Tom Dickinson is as much a writer as anything else.
My review of Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth is up at Behind the Sofa.
There are some Who fans who’ll think I’m insane, because I disliked last week’s ambitious and heavily psychological Amy’s Choice, but thoroughly enjoyed The Hungry Earth, which amounts to what Erik of Bridging the Rift described as “Who-by-numbers.” Indeed, this week’s story is in a lot of ways business as usual for the TARDIS crew, but I find that refreshing in a weekend where two huge mythology shows have their earth-shattering finales. I like it when a show breaks out of its own patterns, but I think last week was a botched attempt, and so it’s nice to see the show back to doing what it does best and doing it well. And it’s just as earth-shattering, but in a more… you know… literal way.
