Full spoilers for the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas Special follow.
We’ve been in a bit of a Doctor Who drought with the decision to push Season 10 back to Spring, 2017, and in fact it’s been a full year since the last new episode aired -- 2015’s Christmas Special “The Husbands of River Song.” And while it’s great to finally get a new Twelfth Doctor adventure with this year’s Christmas Special, “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” is a just O.K. return for the character.
In fact, “Doctor Mysterio” is a sequel to “The Husbands of River Song,” albeit in a roundabout way. But its most effective moments land with the few brief times when it connects to that tale or the Doctor’s past, with the rest of the superhero-themed segment feeling slightly detached and less relevant, particularly when the River Song connection is revealed at the end of the special.
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We’ve been in a bit of a Doctor Who drought with the decision to push Season 10 back to Spring, 2017, and in fact it’s been a full year since the last new episode aired -- 2015’s Christmas Special “The Husbands of River Song.” And while it’s great to finally get a new Twelfth Doctor adventure with this year’s Christmas Special, “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” is a just O.K. return for the character.
In fact, “Doctor Mysterio” is a sequel to “The Husbands of River Song,” albeit in a roundabout way. But its most effective moments land with the few brief times when it connects to that tale or the Doctor’s past, with the rest of the superhero-themed segment feeling slightly detached and less relevant, particularly when the River Song connection is revealed at the end of the special.
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