My take on the final scene of "New Earth" is that the Doctor isn't necessarily doing this to be kind to Cassandra; he's doing it because he's put the pieces together. Cassandra based her clone servant's body on her "favourite pattern," and she's obsessed with the party where she was last told she was beautiful. I…

Oh, god, I remember writing this. The Internet never forgets anything, does it?

"The Face of Evil" is also very much like the Fifth Doctor's "Enlightenment," in that Episode One gradually builds up to a mind-blowing reveal at the cliffhanger — which is unfortunately such a strong visual hook that it gets splashed over everything advertising the story, completely spoiling the sense of mystery and…

Colditz is crippled by horrendous sound design, but is a pretty strong story (and stars David Tennant as a Nazi). A Thousand Tiny Wings was okay, but nothing special. Survival of the Fittest was my favourite of the three, and does something really neat with the TARDIS translation circuits. The Architects of History……

To be fair, Mitchell and Webb killed a kid on screen, and it rocked. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Don't— just don't go in the pool. There's a shark in the pool. Don't go in.

Don't— just don't go in the pool. There's a shark in the pool. Don't go in.

Also, "The Ice Warriors" isn't set in Antarctica, but a future England suffering through a new Ice Age.

Re weird cliffhangers: the episodes of Season 22 were each 45-50 minutes long, rather than 22 as in the past. When the series was sold to North America, each full-length episode was cut into two so that Doctor Who could continue to air in its half-hour slot. So, for example, "Vengeance on Varos" was really only two…