A Perennial Digression

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On the Highs, Lows, and Woes of Doctor Who

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David Armstrong
Oct 05, 2025
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My Shiny Toy Robots: Reviews in Time & Space: Doctor Who 10x01 - The Pilot

If anyone ought to have pulled a Tom Baker, and stayed on as the Doctor for seven years, Peter Capaldi was that person.

I came into Doctor Who in 2010, at the beginning of the show’s long popularity under Steven Moffat. I was fifteen at the time: a friend introduced me to it through his Advanced Language Arts and Research/Presentation (ALAR/P) thesis de…

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