Before The Flood begins with The Doctor talks about going back in time to meet Beethoven in a situation he refers to as “The Bootstrap Paradox”, going back to a time when no-one had ever …
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Under The Lake – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 3 – The DVDfever Review
Under The Lake was set in such an environment due to the fact that it wasn’t always underwater. The base is a flooded military town. Quite why such a place wouldn’t suddenly be abandoned, I …
Continue readingThe Witch’s Familiar – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
The Witch’s Familiar is the second episode in Series 9, and I was so hoping for a return to form, of sorts, after the disappointment of the much-hyped series opener, The Magician’s Apprentice. Did it …
Continue readingThe Magician’s Apprentice – Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
The Magician’s Apprentice is the first episode in Series 9 (if you’re only counting new series since 2005) and apparently the preview reviews had said it was amazing. Well, all the mainstream reviewers of the …
Continue readingUK Top 100 Music chart summary & my views w/e May 30th 2015
OMI stays at No.1, in the UK Top 100 Music Chart w/e May 30th 2015, with Cheerleader, and it’s a rather slow dance track with over-use of auto-tune. Terrible. There is just one new entry …
Continue readingCucumber, Banana and Tofu – Series 1 Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Cucumber, banana and tofu are the stages of male sexual arousal, and the first in a new series from Russell T Davies This first entry in the series, and the trilogy, concentrated on Henry (Vincent …
Continue readingLast Christmas – Doctor Who: Christmas Episode 2014 – The DVDfever Review
Last Christmas begins with perennial annoyance Nick Frost as Santa Claus/Father Christmas (his character is referred to as both, even though the credits only call him the former), when he’s spotted by Clara (Jenna Coleman). …
Continue readingDeath In Heaven – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 12 – The DVDfever Review
Death In Heaven starts with Clara outsmarting a Cyberman, by trying some psychology that only a human could be perplexed by, and somehow this confuses the metal muppet, and then we’re all confused when she …
Continue readingDark Water – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 11 – The DVDfever Review
Dark Water was prefaced with the irony of one of the BBC’s continuity announcers, from Red Bee Media, stating that everyone should shut up(!) It also filled me with dread when the director was revealed …
Continue readingFlatline – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 9 – The DVDfever Review
Flatline finds the Doctor and Clara having to step out of a TARDIS which has made the blue box about 50% of its original size. With Clara wanting to get back to her classroom, and …
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