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 […]
“Holy Flying Circus” Review
To have something you hold dear taken lightly, to hear familiar and cherished words crudely imitated for the purposes of entertainment; that’s something Holy Flying Circus has helped me to understand. […]
The Life of Monty Python
I’m looking forward to seeing Holy Flying Circus which is broadcast on BBC4 later this evening. There’s been quite a bit of publicity about it, the fact the Pythons have […]
“The Wedding of River Song” Review
Three thousand years in the future, a time traveller meets someone. A woman. A woman he’s never met before, and yet who knows his name. “There’s only one reason I […]
Pre-Finale Questions
Doctor Who reaches the season finale with The Wedding of River Song on Saturday. There are a lot of questions still needing an answer. If we don’t get all the […]
“The Coming of the Terraphiles” Review
I don’t normally take my Doctor Who in text form but I was intrigued by Glyn’s tweet. https://twitter.com/#!/egrommet/status/104136671590760448 For about the first third, I was convinced Moorcock was purely pastiching […]
“Closing Time” Review
A rare dud among this year’s Doctor Who gems, Closing Time for the most part is a by-numbers episode, not just the poorest of this year’s crop but not as good […]
“The God Complex”
“So what do Time Lords pray to?” Another episode of such quality can only serve to strengthen my faith in the supreme Moffatt. He’s shown he’s capably of putting together […]
“Torchwood: The Blood Line” Review
Almost anything I write about Miracle Day is going to sound like the damnation of faint praise. In fact I found The Blood Line a satisfying, if at times completely ludicrous, conclusion to […]
“Torchwood: The Gathering” Review
Two months later. There it is. The thing that makes a show that uniquely offers the pleasure of Bill Pullman being hit by a pan in Swansea (and other such […]
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Messing about with the boundaries of constituencies to make our first past the post electoral system “fairer” is a ludicrous own goal that is only going to highlight how manifestly […]
“The Girl Who Waited” Review
Any attempt I make at a critical analysis of this episode is doomed to failure. I think this episode may have been entirely without flaw. This is not just my […]