The Long Shadow looks at the case regarding the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, in the ’70s. I was only a child at the time, but I still remember it being in the news. The opener …
Continue readingTag: Nigel Betts
Ridley Road – The DVDfever Review – Agnes O’Casey, Rory Kinnear
Ridley Road has a dark heart to its storyline, taken from the novel by Jo Bloom, and with a screenplay by Sarah Solemani, usually best known for being onscreen in comedies like Him & Her …
Continue readingClass Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review – Doctor Who spinoff
Class is a Doctor Who spinoff, taking place at Coal Hill Academy, which has been the school at the centre of the show since it began with The Unearthly Child back in 1963, where in …
Continue readingBoy Meets Girl Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
Boy Meets Girl may sound like an original idea, bringing transgender characters into a sitcom, with a man falling in love with a trans girl, but a quick search online gives us the 2014 American …
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 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 readingThe Caretaker: Official TV Trailer and new videos – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 6 – BBC One
The Caretaker is the 6th episode in Doctor Who Series 8, and this time round, when terrifying events threaten Coal Hill School, The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) decides to go undercover as caretaker John Smith, and …
Continue readingInto The Dalek – Doctor Who: Series 8 Episode 2 – The DVDfever Review
Into the Dalek begins with The Doctor picking up Journey Blue (Fresh Meat‘s Zawe Ashton) from her ship, Aristotle, just before it’s been destroyed, and in trying to help, he winds up in a hospital …
Continue reading