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Dalek designer dies aged 84
The man responsible for designing the Daleks, the robotic enemy of Doctor Who in the long-running television series, has died aged 84, his family said Saturday. Ray Cusick died in his sleep of heart failure on Thursday, his daughter Claire Heawood revealed. The BBC series celebrates its 50th anniversary this…
The Orange Couch, Doctor Who Episode 4: “The Power of Three”
Saturday’s Doctor Who turns out to be a highly controversial episode, and not for the reasons I thought it would be. (We thought it was oddly paced, but upon watching it a second time, we liked it a lot more, for reasons laid out in this week’s video.) No, the…
The Orange Couch, Doctor Who, Episode 3: “A Town Called Mercy”
Here’s the link while we try to fix the embed situation. SNIFFLE. I’ll admit, I teared up a bit watching Saturday’s Doctor Who, both times we watched it. This season, the show really seems to be reaching out to younger viewers—spelling themes out explicitly, having character names reference their…
The Orange Couch, Episode 2 of Doctor Who: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
The thing that keeps bringing me—and probably most adult fans—back to Doctor Who is that despite it’s kid-friendliness and its propensity towards wizard-did-it plots, is that the character of the Doctor is just so fascinating. You go through the same journey with him as his companions: First, all wide-eyed wonder.…
The Orange Couch, Episode 1 of Doctor Who: “Asylum of the Daleks”
There’s two Orange Couch videos this week, because as we’re winding down Breaking Bad, we’re picking up Doctor Who! For all you people who turned me on to this show last May when I was asking for Netflix recommendations, you people created a monster. Two, in fact. Three, if you…
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