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Doctor Who – The End of Time – I’m still not going to review this mess…

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…but,, here’s someone else’s review that hits on about 1/3 to 1/2 of the things that really irritated me about this dismal failure of a regeneration story. From Behind the Sofa – Return of the Fan****king Yeah, I welled up. Incredibly, I was still crying when I noticed that the glass doors weren’t even sealed. … Read more

Waters of Mars

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Can you believe that the BBC would have the audacity to show a new trailer for Waters of Mars at the San Diego Comic Con – which is, I might point out, in the flippin’ United States – and then post the damned thing to their website and make it UK-only? That’s over-the-line – and … Read more

Torchwood – Who are the monsters? (Er, Children of Earth) review, spoilers

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I loathe Torchwood. It is the Slitheen of the Doctor Who universe… oh, wait, the Slitheen are the Slitheen of the Doctor Who universe. In that case, Torchwood are the fart jokes of the Doctor Who universe – crude, boorish and juvenile. (While, at the same time, attempting to be all grown-up. “See, I can … Read more

What’s in your melon?

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So the other day I was introduced to That Mitchell and Webb Look through the (science/atheistic) website Pharyngula, with this Mitchell and Webb skit about homeopathy, a subject of particular derision in the skeptic crowd. So I tracked down that show, and that particular episode and I found this sketch that would be right up … Read more

BBC (in) America(?)

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The Telegraph is reporting the merest hint of a possibility of the glimmer of a chance that the BBC iPlayer might be launched internationally via a partnership with Google. Now all they have to do is work out all those nasty international rights issues. Still, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’d … Read more

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

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