“The Great Game” Review
Despite numerous references to stories from the Sherlock Holmes cannon, this one seemed to be based much more closely on Die Hard With A Vengeance than anything Conan Doyle wrote… […]
Film, TV & Radio
“The Blind Banker” Review
The new Sherlock is set in the modern day supposedly to avoid the pitfall of getting lost in the trappings of the period setting and the Victoriana. Unfortunately by this […]
“A Study in Pink” Review
Update Sherlock Holmes? Do the stories not the trappings? The problem with a project like this is just how much do you keep and how much do you lose? It’s […]
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 […]
“The Lodger” Review
Matt Smith is already one of the most obviously alien incarnations of the Doctor. Sticking him in a flat with James Cordon not only emphasises this but also proves his […]