The Physics of Storytelling
Arthur Dent once fell our of a cup suspended thirteen miles above ground level. The cup, explained the bird who had caught him, was held in 13 miles above the […]
Doctor Who
“Death of the Doctor” Review
What if the Doctor were dead? How would his former companions, many of whom seem to be concentrated on Earth at around the turn of the millennium, know if he […]
The Peladon Trilogy Review
What’s better than a story featuring space-age feudalism, sexy young monarchs, a mythical monster and a hermaphroditic hexapod diplomat? A trilogy of them, of course. The template is set by Brian […]
Ten First Time
My obsession with the actors who have played the Doctor continues… I’ve been reading the Eighth (Paul McGann) discussing the Tenth (Tennant) and Eleventh (Smith): David Tennant is such a […]
Eccleston, Tennant, Smith
In the Doctor Who Tournament here at Little Storping, I mathematically proved (oh yes) that the Tenth doctor is the best of recent years. But taken with the Fusion Patrol […]
And the Best Doctor Is (part 3/3)
The story so far… Noticing that each series of the post-revival Doctor Who tends to follow a similar formula, and include equivalent types of episode (eg. the celebrity historical, the […]
And the Best Doctor Is (part 2/3)
The story so far… I decided to find out who is the best Doctor since the series returned in 2005. Since each “incarnation” of the Doctor is written with their […]
Do You Need to See The Doctor?
Tomorrow night’s when withdrawal kicks in. For the first time in 13 weeks, no Doctor Who, and there won’t be new episodes on television until Christmas. But if you’re not […]
And The Best Doctor Is… (part 1/3)
Everyone has a favourite Doctor (right?) but how can you really decide who is the greatest? There are so many factors – not just how the character is written and […]
The Draws
As season the Doctor Who series fnarg finale kicks off in around an hour, we’ll soon be able to declare a winner in the Doctor Who Tournament: which Doctor has […]
“The Pandorica Opens” Review
I think there’s quite a good little story about Roman Autons inside this overblown introduction to the season fnarg finale, but unfortunately it’s been smothered by a menagerie of meanies […]
One Week and the Tournament’s Over!
It’s three weeks until we’ll have a winner in the Football World Cup. Two weeks until we know the Wimbledon Champion. But it’s just one week until Matt Smith first […]