game of who?

If you, like me, know what it's like to face the agonising wait before your favourite show comes back to screens, you, like me, know how exciting it is when it does return. Months of sadness, emptiness, anticipation and excitement all lead up to that moment when you hear that beloved theme tune once again and fall back into that familiar world.  Finally, this Easter weekend saw the long-awaited return of two of my favourite shows: Game of Thrones and Doctor Who, and so here is my little review of the episodes.

Doctor Who
7x06 The Bells of Saint John

Returning for part B of series 7, this episode focused mostly around Clara Oswald (Jenna Louise Coleman), the Doctor's new companion with a lot of mystery behind her. (I love her a lot, by the way. She's in the running to become my second favourite companion.) We've met her twice before, and both times she's died - what is up with that? This was the beginning of Clara the Companion, where she's curious and learning and becoming stronger as she goes, and we'll definitely be finding out more about her throughout the rest of her time in the TARDIS. The idea that the villains were using the world's wi-fi to trap souls made the crazy idea all the more realistic, because there's a real possibility that wi-fi has the potential to be used as a weapon in this day and age. A lot of tidbits of continuity thrown in made me and other Who fans quite excited, such as the detail of the book being written by Amelia Williams, the Doctor's last companion who had been sent back in time by the Weeping Angels, and of course the phrase that the Doctor and we the audience have come to recognise as Clara's in all her forms  - run, you clever boy, and remember. I'm excited to see where we'll go on this adventure from here.

Game of Thrones

3x01 Valar Dohaeris

Returning for its third season with record ratings, Game of Thrones has once again started strong, and looks to only get stronger. I felt like this episode was more of a recap/where are they now of most of the characters after the epic events of the end of season 2, and sort of set up how events will run for the rest of the season. 'Otp: You know nothing, Jon Snow' was at it again, while Sansa in Kings Landing was standing strong, with hope for the future and for her family. Margaery Tyrell was gorgeous, as ever, and even Joffrey seemed a little won over by her - although I could be wrong, I can't tell if he was actually being kind of nice or just a sarcastic ass - but Cersei was having none of that, possibly feeling she was losing some control over her son. Meanwhile, two other Lannisters were having words, and the scene where Tywin disowns Tyrion and you could see the hurt on his face was very emotional, for Tyrion and for me - that was way harsh, Ty. We saw Daenerys across the sea in search of an army, men getting their nipples cut off and NOT EVEN FLINCHING (srs wtf) and scary scorpion-like creatures, White Walkers, and everything in between. I've not read the books, so the big uncloaking at the end didn't really mean much to me, but all will be revealed in the episodes to come. Looks set to be an epic, exciting and emotional season. Let the games begin!