“The Angels Take Manhattan” Review
Hmm. I’m not sure what to write about this one. The problem, I think, is expectations. It may have been a good episode, but I’m trying to put my finger […]
Film, TV & Radio
“The Power of Three” Review
I was wrong. I thought the scrag-end of the Amy Pond arc, this minute epilogue to the two-year saga, couldn’t do justice to her story. To my surprise this episode, […]
“A Town Called Mercy” Review
I like a good western. And Toby Whithouse’s A Town Called Mercy is really rather brilliant. Genre episodes of Doctor Who work particularly well because, for a show that has to invent a […]
“Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” Review & Podcast
Well, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship certainly featured dinosaurs. On a spaceship. Also, an Egyptian queen, a big game hunter, a small army of Ponds and Mitchell and Webb. But it’s an […]
“A Scandal In Belgravia” Review
I just rewatched A Scandal in Belgravia and coming back here, discovered I hadn’t written anything about it previously. I enjoyed it a great deal when I first watched it, and […]
“Asylum of the Daleks” Review
So was the secret kept or did it leak out? Being slightly spoiler-phobic I naturally avoid all but the mainstream Doctor Who news sites, and so I was not only […]
“Pond Life” Review
I’ve always liked the idea that, while the Doctor’s life might never be routine, there must be ‘little’ adventures between the big, ever-more dramatic epics that are shared with us. […]
“Dirk Gently Episode 3” Review
A sort of cross between Fox Mulder and Arthur Daley. That’s how I see the character of Dirk Gently. Unfortunately, this show seems determined to place him as somewhere between […]
“Dirk Gently Episode 2” Review
So I got lots of Baxendale in this one, and I’m a bit happier. Well, quite a lot happier actually – lots of lovely Bristol too, especially Wills Hall where […]
“Dirk Gently Episode 1” Review
Before watching the new series of Dirk Gently I rewatched the pilot, which looks even more flawless on revisiting: it’s intricate, funny, moving, and captures the whimsy of Adams’ character […]
“The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe” Podcast
There are few traditions I cling on to as we go through the annual festive routine. One is brandy butter. another, of course, is Doctor Who. Since 2005 (with an […]
Doctor In Distress
Starting from scratch, and brand confidence: two reasons why Doctor Who fans… well, this Doctor Who fan at any rate… might be perturbed by this evening’s announcement concerning the development of […]