Doctor Who: All Of Series 8 And Last Christmas Ranked
2. Flatline
One of the defining characteristics of Doctor Who is that the programme doesn't do things that other science-fiction shows do. Nothing demonstrates this quality more than Flatline. In this episode, two-dimensional creatures break through into the three-dimensional world and rapidly learn how to conquer it. Stand-out moments abound. The Doctor's hand making the tiny TARDIS look like Thing from the Addam's Family, the "paintings" on the underpass wall coming to life, Clara pretending to be the Doctor... actually, pretty much the entire story is memorable. The only part that didn't entirely work was calling the aliens "The Boneless" late in the episode. Flatline can be watched again and again without getting stale - a true sign that it will go down as a classic. With this adventure, Jamie Mathieson proved he was the writer to watch in future series of Doctor Who. Now, who could possibly have written the No. 1 ranked episode of 2014?
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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