Doctor Who - "Asylum of the Daleks"

Season 7, Episode 1

“Well, this is new.”

This is, by Steven Moffat’s own admission, supposed to be a “big” season for Doctor Who, one that plays down the serialization that became so frustrating at the end of last season and instead gives us lots of “blockbuster” type hours instead. And how does one go ahead and kick of such a season? By bringing back the Daleks, of course.

Doctor Who - "The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe"

Season 6, Episode 14

“No one should be alone on Christmas Eve.”

Perhaps the greatest thing about the Eleventh Doctor era is the fact that Matt Smith’s whimsical performance has freed up the show to be more childish than it has in long time, to engage in more fanciful type of storytelling that is generally rejected by modern science-fiction. The greatest example of this obviously lies with the Christmas specials, wherein Steven Moffat has allowed the show to treat Christmas not just as an event, but as an actual thing, both in the physical sense and (more importantly) in the emotional as well.

Doctor Who - "The Wedding of River Song"

Season 6, Episode 13

A stepping stone, a stumbling block

Doctor Who - "Closing Time"

Season 6, Episode 12

AKA “The Lodger 2: Electric Boogaloo”

Doctor Who - "The God Complex"

Season 6, Episode 11

We’ve all been down this road at least once before

Doctor Who: "The Girl That Waited"

Season 6, Episode 10

A strong standalone episode highlights all of the Moffat era strengths

Doctor Who: "Let's Kill Hitler"

Season 6, Episode 8

Funnier than Springtime for Hitler!

Doctor Who: "A Good Man Goes to War"

Season 6, Episode 7

A case for increased serialization

Doctor Who: "The Almost People"

Season 6, Episode 6

The second part fails to live up to the intellectual expectations

Doctor Who: "The Rebel Flesh"

Season 6, Episode 5

The first half of a two parter is better with ideas than story

Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife"

Season 1, Episode 4

Wringing pathos out of an inanimate object

Doctor Who: "The Curse of the Black Spot"

Season 6, Episode 3

The first standalone episode of the season brings about a few problems

Doctor Who: "Day of the Moon"

Season 6, Episode 2

The second half of a two-parter comes back even stronger than the first

Doctor Who: "The Impossible Astronaut"

Season 6, Episode 1

A fantastic return, with a few storytelling glitches