Prey first escaped onto our screens last year with a three-parter when John Simm went on the run for a crime he did not commit… However, he didn’t have the A-Team to hand, so he …
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Hell Bent – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review
Hell Bent began with The Doctor entering a ’60 diner, with a cover of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now playing on the jukebox, and Clara seemingly behind the counter. This made me think, “Oh come …
Continue readingHeaven Sent – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review
Heaven Sent was, if nothing else, a visual and aural treat and something to be watched on a very big screen. But as a story, it was so-so nonsense to watch the clock to. It …
Continue readingCapital Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Capital, with Toby Jones in the lead as financial whiz Roger, made me think the title referred to money. It may, since we see property prices increasing as the months go by, but if that’s …
Continue readingThe Bridge Season 3 Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review
The Bridge Season 3 has had higher expectations than the first two, not only because you’re wondering beforehand not only just how they can tie the bridge in again, but also how will they address …
Continue readingFace The Raven – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 10 – The DVDfever Review
Face The Raven, being mostly set in a Middle Ages-decorated street, felt more like a level in one of the Thief games than an episode of Doctor Who. It began with Clara’s student Rigsy, last …
Continue readingSleep No More – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review
Sleep No More took place in Le Verrier Station, a laboratory in orbit around Neptune, an episode which we were told by the man who turned out to be the station’s sole survivor – Gagan …
Continue readingLondon Spy Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
London Spy is a new drama where, since all we saw in the trailer was Spectre‘s Ben Whishaw walking around London, I assumed he was the titular spy. However, Danny (Whishaw) had a far less …
Continue readingThe Zygon Inversion – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review
The Zygon Inversion is one possibility out of many which might or might not come about in an episode which tied itself in knots more than a few times. Clara’s world is all upside down. …
Continue readingThe Dresser (2015) – The DVDfever Review
The Dresser tells the story of something of which I have zero experience – working backstage at a touring Shakespearean theatre company. In a production of King Lear, the lead actor is bordering on insanity …
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