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Primeval – Series 3, Episode 9 – Review, Spoilers

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Well, New Zealand are out of the World Twenty20, so it’s time to review this episode of Primeval I overlooked. (OK, I intentionally overlooked it the first time around.) Synopsis We open with a peaceful, pastoral countryside, suddenly disrupted by horrifying freaks of nature: A camp full of young people with ATVs. But there’s more … Read more

Spread the word, this is BAD!

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Honestly, I thought this was an incredibly elaborate joke a la the Ben Stiller Show, but apparently it isn’t. This is a real mini-series, coming to the small screen near you – if you happen to be in the US. But with an impact like this, there’s no where to run.

Claudia Brown and Pedigree Collapse

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A recent comment post on this blog got me thinking about the series Primeval’s Claudia Brown. Fans of the show will know that Claudia Brown was a character who was becoming romantically involved with Nick Cutter. The main series villain is Nick Cutter’s wife, Helen, long missing, thought dead, but actually just traveling through time. … Read more

Primeval – A Tale of Three Cliffhangers

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Cliffhangers. The bane of modern television and the province of hack writers. Oh sure, cliffhangers have been around for a long time, they go back at least as far as the Saturday-afternoon movie series of the 30s. Cleverly designed stories intended to get the kids back each week to spend their hard-earned cash. Did it … Read more

Do they really listen to me?! – Primeval, Series 3, Episode 8 – Review, Spoilers

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Synopsis An anomaly opens at a test track, the crew dispatch the scene, and encounter a giant bug, which is luckily killed by a car. The anomaly is closed. Abby’s brother Jack (hereafter referred to as Jack-Ass) pokes through his sister’s purse and finds the anomaly detector. When she won’t tell him what it’s really … Read more

Fate is Determined – Primeval, Series 3, Episode 7 – Review, Spoilers

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Worms? What can of worms? Synopsis In the middle ages (14th, I think) a “dragon” menaces a village. Sir William goes forth to do battle and we see the “dragon” to be a dinosaur. In the 21st Century, an anomaly opens up in a car wrecking yard and out comes a dracorex hogwartsia (no, I’m … Read more

Primeval – Cut Down – Series 3, Episode 3 – Review (Spoilers)

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I didn’t see that coming. Synopsis The story opens with Helen drilling her Clone Troopers and demonstrating that they are mindless zombies by having one kill himself. A reporter who has been unsuccessfully on the trail of the anomaly story stakes out the ARC in the hopes of getting the biggest story of all time. … Read more

Doctor Whoish

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I haven’t posted anything Doctor Whoish lately, except the depressing news that David Tennant has knavishly abandoned his efforts to be the longest running Doctor yet.

However, If I don’t go searching, not much Doctor Who news comes my way, today I ran across this article, (at ComicMix News) which purports to be “what we know” about the upcoming specials – although, from the comments, I see a healthy dose of skepticism, which I’m more than pleased to to echo.

I’m skeptical, but it’s fun to speculate.

Read on if you want to hear things that sound like rumors, but might actually be spoilers…

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