A sting in the tale

WHODUNNIT! Doctor Who, BBC One, 7.00pm

Ten reasons why this Saturday’s Doctor Who will be great:

» 1. It’s based on the life of Agatha Christie, around the time of her disappearance.
» 2. Fenella Woolgar stars as Christie, and Fenella Woolgar is awesome.
» It also stars the wonderful Felicity Kendall. And lots of other talented people, about whom you will go ‘it’s them! Out of that thing!’
» 3. As well as being about Agatha Christie, it has a Christie-esque whodunnit plot.
» 4. It features a giant wasp, which has to be the scariest thing EVER.
» 5. It’s set in the 1920s, so maybe there will be some sly House of Elliot jokes. Probably not, I grant you, but a girl can dream.
» 6. The interaction between Donna and The Doctor, Donna and the people she meets generally, and, well Donna’s presence all round, really, has been awesome this series. So any episode with Donna in will be at least partially awesome.
» 7. I’ve heard about a joke (which I won’t spoil) that sounds bloody awesome
» 8. It was written by Gareth Roberts, who is a friend of lowculture. By which, I mean, he likes lowculture. I’m not speculating about his sexual preferences.
» 9. Doctor Who isn’t on next week, so that will make it extra important to catch, and savour.
» 10. Paul Lang, Mr LC himself, says ‘This Saturday’s Doctor Who is great’.