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The Doctor Who TARDISblend 37: Night Terrors
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Series Six of Doctor Who continues, and begins with the Doctor receiving a mysterious message via the Psychic Paper asking to be “saved from the monsters.” Along with companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill), the trio trace the message to a multi-story set of flats in a council estate area of England, where they find the young boy who sent the plea of his fears across the cosmos: George (Jamie Oram).

But as the Doctor begins investigating the strange case of George, Amy, and Rory disappear and find themselves in a mysterious wooden Victorian home being chased by creepy “life-size” wooden dolls with malicious intents. The deeper the trio delve into the confusion, the more they discover the horrible truth: George’s monsters are real. But where are they coming from?

During TARDISblend 36, we review the events of Night Terrors, a return to form for writer Mark Gatiss. Within the episode itself, we look especially closely at Smith’s flawless performance as The Doctor, evoking elements of previous Doctors, in a manner that made it his own, looking upon the galaxy with the old eyes of a Time Lord.

Also during the show, we bring you an exclusive clip from Geeks Of Doom of Sylvester McCoy performing Smith’s Pandorica monologue during Dragon*Con 2011. We also refer to the infamous Dimensions In Time charity episode from 1993 featuring the first seven Doctors (well, five of them at least).

Later in the podcast, we bring you some Classic Doctor Who recommendations, and then speculate on the significance of the number 32 in the current series…

All this and more on the latest TARDISblend!

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The Social Blend Podcast) and Tom Cheredar (Tched from The Drill Down Podcast) TARDISblend is a podcast that takes a look at the ongoing adventures in the Doctor Who Universe – as Matt Smith makes his journey as the Eleventh Doctor!

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4 Comments »

  1. The Moff reckons there’s gonna be more “stand alone” eps next season.
    But he lies, so we’ll see.
    Yeah, it was that first time that wee guy was on set in Night Terrors. It was covered in Confidential.
    Do you guys in the US get the 45 min version of Confidential or just the 15 min mix?

    I agree that Dimensions  in Time is right at the point in Doctor history when the Beeb didn’t know what to do with the timelord. So that episode is best left where it is……Thanks again Russell for the revamp! We still love you.

    I know that here in the UK, we cant offer ComicCon, California summer sun, but Wales can offer the Doctor Who Experience next year. Its perminant home after a spell in the capital. So you guys will have to save your $’s and airmiles and get here.
    Let the Theme Park begin.
    Speaking of which, did you see that some company have simulated a Doctor Who Theme Park.

    See it at:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5a2qd22Z28 (there’s part 1 and 2)

    They talk of Dicovery Island so could Universal be considering giving DW the JK Rowlin treatment? But if its in FLA. I’ll be pissed off grrrrr. but I suppose a fortnight in the land of the malignant melinoma, never goes amiss.
    Bring on the factor 95! Scottish, remember.

    Woah!!!, but how FANTASTIC would that be ???

    32 timey wimey? we think alike ;)
    Stay well boys
    TT

    Comment by TransmatTrev — September 11, 2011 @ 1:28 pm

  2. Okay, unpopular opinion time…I used to be a HUGE Doctor Who fan, but gave up watching halfway through Matt Smith’s first season.  It’s not that he’s a bad actor or that I’m hardcore Eccelson or Tennant, but the writing on the first half of the season was soooo bad, I couldn’t bring myself to want to watch the rest.  I know, I know, everyone says it got better, but when the Brits can’t stop the Nazis but *can* build a spaceship in 15 minutes to stop a Dalek attack, my ability to suspend disbelief reaches the end of its rope.

    Smiles!
    Lori

    Comment by Lori Strongin — September 11, 2011 @ 9:46 pm

  3. Interesting and possibly telling moment from the end of the episode.  The Doctor says “good to all be together again in the flesh.”  Meaningless?  I doubt it.  The Doctor that died, I’m betting, was Flesh.  The person who killed him was, I’m betting, the real Doctor.

    Comment by scott — September 12, 2011 @ 7:02 pm

  4. Also, there was the chilling children’s sing-song at the end that mentioned the Doctor dying. 

    Comment by scott — September 12, 2011 @ 7:02 pm

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