...?


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