Recapping the 2023 Specials
With four hours of Davies-penned content aired in 2023, we look at what the three-and-one specials showed us, what they told us, and what they challenged us to solve.
The Giggle
The Toymaker emerges in this Universe to settle an old score with the Doctor…or rather, Doctors.
Wild Blue Yonder
Stranded at the farthest edge of the Universe, the Doctor and Donna contend with horrors from beyond…and struggles from within.
The Star Beast
The returning Doctor risks interaction with Donna, her wiped memories, and her family…just as a malevolent alien threatens to tear London apart.
60th Suspicions
On the great teeter-totter between confirmed fact and wild speculation about what Doctor Who will air in 2023, we’re stuck at the fulcrum.
Donna, We’re On!
We’ve spent numerous conversations both on and off GPR discussing the relationships and balance of persona between the Doctor and any given companion in the past, and undoubtedly will continue to do so in years to come, as storyline and casting changes occur. Within the many permutations we’ve witnessed as Doctor Who fans, there may be none that compares to the TARDIS Team that was at once both the greatest friendship, and the most delightful discord, as the Tenth Doctor and […]
Our Favorites: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
A planet-sized library. 4,022 missing people. Hive-minded swarms of shadow piranhas. A team of futuristic archeologists in peril. And among them, one enigmatic professor with a greater knowledge of events than she reasonably should. Need we say more? It doesn’t take a genius to see why Haley made these episodes her choice for the GPR “Our Favorites” arc. The iconic introduction of River, Donna in full force, the Tenth Doctor’s hair, and of course, the bone-scattering Vashta Nerada. This two-part whirlwind from Steven […]