“The Zygon Inversion” Review
Almost flawless up until the last 2 minutes, but with a careless epilogue that undid much of the good work. I said last week that Osgood was the moral nucleus […]
“The Zygon Invasion” Review
Being a kids show, I’d have considered Doctor Who ill equipped to tackle the very hardest issues dominating the news at present – terrorism, migration, so called ‘radicalisation’. This, of […]
“The Woman Who Lived” Review
Mysterious, intimate, atmospheric. This sublime sequel to The Girl Who Died is a pared back reflection on immortality – not something new for Doctor Who – but rarely done this well. […]
Women Writing Doctor Who
On Saturday, the first episode of Doctor Who written by a woman since 2009 will be broadcast. In the 6 years since The Poison Sky there have been 75 episodes […]
“The Girl Who Died” Review
Doctor Who and vikings can’t fail to entertain (I must get around to my review of Dark Horizons) and the gentle pace of this witty and engaging tale affords time […]
“Before the Flood” Review
The most important thing in this episode is the Doctor getting his guitar out and playing along to the theme tune. This needs to happen every week, from now on. The monologue […]
“Under the Lake” Review
Me, I like a good base-under-siege story. And Toby Whithouse (the most likely successor to Steven Moffat, I think, as lead writer) isn’t capable of turning in a dud script. […]
“The Witch’s Familiar” Review
Please, please can we have the Doctor Who stage tour? I want to see ‘Gomez & Coleman, Capaldi & Bleach’ in lights, and take my seat in the theatre to […]
“The Magician’s Apprentice” Review
“Listen, if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who […]
Always Keep Your Bowler on in Times of Stress
Patrick Macnee died one month ago. I didn’t write anything at the time, as wasn’t really been sure what to write. On the one hand, 93 is a good innings. He died […]
Ten
I just noticed I missed this blog’s 10th birthday earlier this month. My first post was on 8 June 2005 and here we are, 10 years and 822 posts later […]
In Defence of Coalitions
Just to get the emotional stuff out of the way – I’m still angry with the Liberal Democrats for enabling five years of cuts that went too far too fast, the […]