1. The Only "Doctor Who" Recap You'll Ever Need

The Only "Doctor Who" Recap You'll Ever Need

John DeVore
Here's what happened on the last episode of "Doctor Who":
  • As it turns out, he's not really a doctor. He just has advanced degrees in Xenobiology, quantum engineering, and women's studies.

  • The Doctor's companions panic, because they are trapped in a magic box with a daft and capricious god.

  • The TARDiS is powered by the repressed sexual dreams of goth girls in the American midwest.

  • The Doctor uses the term "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" to explain how temporal paradoxes and/or plot holes work.

  • In one hour, the following emotions were experienced, sometimes twice: whimsy, enchantment, melancholy, yearning, terror, despair, rage, sorrow, and joy.

  • The Doctor dons a large top hat, pours tea, and asks his companions why a raven is like a writing desk.

  • The TARDIS suddenly appears on a gaslit cobblestone street or a prehistoric jungle or the control room of a spaceship.

  • Romans from Ancient Rome and alien robots from the distant future both have English accents.

  • The plot is a convoluted mishmash of technobabble, contradictory motives, and impossible coincidences.

  • The Doctor is surrounded by evil aliens who point weapons at him. He smirks and says something clever.

  • A sentimental Britpop power ballad scors a tender scene about the power of love.

  • No one yells "We need to get BACK TO THE FUTURE."

  • A historical figure makes a guest appearance and does not behave at all the way the history books claimed they would.

  • The Doctor uses reason to defeat a villain, which will never be as exciting as "photon torpedoes."

  • One of the Cybermen is defeated by dehydration and the silver spray paint fumes.

  • A winsome companion dies! But, then, is resurrected! (Just like last episode.)

  • The entirety of the episode seems to take place in the treacly dimension where "Love, Actually" unfolded.

  • The Doctor's companions express doubt in the Doctor's eccentric plan.

  • Yet another advanced alien race is torn into two warring factions, and then the Doctor has to step in and negotiate a peace, again.

  • A dreaded Dalek slowly rumbles towards the Doctor on three rickety office chair wheels.

  • The sonic screwdriver is used to help the Doctor escape from the trap he walked into right before the commercial.

    (Photos via BBC)