Tag: Rachel Talalay

Doctor Who: The Star Beast

Doctor Who: The Star Beast

by Russell T. Davies; dir. Rachel Talalay (BBC, 2023)

TV poster: “Doctor Who: The Star Beast” by Russell T. Davies; dir. Rachel Talalay (BBC, 2023)

Russell T. Davies returns to Doctor Who as if on a season pass he misplaced for fifteen years, and brings David Tennant and Catherine Tate along for the ride, scripting a fun, tonally frivolous special that nevertheless checks assumptions at every turn.

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

by Steven Moffat; dir. Rachel Talalay (BBC, 2017)

Doctor Who_Twice Upon a Time

The Christmas special has some touching performances (Mark Gatiss) and ends on a high with Jodie Whittaker’s first scene, yet for the most part spends too much time prepping the audience for the handover and trying—quite shamelessly—to manipulate our emotions.