Still Not Ginger
Four words from the BBC to silence the complaining muppets: Donna Noble, Amy Pond. There are 143 idiots who actually bothered to write in? The line was a reference to €œAww, […]
Film, TV & Radio
The Lure of Lists
It’s inevitable that there are lists appearing everywhere given that the decade is ending (I almost missed that – probably because in ten years no one managed to decide on […]
New Who Animation is 3D
Down the end of Sydney Street in Brighton, Dreamland, the second original animated Doctor Who story is deep in production, in, it transpires, 3D. I thought the Cosgrove Hall/Firestep animated […]
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 […]
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 […]
Law & Order: Unsafe vs American Dream & Buried vs. In Memory Of…
Two further comparisons, and I’m ready to reach a verdict. One thing that is evident is that the pace of the UK episodes is verging on the slothful. In Unsafe, while Stone […]
Law & Order: Unloved vs. Born Bad
From the opening of Unloved, the UK version of Born Bad from the original’s fourth season it’s clear all the rough edges have been knocked off. There’s a soup kitchen, […]
Law & Order: Care vs. Cradle To Grave
The case of Original vs. UK Week 1 Law & Order has finally reached our shores, and I’ve been conflicted over whether this is a good thing. The cast is irresistible: […]
Eleven: Party Animal
Interviewed after half an hour of building up the Eleventh Doctor, I was underwhelmed by Matt Smith. His two defining features seemed to be his youth and the fact his […]