The Matt Smith Review: Part 14 - The Doctor's Wife
What We First Thought: The internet is going to explode!!!! When I first saw the reaction to The Doctor’s Wife , I honestly didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Written by fantasy author Neil Gaiman, the story sees the TARDIS literally jumping into a human and talking to The Doctor! On paper it sounds very bizarre, but somehow the episode makes it look as normal as, say Rory being killed, and the fact that it’s easy to understand, is the real strength of this episode. Is it the best episode EVER though? No, not really. It isn’t even the best episode of series 6… I don’t know what it is with fans and hype. I can guarantee you that if another writer had written this, it wouldn’t attract such praise from those who are so upstanding about it. I feel sorry for Gaiman in a way – his work will always be so overrated, just because his name attracts people who judge things on name only. The Doctor’s Wife is actually a decent episode as it goes, bu...