The Doctor's Wife

The Doctor's Wife
by Neil Gaiman
Originally Broadcasted: May 14th, 2011

A distress call finds its way to the TARDIS and The Doctor follows it to outside the known universe. There the TARDIS gang find some put-together people, an asteroid with delusions of grandeur, and a familiar object inside a beautiful woman...

The Doctor's Wife was the episode everyone liked from Series 6 of Doctor Who. I liked it, but I don't think it was the season's best episode (for me, that distinction goes to Let's Kill Hitler). But nonetheless, it was a pretty good episode. Written by Neil Gaiman, the man behind Coraline (which coincidentally I despise), the story very uniquely tries to bring a human element to the TARDIS, by having the life force of the TARDIS physically shoved into a human named Idris. This is one of those new Doctor Who stories that is very fast paced, and a bit hard to follow. It will take a couple of viewings to completely understand what's going on. Once you do though, you'll realize it's some pretty clever writing. There's actually one moment in the story that is actually pretty darn scary. The House (the asteroid with delusions of grandeur) takes over the TARDIS and plays some pretty nasty mind tricks on Amy and Rory. They get shut off from one and other, and Amy comes upon Rory as an old man. He's supposedly waited 2,000 years for her, and now hates her completely. He wants her dead, and he goes absolutely bonkers. It was all just an illusion, but still, it's pretty freaky stuff. An emotional moment is at the end of the story, when the TARDIS must leave Idris and return to the blue box. She and The Doctor have a pretty emotional farewell. She just wants to say one thing: "Hello"

Luke's Rating: 7/10