How Television Saved My Life

"Let me be brave." MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD I'm an avid Doctor Who fan, and some, well   those few individuals that read this blog are probably wondering why on earth I've not blogged about series nine. I've been saving it up to make a big whopper of a post, because I want to double back and watch the episodes again. Series nine has actually been a lot of fun and has picked up a thread from the latter of series eight (which was fun at the end). Unfortunately something's come up - Clara Oswald ( Jenna Coleman )  that is. The impossible girl. The girl who flew in on a leaf. She's gone. Somehow I knew that Clara would go bravely ahead, but it's the first companion to have really died in New Who. There have been others, but never a recurring character at this scale. I had prepared myself already as I knew Jenna Coleman's contract was up. Despite all of that, I never really felt prepared for what was to come. It's not a big scale fanfa...

(SPOILERS AHEAD OF COURSE) I remember when it became announced Peter Capaldi (The thick of it, FortySomething) was going to be The Doctor , and I wasn't at all surprised. Not that I was 'bored' by the choice, but I felt he was the right man to take over as the enigmatic alien with his magical box. I am glad to know I wasn't wrong either, for there is something quite beautiful with his portrayal. He has a certain classic-Doctor feel about him, something I felt for example David Tennant lacked. Capaldi's Doctor is very alien, and his moral-code is certainly questioned from the series opener 'Deep Breath'. We are left in doubt about whether or not he made someone plunge to their death, and then he asks Clara in 'Into the Dalek' if he is a good man. There was never any doubt about Matt Smith's childish, energetic portrayal, though perhaps that was because he concealed it well. In a previous episode Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) was warned abo...