Doctor Who: series 8 – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2014-11-10T15:47:02+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/6638862 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[‘Doctor Who’ review: A strong finish to an otherwise disappointing season]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7186025/doctor-who-finale-review-death-in-heaven 2014-11-10T10:47:02-05:00 2014-11-10T10:47:02-05:00

All season long, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam have been debating the new season / series (depending on where you watch it) of Doctor Who - the first for 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi. All of which has led us to this moment: "Death in Heaven." Read on for our thoughts on the finale and on the season as a whole.

This probably goes without saying, but expect major spoilers below.

Ross: The Forrest Gump Theory

I always lower my expectations for Doctor Who finales. So much of each hinges on a contrived moment of deus ex machina (or to put it another way, super dumb luck) - some out-of-nowhere twist that exists solely to save the day. Some of my "fav …

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"You know who I am…"

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Dark Water" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," "Kill the Moon," "Mummy on the Orient Express," "Flatline," and "In the Forest of the Night."

Kwame: Looks like I get to start this week. I'm excited! In any case, this episode started off feeling fairly weak but wound up getting much stronger albeit much weirder by the end of the hour. This is …

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]]> Kwame Opam Ross Miller <![CDATA[‘Doctor Who’ recap: ‘In the Forest of the Night’]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/26/7073347/doctor-who-series-8-recap-in-the-forest-of-the-night 2014-10-26T20:00:02-04:00 2014-10-26T20:00:02-04:00

"There are very good, solid, scientific reasons for being really quite frightened just now."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "In the Forest of the Night" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," "Kill the Moon," "Mummy on the Orient Express," and "Flatline."

Ross: I'd love to know who got to watch an entire forest pop up out of nowhere - if not in London overnight then maybe the United States in th …

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]]> Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[‘Doctor Who’ recap: ‘Flatline’]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/19/7010083/doctor-who-series-8-recap-flatline 2014-10-19T21:58:46-04:00 2014-10-19T21:58:46-04:00

"Oh, wow. This is an honor. Does this mean I'm you now?"

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Flatline" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," "Kill the Moon," and "Mummy on the Orient Express."

Ross: So… missy uses an iPad. Cool.

I'm getting ahead of myself. "Flatline" is basically a retelling of the 1884 story Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Except there isn't a romance and we don't really …

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]]> Kwame Opam Ross Miller <![CDATA[Last night on ‘Doctor Who,’ a mummy in space and weird Queen cover songs]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/12/6967149/doctor-who-recap-series-8-mummy-on-the-orient-express 2014-10-12T20:15:40-04:00 2014-10-12T20:15:40-04:00

"Start the clock." 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51,…

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Kill the Moon" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," and "Kill the Moon."

Ross: Never slow down Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" into a jazz tune. That's kind of the point of the song. Now, enjoy this:

Anyway, the nice thing about "Mummy on the Orient Express" is that it lays out t …

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]]> Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[How the Grinch stole ‘Doctor Who’ in one of the worst episodes this season]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/5/6914781/last-night-on-doctor-who-kill-the-moon-humanity-clara 2014-10-05T18:00:01-04:00 2014-10-05T18:00:01-04:00

"You walk our Earth, Doctor. You breathe our air. You make us your friend, and that is your moon, too. And you can damn well help us when we need it!"

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Kill the Moon" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," and "The Caretaker."

Ross: "One small thing for a thing. One enormous thing for a thingy-thing."

Remember how we said last week's episode was really about character development …

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"I know men like him. I've served under them. They push you and make you stronger until you're doing things you never thought you could. I saw you tonight, you did exactly what he told you. You weren't even scared, and you should have been."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Time Heist" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," and "Time Heist."

Ross

It's paradoxical that I feel less enthused to write about Doctor Who when it's had …

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]]> Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[Last night on ‘Doctor Who,’ two parts ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ to one part time travel]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/21/6800757/doctor-who-recap-time-heist 2014-09-21T22:01:54-04:00 2014-09-21T22:01:54-04:00

The Doctor: "Question one: robbing banks is easy if you've got a TARDIS. So why am I not using it?"

Clara: "Question two: where is the TARDIS?"

The Doctor: "Okay, that probably should've been question one."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Time Heist" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," and "Listen."

Ross

I'm here to do three things. In order:

  1. Revisit last week's episode - one of its best ever
  2. Talk about this week's episode, "Time He …

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]]> Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[Last night’s ‘Doctor Who’ may have been one of its best ever]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/14/6148487/doctor-who-listen-recap-season-8 2014-09-14T17:00:02-04:00 2014-09-14T17:00:02-04:00

"Question: why do we talk out loud when we know we're alone? Conjecture: because we know we're not."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Listen" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," and "Robots of Sherwood."

Ross

I'm watching the episode for the second time right now. A seriously interesting menace. Great work by all three leads - the Doctor, Clara, and Mr. Pink. Normally I'd rant about major continuity errors or try to talk about other great shows I'm watchin …

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]]> Ross Miller Kwame Opam <![CDATA[Last night on ‘Doctor Who,’ Robin Hood and the robots of Sherwood]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/7/6119817/doctor-who-8-robot-of-sherwood 2014-09-07T21:59:09-04:00 2014-09-07T21:59:09-04:00

In the world of Doctor Who, Robin Hood is a myth, but he's also a real historical figure. Or is he? For this season of Doctor Who, Ross and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Robot of Sherwood" (warning: spoilers ahead). See also last week's episode, "Into the Dalek"

The Doctor: "When did you start believing in impossible heroes?"

Clara: "Don't you know?"

Ross

I love Peter Capaldi. He adds a gravitas with everything he does. Even when, say, he's in an episode that makes no sense whatsoever. I do not know how much belief I can suspend for this one, which sta …

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