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Monday, 26 April 2010

Doctor Who: Blink

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“Hey, Sparrow and Nightingale! That so works.” “Bit ITV…” I certainly picked an interesting time to watch this one… Well, this is ...
Sunday, 25 April 2010

Doctor Who: Human Nature / Family of Blood

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“No man should hide himself, don’t you think?” I distinctly recall the first time I read Paul Cornell’s original novel. It was the aut...
Sunday, 18 April 2010

Doctor Who: 42

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“Using your mobile is cheating!” This was rather good, I thought: a nice little real-time thriller with some nice direction, a real di...
Monday, 12 April 2010

Doctor Who: The Lazarus Experiment

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“People will sell their souls to be transformed like that…” The TARDIS arrives in Martha’s bedroom, and it seems her journey is over. ...
Saturday, 10 April 2010

Doctor Who: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks

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Daleks in Manhattan “I know some guys are just pigs, but not my Laszlo.” This story just brilliantly evokes the New York of 1930, from...
Friday, 2 April 2010

Doctor Who: Gridlock

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“This Martha- she must mean a lot to you.” “Hardly know her. I was too busy showing off. And I lied to her.” We’ve had the introduct...
Thursday, 1 April 2010

Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Code

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“Do you have to pass a test to fly this thing?” “Yes. And I failed.” The first thing we notice is that the London of 1599 is brillia...
Monday, 29 March 2010

Doctor Who: Smith and Jones

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“You’re quite a funny man. And yet, I think, laughing on purpose at the darkness.” There’s no pre-credits sequence here, which tells u...
Sunday, 28 March 2010

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane

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“Anyway, it’s organic” I’m going to try and keep these Sarah Jane Adventures reviews a bit shorter because a) I’m a fair bit behind o...
Thursday, 25 March 2010

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride

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“This friend of yours, just before she left- did she punch you in the face?” Blimey. Feels a bit weird getting back to Doctor Who aga...
Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Torchwood: End of Days

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“So, are we going to sit crying into our lattes or are we going to do something about it?” The good news is that Gwen and Rhys seem to...
Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness

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“Of course. I was just discussing strategies with the Captain.” We begin with Tosh and Jack outside a derelict building, with a poster...
Monday, 22 March 2010

Torchwood: Combat

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“I didn’t want saving.” The first rule is: you do not talk about Combat . The second rule is: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT COMBAT . But nobod...
Sunday, 21 March 2010

Torchwood: Out of Time

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“Of course, bananas are far more interesting.” Another new writer, then: Catherine Tregenna. A new type of story, too- ten episodes in...
Monday, 15 March 2010

Torchwood: Random Shoes

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“Selling life and… still waiting.” Again, we get a nicely effective pre-credits sequence with a twist; Eugene is dead, but he’s narrat...
Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie

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“That’s all we are in the end- just a pile of boxes.” For the first time we get some footage from a previous episode in the pre-titles...

Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts

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“So you secretly fight crime. Is that it, Tosh?” By now I’m getting to quite like these pre-titles sequences and the way they come to ...
Thursday, 4 March 2010

Torchwood: Countrycide

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“What is that smell?” “That would be grass.” “It’s disgusting.” Apologies for bothering those of you not based in the UK with a ...
Friday, 26 February 2010

Torchwood: Small Worlds

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“…For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” I’m not that familiar with P.J. Hammond’s work, having only seen the f...
Friday, 19 February 2010

Torchwood: Cyberwoman

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“I’ll hide the body. Everything’s going to be ok.” At last Ianto gets to come out of the background and show himself, and the results...
Thursday, 18 February 2010

Torchwood: Ghost Machine

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“I wouldn’t even piss on him if he was on fire.” It’s early days for the series, the format is still being established- time for an ...

Torchwood: Day One

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“He just…” “Came and went?” It’s the second episode, so we get our first sight of the regular introductory spiel we’ll be seeing f...
Thursday, 4 February 2010

Torchwood: Everything Changes

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“That is so Welsh.” “What is?” “I show you something fantastic, you find fault.” I remember reading RTD (I think it was him) say...
Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday

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Army of Ghosts “They can shoot me down, but the moral high ground is mine.” It’s a most arresting beginning- “This is where I die...
Monday, 1 February 2010

Doctor Who: Fear Her

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“You just took a council axe from a council van and now you’re chopping up a council road. I’m reporting you to the council!” It’s D...
Friday, 29 January 2010

Doctor Who: Love & Monsters

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“I just put that bit at the beginning because it’s a brilliant opening.” I’m… whelmed. I’m not sure why this failed to grab me; ther...