Doctor Who: Boom review – A bit of a damp squib only saved by brilliant performances
Warning: this review is also a recap, meaning it contains spoilers for the episode
Doctor Who is putting the band back together. Returning showrunner Russell T Davies was the driving force behind the Doctor’s rebirth in the 2005 Christopher Eccleston/Billie Piper era. Meanwhile, the writer of this third episode, Steven Moffat, made perhaps the most significant modern contribution to Whovian lore as the creator of the Weeping Angels. Scarier than the Daleks, weirder than the Zygons, and more aesthetically pleasing than the Cybermen, they are, hands down, the greatest Doctor Who monsters ever.
How do you top that? Well, not with “Boom”, a so-so episode best enjoyed as a showcase for . He’s on screen practically the entire runtime, and has to laugh, cry and recite poetry
