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Doctor Who (The Second Series): "Night Terrors"

A little boy in England has been getting scared at night so one evening he breaks down and calls upon the Doctor for help, inspiring the Doctor to make a "house call" -- which means he spends the rest of the episode popping Vicodin tablets, making sarcastic remarks and walking with a cane. Okay, he actually does nothing of the sort though it would have made for a neat episode if he did.

As it is, this episode appears to have borrowed most of its ideas from an old Twilight Zone episode. Not that that is a bad thing. After all, previous episodes in this series have borrowed from such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files. So why not borrow from The Twilight Zone?

Of course, the ending is a tad predictable but at least it doesn't appear to have come out of nowhere like the conclusion of the previous episode. Plus, this show did first start out as a kid's show so it's nice to see Moffat and company remembering its roots.