‘Doctor Who’: ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ DVD review
Only the eternally impressive Lis Sladen emerges with much credit from a fatally overambitious and overblown attempt.
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Only the eternally impressive Lis Sladen emerges with much credit from a fatally overambitious and overblown attempt.
We were more worried about this story being updated than any other, but our fears were entirely groundless.
Don’t Believe The Hype, Public Enemy warned us in 1988, and this new, three-part drama from Tony Marchant arrives with high expectations that it struggles to live up to.
A Hound from Hell. A terrified young man. Sherlock’s most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?
With the wild success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise still rolling onwards to the horizon, it’s a surprise that it’s taken this long for a big-budget revisiting of this tale.
Although physically Shaun Evans doesn’t immediately bring to mind the late John Thaw, there’s something in his demeanour that expertly captures the essence of the character Thaw made his own.
The Clocks is standard convoluted Christie fare under the auspices of ITV: a period police procedural with hints of political intrigue and a romantic twist.
After 2010’s superb but curiously adult A Christmas Carol – in spite of the presence of the young Kazran and a giant flying shark, it was very much the story of a bitter old man’s redemption and his love for a beautiful young woman frozen metaphorically and literally in time – Doctor Who’s festive special … >
Guest starring Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), comedian Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir (The Fast Show) and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong & Miller), Doctor Who returns for a 60-minute Christmas special.
This is by some vast, Route 66-sized distance, the least funny thing that Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Thick of It) has ever written.