BBC Drama: Where Are The One-Offs?
I don’t know what to think about producer Tony Garnett‘s attack on the BBC’s management of drama output. On the one hand, it comes the week after the BBC broadcast […]
Month: July 2009
Doctor Who: The Bow Tie of Terror
Okay, it’s not as bad as the 6th Doctor’s coat, but why go back bow ties for the new Doctor’s new look? I preferred the look in the publicity shots […]
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Contains (tagged) spoilers. It’s over. One of the most intellectually and emotionally challenging pieces of drama I have seen in a long, long time. I’ve only just managed to scrape […]
Day 4: The Numbers
Counting with Torchwood… 3,2,5,0,0,0 4,4,8,0,0,0 2,3,4,0,0,0 6,700 35m/6.7bn 29,158* Here are a few more… 5th, 1st and 3rd most watched programme (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3). The 456: the […]
The Torchwood Manifesto
Even the ideas I thought most feeble are transformed into virtues with the benefit of great writing in Children of Earth: Day 1. Everyone knowing about the Daleks and Cybermen […]