Farewell to 12 - Doctor Who - Kill the Moon Review

We celebrate the Peter Capaldi era by revisiting the 12th Doctor's adventures as we count down the days to his last adventure.

Doctor Who:
Kill the Moon
By Peter Harness

“Get back in your lonely bloody TARDIS and you don’t come back!”

Kill the Moon is here and if you go from the trailer it looked like it was supposed to be really scary.  Behind the sofa kind of scary that makes you scream out in fright.  Steven Moffat was quoted as saying to writer Peter Harness to “Hinchcliffe the $#@% out of it.”   That gave me some hope for this episode as I really enjoyed the Philip Hinchcliffe era of Doctor Who with its Gothic horror and smart storytelling.  Let’s face it. After the two light hearted stories we have had lately it was time to get the scares back into the show.   So bring on the scares and give people nightmares as I’m ready for a scary one.

Doctor Who - Kill The Moon Review - Spoilers

By Ken Parker

Doctor Who is on a roll in my opinion. Not since the second half of season 7 when we saw a few really good episodes in a row has the show enjoyed a consistent quality. Nothing has been absolutely spectacular mind you but nothing has been bad. We don't have too many silly head shaking moments that Doctor Who has become famous for. Peter Capaldi has steadily become the Doctor and Clara continues to do her part as the companion. The stories have ranged from the light-hearted to the dark but all have had some nice double meaning and underlying themes that have been strong and well executed. The episodes have not been these frantic runaround stories designed to confuse and misdirect from script shortcomings. They have been direct and simple enough without too many gimmicks. What of "Kill the Moon"? Are we due for the seasons first clunker of a messy script?

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Doctor Who - Kill the Moon Review (Spoilers)

Doctor Who:
Kill the Moon
By Peter Harness

“Get back in your lonely bloody TARDIS and you don’t come back!”

Kill the Moon is here and if you go from the trailer it looked like it was supposed to be really scary. Behind the sofa kind of scary that makes you scream out in fright.  Steven Moffat was quoted as saying to writer Peter Harness to “Hinchcliffe the $#@% out of it.”   That gave me some hope for this episode as I really enjoyed the Philip Hinchcliffe era of Doctor Who with its Gothic horror and smart storytelling.  Let’s face it. After the two light hearted stories we have had lately it was time to get the scares back into the show.   So bring on the scares and give people nightmares as I’m ready for a scary one.

Doctor Who Extra - Kill The Moon

Doctor Who - Radio Times Kill The Moon Poster

Here is this weeks poster for Kill the Moon. This one is pretty good as I'm really enjoying these types of old style posters.

Doctor Who - Kill The Moon Preview Clip

Doctor Who - Kill The Moon Promo Pics

Doctor Who - Kill The Moon TV Trailer

Doctor Who - Next Time Trailer For Kill The Moon

Doctor Who - Kill The Moon Official Synopsis

The BBC have released the synopsis for Kill The Moon which will air on October 4th and is the 7th episode of Series 8.  No time has been announced but if you go by the Radio Times article yesterday it will most likely be at 8:30 on BBC One and 9PM on BBC America.

In the near future, the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a space shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon.

Crash-landing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.

When Clara turns to the Doctor for help, she gets the shock of her life.