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Comment on Doctor Who 11 7×00 ‘The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe’ by Zarban

Zarban — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:21:42 +0000

Good work from Staggering. They like it okay and give it a lot of slack for being a Christmas ep.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×08 ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ by Zarban

Zarban — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:26:43 +0000

Staggering Stories goes after Hitler and the gang very much enjoys themselves.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×07 ‘A Good Man Goes to War’ by Zarban

Zarban — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:21:21 +0000

Staggering Stories has fun with the Last Legionnaire and friends.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×04 ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:00:35 +0000

More good work from Staggering Stories. Always fun to hear their perspective.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×03 ‘Curse of the Black Spot’ by Zarban

Zarban — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:17:37 +0000

Good work by Staggering. Despite doing this after having seen some later episodes, they don’t really delve into the meaning of things in it for fear of spoilers, so it’s not much different from those done immediately after the episode aired. But they have good fun.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×01 ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ by Zarban

Zarban — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:38:37 +0000

Terrific work by Staggering.

The idea that 1103rd Doctor’s Tardis has been disguised as the car he’s lying on in the desert is brilliant. On the other hand, why did he ask to meet them in the middle of nowhere, then go to the diner? Why not just meet at the nice, comfortable diner in the first place?

I think the little girl crying about “spacemen” isn’t referring to the spacesuit. She’s in the spacesuit, referring to the silence.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 6×00 ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:36:06 +0000

Staggering Stories has fun with the new Christmas special. Fine work!

Comment on Doctor Who 10 4×0 ‘Time Crash’ (Children in Need 2007) by Zarban

Zarban — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:33:27 +0000

Staggering takes a look at the historic meeting between Doctors 5 and 10. Commentary starts at 28:49.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×13 ‘The Big Bang’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:14:26 +0000

Staggering Stories works out the puzzle of the series closer and have good fun with it.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×12 ‘The Pandorica Opens’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:00:10 +0000

Staggering Stories has a go at the near end of series 5. They do a fine job teasing apart the complicated puzzle.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×11 ‘The Lodger’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:40:35 +0000

Good work from Staggering. They again do a bit too much narrating and bit too little analysis, but they have a good bit of fun and enjoy the episode.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×10 ‘Vincent and the Doctor’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:27:51 +0000

Good stuff from Staggering Stories once again for quite a beautiful episode—”chicken notwithstanding” as Keith says.

Adam’s cracks about “Amy’s crack” and Keith’s “widdly diddly” scatting along with the main title theme are getting a bit old.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×07 ‘Amy’s Choice’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:17:43 +0000

Enjoyable commentary from Staggering Stories. A bit narrative; not much analysis but some interesting speculation on the characters’ motivations.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×06 ‘The Vampires of Venice’ by Zarban

Zarban — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:56:05 +0000

Another good commentary from Staggering Stories. They’ve fallen into a bit much narrating and not much analysis, I notice. But then, there’s not a lot to analyze in this fairly slight story.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×05 ‘Flesh and Stone’ by Zarban

Zarban — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:06:22 +0000

More good work form Staggering Stories on the second of the angels two-parter.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×04 ‘The Time of Angels’ by Zarban

Zarban — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:38:18 +0000

Another good commentary from Staggering Stories on the new Who. They love the episode and are very excited to explain all the details.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×09 ‘Cold Blood’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:08:45 +0000

Very good work from Staggering Stories on the second of 2 reptilians eps. They compare the story to the classic Silurians story more than in the first ep and muse on the biology of the reptilians.

I think the idea about the drill is that they’d his an oxygen bubble the Silurians use, which will destroy the city if they continue drilling.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×08 ‘The Hungry Earth’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:05:32 +0000

Very good work from Staggering Stories on the first of 2 reptilians eps.

Gratuitous humming along with the theme. “Widdly bump” indeed.

The “blue grass” is supposed to be Kentucky blue grass, I think, which is a bluish-green, as depicted.

Dead bodies can’t be taken for vivisection. Vivisection is dissecting a live creature.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×03 ‘Victory of the Daleks’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:18:11 +0000

Very good work from Staggering Stories on Smith’s first Dalek meet-up. They like it a lot and do some comparisons to previous Dalek eps, and comment on the development of the Doctor-Amy relationship.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×02 ‘The Beast Below’ by Zarban

Zarban — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Very good work by Staggering Stories on Smith #2. Good insights and humor thruout.

Comment on Doctor Who 11 5×01 ‘The Eleventh Hour’ by Zarban

Zarban — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:27:08 +0000

Good inaugural commentary from Staggering Stories. Quite enthusiastic; not a lot of analysis, and there’s a lot to analyze here. The Doctor-Amelia relationship is a lot like “The Girl in the Fireplace”. The Amy-Rory relationship is a lot like Rose-Mickey. The bridal gown throws in an obvious Donna element, but actually mainly underscores the Rose-Mickey similarity. The search for Prisoner Zero has a lot in common with the Judoon’s search in “Smith and Jones”, complete with hospital setting.