The Harkness Timeline
We still haven’t had the slightest clue, 8 episodes in, how Captain Jack ended up in Cardiff in, what must it be, 2007/8? What is clear is that the charming, […]
Film, TV & Radio
Happy Birthday, Doctor
Yes, it’s 43 years ago tonight that the an An Unearthly Child was broadcast. The 30th and 40th anniversaries of Doctor Who passed whilst the show was off air, but […]
Casino Royale: A New Beginning, Business As Usual?
Before the title was known, this project was referred to as Bond 21. It is the 21st film to be produced by a Broccoli, and the 21st film to feature […]
Bond’s Greatest Hits
Channel 4 did one of their “greatest” countdowns, purely on Bond themes, on Saturday night. The programme was rather amusing, with a selection of Bond artists and rejected singers bitching […]
Casino Royale: This Never Happened to the Other Fellas
When Sean Connery strolled onto the screen in 1962’s Dr No, James Bond was already a popular fictional character. Behind the scenes, Fleming had been unconvinced by the casting, but […]
Casino Royale: The Adaptation
It’s a while since I read the book, and I’d always thought they couldn’t do that scene (with the chair with the cutout seat) apart from anything else. It’s also […]
Casino Royale: First Impressions
Bond has rebooted. All I will say for now is that this is, in my opinion, the best Bond film for 25 years. Visit Little Storping over the next few […]
“The Invasion” Animated Episodes Review
This is the first Doctor Who serial I’ve owned, and I’m quite excited, so forgive me if I review it twice. I haven’t finished watching it yet, but I wanted […]
Craig Murray on “The State Within”
When Alex Jennings character James Sinclair, an outspoken former ambassador, walked into the first episode of The State Within I thought “that’s Craig Murray”. So it turned out, did Craig […]
May Contain Traces of a Chris Cornell Recording
I now have in my possession a copy of the Casino Royale soundtrack album (although I haven’t yet listened all the way through). In small letters on the reverse, in […]
“The State Within” Review
Despite all the post-CSI, post-24 flashy gimmicry, and the US setting, it is still clear that what we have on our hands here is that increasingly rare commodity: a quality […]
Casino Royale Soundtrack
I find all the different releases of “You Know My Name” make it difficult to work out if I still hate is as much as before but I think I […]