Doctor Who
Season 10, Episode 3 “Thin Ice”
Directed by Bill Anderson
Written by Sarah Dollard
Starring Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Lucas, Nicholas Burns, Asiatu Koroma, Peter Singh
BBC America
Air date: April 29, 2017

This week, Doctor Who Episode 10.3 brings us a veritable melange of different topics. We get some costume drama. There is also some criticism of the class structure of British society. There is even some [gasp!] confrontation of race issues. Yet somehow, we also get to have a good deal of fun. The show feels quite sure of itself and is willing to take a few risks (albeit small ones). Those gambits largely pay off and take the Doctor and Pearl to a few places the show rarely goes. It’s thin ice, in more than one sense.

On Doctor Who Episode 10.3, after attempting to return back home, The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) find themselves at one of the last great Frost Fairs on the Thames in 1814. Aside from dealing with an elephant on the ice, the pair find something more sinister afoot, with lights under the ice and a beast below…

During the TARDISblend 102 podcast, we examine the ongoing character development and chemistry between Capaldi and Mackie on-screen, the quality of the writing so far this season, and dive into the parallels between this new episode and other episodes long gone.

All this and more on the latest TARDISblend!