The possibility of incarnations of the Doctor before Hartnell’s depiction has been teased from back when he regenerated into Troughton. The discovery of a shaving mirror by some companions only added to the speculation. Then during the Tom Baker era story The Brain of Morbius the Doctor is […]
Mid 2019 and in a preproduction meeting the budget for Doctor Who season 12 is being discussed. ‘We need to save some money on monster costumes’ states a producer ‘we could just paint the Racnoss Empress from The Runaway Bride a different colour’ suggests another; welcome the Queen […]
Sometimes something is just terrible or just ok. When you analyse these things you sit there and think ‘yeah that’s why’. Orphan 55 was ok, but for the life of me I’m not sure why. There was so much of Orphan 55 to like, but it was like […]
After the muted episode one my expectations for part 2, and second episode of the series, were low. How wrong I was. Spyfall Part 2 was an entertaining ride through time. Even the familiarity of the Master making the Doctor’s companions’ public enemy number one, see the Tennant […]
Having an average episode with a great ending is how The Walking Dead has maintained its fan base for years now; it’s also a great way to describe the first episode of the twelve season of Doctor Who. There was nothing practically wrong with the episode. It trundled […]
Santa Claus: The Movie was supposed to be the holiday hit of 1985. Such was the confidence that farther and son producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind had managed to get finance for the film of somewhere in the region of 40 million dollars; for comparison Back to the […]
Plant based horror is a small genre. At its best you get Day of the Triffids; at its worst you’re inflicted with The Happening. Now this subgenre welcomes, exclusive to Netflix ‘In the Tall Grass’. Our latest chance to chill with Netflix is based on the 2012 novella […]
In the past I’ve made my love of Doctor Who quite clear. That said it is the type of show that is ripe for parody, with everyone from Family Guy to The Hillywood Show all giving it an affectionate roasting. Professor Howe is a range of books that […]
Paul Darrow was a British actor best known for his role as Kerr Avon in the British Sci-Fi series Blake’s 7. Born Paul Valentine Birkby on May 2nd 1941 Darrow studied at RADA where he shared a flat with John Hurt and Ian McShane. His early career saw […]
The 1980’s produced so much great fantasy based horror; don’t get me wrong there was a lot of crap too, but much of what was great have gone down as cult classics. For those who have caught the last two seasons of Under the Flowers may well be […]
Born in 1928 Bernard Cribbins career has spanned over 70 years. A career that has seen him appear alongside Peter Sellers, become part of the Carry On team, become a hero to Whovian’s, the voice of children’s television to a generation and have two top ten hits. Starting […]
Pre-title sequences have longed been used in horror to set a premise before moving on into the main narrative of the film. The Misplaced feels like a pre-title sequence to a film that will never be made. Playing on the fears of the items you temporally lose in […]
Fortitude was a Sky Atlantic psychological sci-fi thriller TV series that ran between 2015 & 2018. For twenty-six episodes over three seasons it bewildered, amused and triggered its audiences gag reflex. Set on an island in the Norwegian Arctic the premise focused on a prehistoric parasite that has […]
For years now steampunk Dalek’s have been confined to Comic Cons, which seems unfair since the Cyberman version appeared in 2008’s ‘The Next Doctor’, but now in 2019 they finally get to make their appearance (kind of anyway). So here it is the first (stand alone) ‘Doctor Who’ […]
In 1985 the production of ‘Doctor Who’ was suspended for a year and rumours were circulating that the long running show would be cancelled. In response to this news songwriters and Whovian’s Ian Levine, who had also acted as a continuity adviser for the show, and Fiachra Trench, […]
Robert Zemeckis 2004 film ‘The Polar Express’ was in the main panned by critics on release and was not as successful as distributors Warner Brothers would have liked. It has since garnered a cult following and is a mainstay of the Christmas TV listings. Based on Chris Van […]
‘Doctor Who’ series finales are usually explosive affairs full of action and jeopardy. Unfortunately the final episode of season 11 was a little bit of a letdown. Let me make it clear it wasn’t terrible. There was a good story, some nice twists and even some worthy performances. […]
Apparently I’m fuming, I’m done and I hate frogs. Well according to the Daily Express that’s what all of the shows fans are saying. There are also fans saying that ‘using a fake anonymous quote to back up your opinion is just lazy journalism’. So here we are […]
However much you enjoyed ‘The Witchfinders’ I can guarantee you there is one person in the world who enjoyed it more, and his name is Alan Cumming. From the moment he arrived on screen as ‘King James’ Alan Cumming had a glint in his eye. He hammed the […]
So after cancelling my pre-ordered ‘Doctor Who’ series 11 Blu-Ray with Amazon, I sat down with a clear conscience to watch the latest episode ‘Kerblam’. So after civil rights and religious segregation series 11 now takes on the evils of the world’s most popular order crap you don’t […]
