Doctor Who: series 8

All season long, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam have been debating the new season / series (depending on where you watch it) of Doctor Who — the first for 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi. All of which has led us to this moment: "Death in Heaven." Read on for our thoughts on the finale and on the season as a whole.

"You know who I am..."

Kwame: Looks like I get to start this week. I'm excited! In any case, this episode started off feeling fairly weak but wound up getting much stronger albeit much weirder by the end of the hour. This is Who going off the deep end with regard to its exploring darker themes by pretty much taking us straight to Hell. (Or so it seems.)

"There are very good, solid, scientific reasons for being really quite frightened just now."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "In the Forest of the Night" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," "Kill the Moon," "Mummy on the Orient Express," and "Flatline."

"Oh, wow. This is an honor. Does this mean I'm you now?"

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Flatline" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," "The Caretaker," "Kill the Moon," and "Mummy on the Orient Express."

"Start the clock." 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51,...

"You walk our Earth, Doctor. You breathe our air. You make us your friend, and that is your moon, too. And you can damn well help us when we need it!"

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Kill the Moon" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," "Time Heist," and "The Caretaker."

"I know men like him. I've served under them. They push you and make you stronger until you're doing things you never thought you could. I saw you tonight, you did exactly what he told you. You weren't even scared, and you should have been."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Time Heist" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," "Robots of Sherwood," "Listen," and "Time Heist."

The Doctor: "Question one: robbing banks is easy if you've got a TARDIS. So why am I not using it?"

Clara: "Question two: where is the TARDIS?"

"Question: why do we talk out loud when we know we're alone? Conjecture: because we know we're not."

For this season of Doctor Who, Ross Miller and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Listen" (warning: spoilers ahead). Check out our previous recaps: "Deep Breath," "Into the Dalek," and "Robots of Sherwood."

In the world of Doctor Who, Robin Hood is a myth, but he's also a real historical figure. Or is he? For this season of Doctor Who, Ross and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. This week it's "Robot of Sherwood" (warning: spoilers ahead). See also last week's episode, "Into the Dalek"

For this season of The Doctor, Ross and Kwame Opam will be sounding off on each episode in a series of emails we'll be publishing on the site. Warning: spoilers ahead.

After a season premiere all about Peter Capaldi finding himself as the new Doctor, "Into the Dalek" is his first true post-regeneration adventure. Or rather, it's more of a parable: an outrageously weird story that serves to highlight a darker truth of the Doctor's own soul. "The Doctor goes literally into his worst enemy to try and understand good and evil... and comes out learning about the good and evil in himself." It's a great pitch for an episode that mostly pulls it off. Mostly.