The Cry is certainly going to win awards… for being the most confusing drama of the year. This was instantly noticeable when the first episode opened with Jenna Coelman in two different timeframes, both facing the press, and as she leads on to say, “Everyone wants to look at you and judge you… look for […]
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Twice Upon A Time sees The First Doctor – played originally by William Hartnell, but here by David Bradley – in his final story arc, The Tenth Planet, leaving for the TARDIS in the South Pole, refusing to regenerate… but if he doesn’t, then the next, nor even the Twelfth Doctor cannot exist. Hence, this […]
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Me Before You – Beware: spoilers in this review (although you can guess them, anyway)
Victoria, Queen Victoria. Yes, say that like “Bond, James Bond”, and Jenna Coleman steps into the lead role as her uncle, King William IV, is brown bread, and it’s only 1837 (what, not yet time for The One Show??) Being a period drama, ITV have thrown a stack of cash to bring an ornate palace […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Adrian Schiller, Alice Orr-Ewing, Andrew Bicknell, Anna Wilson Jones, Cameron Beames, Catherine H Flemming, Charlotte Mason-Apps, Clare Crowther, Daisy Goodwin, Daniel Donskoy, Daniela Holtz, Doll 123, Eve Myles, Ferdinand Kingsley, Gabriel Constantin, Georgie-May Tearle, Jacob Smyth, Jenna Coleman, Jordan Waller, Margaret Clunie, Mearl, Michael Hargreaves, Nell Hudson, Nichola McAuliffe, Nig Richards, Oliver Blackburn, Paul Frift, Paul Rhys, Philip Gascoyne, Rebecca Eaton, Richard Dixon, Richard Varley, Ruth Barrett, Sandra Goldbacher, Sophie Mort, Taavi Peelo, Tom Vaughan, Tommy Knight, Victoria No Comments »Me Before You confirms, yet again, that every few months comes a film about a terminal disease, or alternatively someone who wants to top themselves, that is only an affliction on those who are living and healthy. Stop giving Hollywood money to produce mawkish trash like this, The Fault In Our Stars and Missing You […]
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 on, bringing Clara in a lot, after she died, is just taking the proverbial!” I was expecting her to return […]
Hell Bent is the final episode in Doctor Who Series 9 (finally!), and this concludes the final two-parter of this series, and Peter Capaldi is joined by a number of other characters on Gallifrey, including… bloody Maisie Williams again. This time, we have a trailer, an introduction to the episode and, returning after an absence […]
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 really didn’t need to last an extended 55 minutes. The TARDIS-less Doctor found himself in the middle of nowhere with […]
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 seen in last year’s best episode – Flatline, telling her about his tattoo… but it wasn’t just any ordinary tattoo, […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Angela Clerkin, Caroline Boulton, Face The Raven, Jenna Coleman, Jenny Lee, Joivan Wade, Justin Molotnikov, Letitia Wright, Maisie Williams, Murray Gold, Naomi Ackie, Nikki Wilson, Peter Capaldi, Robin Soans, Sarah Dollard, Simon Manyonda, Simon Paisley Day, Steven Moffat No Comments »Face The Raven is the tenth episode in Doctor Who Series 9, and while this is not part of a two-parter, it does connect with an earlier one because it brings back (too soon, in my opinion) Maisie Williams as Ashildr. As before, the BBC seem less interested about putting videos online as there’s less […]
