Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
by Chris Chibnall
Originally Broadcasted: September 8th, 2012

The Doctor collects a gang of traveling companions, including Amy and Rory, Rory's dad Brian, Queen Nefertiti, and John Riddell to investigate a spaceship that will be destroyed by Earth if its course isn't diverted. A rather large, prehistoric surprise awaits them onboard...

I say a surprise, only to the characters, as anyone who has seen the title of the episode beforehand knows to expect dinosaurs on a spaceship. I love the almost Scooby Doo feel to the beginning of the episode. The Doctor collects a gang (which he is audibly very excited about), and it's such a random group of characters. I love how the show is a bit more fluid in who travels with the Doctor now. It's not always just your regular companion. Chris Chibnall is one of my favorite Doctor Who writers, having previously penned one of my favorite stories from the Matt Smith era, The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood. In fact, he takes the main baddies from that episode, the Silurians, and uses them in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship as the reason to why there are dinosaurs on a spaceship. Pretty clever writing there. The second episode of the series always has a hard time living up to the spectacle of the first, but Dinosaurs on a Spaceship stands up. It's a funny, clever, and thoroughly exciting Doctor Who romp!

Luke's Rating: 9/10