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Posted by david at Sun, 2008/08/31 - 21:32 on doctor who | sf | tv
Show Doctor Who / Series IV / Episode 10
First Broadcast 2008/08/31 - 19:30 (Link: ABC Details)
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Previous EpisodeSilence In The Library
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Another clever episode that went a long way to answering most of the questions raised in Silence in the Library. But, in a way, the story was almost incidental to one person: River Song. Who is she? How does the know the Doctor's real name? Could she be his wife?

The premise was quite good. The child was the computer at the heart of the planet/library. Dr. Moon was literally the "Doctor Moon" a kind of virus-checker. The visitors were "saved" to the hard-drive. One suffered from transcription errors and ended up with a distorted face. And the alien threat was a clever idea - springing from all those books.

Looking forward, I'm sure we'll see more of River Song.

And what's to become of Donna? She raises a good question: if River Song's from the Doctor's future, how come she doesn't know who Donna is?

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