Doctor Who
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 8 (Mummy on the Orient Express)
October 12, 2014 | Simon KinnearDuring the 2012 mini-season, the Doctor Who production team started to commission tie-in posters to reinforce the modern preference for high-concept, movie-style pitches. Despite the wow factor of the designs, the episodes were disappointingly reductive – when faced with a … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 7 (Kill the Moon)
October 4, 2014 | Simon KinnearRemember Armin Tamzarian? To many Simpsons fans, the name represents the horrible moment that a series defied its own (admittedly elastic) continuity and declared that Principal Seymour Skinner, a major character since the start of the show, was an imposter, … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 6 (The Caretaker)
September 28, 2014 | Simon Kinnear“Crocodopolis,” The Doctor suggests to Clara as their next destination. “They worship a giant crocodile there, so that’s a useful coincidence.” Here’s another – The Doctor has hung around this particular London neighbourhood four times now on-screen, and each time … Read More
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 5 (Time Heist)
September 20, 2014 | Simon KinnearIt is one of the more amusing ironies of Doctor Who, a series about time travel, that it can hardly ever succeed in making a decent story with ‘Time’ in the title. Check out the official Doctor Who Magazine poll … Read More
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 4 (Listen)
September 13, 2014 | Simon KinnearOne day, we’re going to find out that Steven Moffat is actually a time traveller and has been writing his episodes of Doctor Who out of order. How else to explain an episode like Listen, whose crystalline perfection – tautly … Read More
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 3 (Robot Of Sherwood)
September 7, 2014 | Simon KinnearImagine the scene. Showrunner Steven Moffat is outlining his plans for the forthcoming season of Doctor Who to his Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss. “We’re going more traditional this year. An older Doctor, less chatty and more cantankerous. Darker stories, too.”
TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 2 (Into the Dalek)
August 31, 2014 | Simon KinnearWhen a new Doctor arrives, there’s always a period of waiting. Waiting for the statement of intent, waiting for the first story to define the parameters and the potential of the show’s near-future. The earlier the better, of course, otherwise … Read More
VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 1 (Deep Breath)
August 25, 2014 | Simon KinnearWarning: This contains mild spoilers
It’s the perfect title, of course. Every X number of years, Doctor Who fans gather, breath held, to find out if the new guy is going to match up to the standards set by previous … Read More
Doctor Who Extra: BBC announces behind-the-scenes iPlayer series
August 21, 2014 | David FarnorDoctor Who Confidential is dead. Long live Doctor Who Extra.
The behind-the-scenes programme that once accompanied the BBC’s flagship sci-fi series was cancelled in 2011 to cut costs, a decision that disappointed many fans. Now, though, the Beeb has announced … Read More
Capaldigan: Peter Capaldi’s new Doctor Who costume revealed
January 27, 2014 | David FarnorPhoto: BBC/Steve Brown
The new Doctor’s costume has officially been revealed and Peter Capaldi’s time in the TARDIS is destined be summed up in one word: Capaldigan.
In a picture released today by the BBC, Capaldi can be seen in … Read More