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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: S06E03 – The Curse of the Black Spot

In the third episode of the sixth series of Doctor Who, the TARDIS is marooned on a pirate ship. HOW HAS NU-WHO NOT DONE PIRATES YET? The episode is largely an entertaining and humorous chunk of filler until WHAT IS … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’ Liveblog: The Curse of the Black Spot

SO I DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS POST WENT. It was in the queue, it was supposed to go up at 7am, and NO SUCH THING HAPPENED. It’s not in my trashed posts or pending or a draft…just *POOF* gone. UGH. … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: S06E02 – Day of the Moon

In the second episode of the sixth series of Doctor Who, there are: prison, tally marks, leaps, swimming pools, body bags, a dam, something in the corner of your eye, President Nixon, a spaceship, and virtually all of this makes … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’ Liveblog: Day of the Moon

Somehow, the wait from the premiere of series six until episode two has seemed like an eternity. But after everything that happened in “The Impossible Astronaut,” I think the whole Internet is pretty much ready for the second half of … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: S06E01 – The Impossible Astronaut

In the first episode of the sixth series of Doctor Who, Amy, Rory, and River Song receive numbered blue envelopes from the Doctor, inviting them to meet him in America for some unnamed purpose. When they arrive, they witness the … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’ Liveblog: The Impossible Astronaut

IT’S BACK!!!! After a long wait for the rest of the world and like…three weeks for yours truly, Doctor Who has returned to our television screens! As promised, this is the first of our weekly liveblogs for the new episodes … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: An Unearthly Child

In the very first serial of Doctor Who ever, the Doctor’s first two companions follow his granddaughter into the TARDIS, where he proceeds to yell at them and then kidnap them and then take them to meet cavemen. Honestly, that’s … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: The TV Movie

In the Doctor Who television movie, the seventh Doctor is forced to land in San Francisco when the Master takes over the TARDIS. And then the Doctor is shot and then he dies and then he regenerates (into a rather … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who: The Movie’ Liveblog

OH HELL YES. It’s back! We haven’t done a liveblog in a while and I’m told that perhaps this is the only way we can all survive the only appearance of the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann. Let us all suffer … Continue reading

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Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’: A Christmas Carol

In the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special, the Doctor is faced with saving over four thousand passengers on board a space liner (of which Rory and Amy are on during their honeymoon), but a scrooge-like character stands in his way. … Continue reading

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