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 …
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Last 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 …
Continue readingMummy on the Orient Express – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 8 – The DVDfever Review
Mummy on the Orient Express puts us on a recreation of said train – except slightly bigger, where the rails are hyperspace ribbons, and it’s in space – and Clara immediately says “It’s a good …
Continue readingKill The Moon – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 7 plus screenshots – The DVDfever Review
Kill The Moon finds Clara and the annoying Courtney Woods, from last week’s dreadful The Caretaker, stuck on the moon, with The Doctor having long gone. Oh, and the year is 2049. Oh course, that’s …
Continue readingThe Caretaker – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 6 – The DVDfever Review
The Caretaker starts with the Doctor and Clara being held prisoner on an alien planet, and they can’t break themselves free because Clara doesn’t have the vibro-cutters. Where are they? “In my other jacket”, Clara …
Continue readingTime Heist – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 5 – The DVDfever Review
Time Heist finds the TARDIS’ phone ringing. Very few people have his number, and “nothing can happen just by answering the phone”, but he does so, and something does happen, and both he and Clara …
Continue readingListen – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 4 – The DVDfever Review
Listen comes hot on the heels of the dreadful Robot of Sherwood, and a return to Steven Moffat writing the episode, meaning there’s high expectations for Peter Capaldi‘s Doctor to deliver the “darkness” he promised …
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