Doctor Who Series 3 starts tomorrow!

The US airings of the new Doctor Who's latest season starts tomorrow on the Sci Fi Channel. In case I haven't mentioned it before, Doctor Who is the best show on television, and you should be watching it. The third season gets off to a somewhat-slow start, but later episodes are among the best of the current revival, and the season as a whole captures the delirious fun of the show's old-school episodes perfectly. In the weeks to come I'll post reviews of this season's theologically-relevant episodes. Two episodes air tomorrow—the somewhat underwhelming 90-minute special "The Runaway Bride" and the generally more enjoyable "Smith and Jones." To give you some hints of what to expect, check out the review of "Smith and Jones" posted by Steve of Old Testament Space Opera back when it aired on the BBC in April, as well as his more recent season overview. The stuff about prayer and forgiveness in the finale is probably the most exciting bit—more on that in about 13 weeks—but you can also look forward to some thoughts on alien angels, sun gods, and the mystical meaning of traffic jams.

Comments

[UKSteve]

Thanks for the nod - kind of makes me wish I was there to live through the experience again! :)

[Miranda]

Oh, it can't be any good -- it's only a summer series.

(Seriously, thanks for the heads up)

[Mark Goodacre]

Good to see that you watch through each episode again as it appears on SciFi -- we do the same. I agree with your overview ("later episodes are among the best in the current revivial"). I enjoyed the Runaway Bride, though; I think it's partly a context thing -- it's trying to be loud, spectacular and funny for the Christmas day evening audience on BBC1; I felt it was almost shouting over the turkey sandwiches :)