This month marks twenty years since the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired! Buffy is widely regarded as a high watermark in genre television, as well as rightly being considered just a well-written drama, regardless of the fact it’s got literal demons coming out of its ears. Buy the Complete Series DVD boxset on Amazon … >
This month marks twenty years since the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired! Buffy isn’t necessarily a series that is renowned for its scary moments, but it is most certainly one that is capable of them when they’re required. Buy the Complete Series DVD boxset on Amazon here. Buffy’s Halloween episodes notably tend towards the … >
This month marks twenty years since the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired! Despite being most famous for its rabidly devoted cult following, Buffy has attracted widespread praise for a number of episodes, from the all-singing, all-dancing ‘Once More With Feeling’ to the masterfully directed, emotionally devastating ‘The Body’. But what about all those great episodes … >
Can you believe it’s nearly 18 years since Tim, Daisy and co appeared on our screens in the first season of Channel 4’s cult comedy Spaced? Take a look at our Top 5 Spaced episodes here. Fans of Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who era will remember Nick Frost’s role in 2014’s Christmas special, but here are seven … >
‘The Phantom Menace was eighteen months ago, Tim.’ How time flies… Premiering on Channel 4 in 1999, Spaced brought nerdery into the light and sparked its own army of decade-spanning hardcore fans. Amongst them Quentin Tarantino. Ooh. Get them. Nearly eighteen years since the Spaced title graphic first whooshed onto our screens, here are CultBox’s … >
Following its recent airing on BBC One, let’s take a look back at the first season of Class. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. Buy Season 1 on Blu-ray on Amazon here. Here are our 10 favourite moments from the Doctor Who spin-off’s first season… 10. Miss Quill and the Number 55 to Oxford Circus … >
As the dark nights draw in, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s anthology series Inside No. 9 returns for a third season. Pemberton has hinted that it’s quite a dark set of stories this time around, teasing that there are ‘two or three episodes where we’ve pushed the horror element.’ Regular viewers will be steeling themselves: … >
While classic Doctor Who was famously romance-free for the most part, 21st century Who – and its associated productions – seems to have had as many weddings as a soap opera. And if you live in the Whoniverse, you are just as unlikely to have a trouble-free nuptials as if you lived in Walford or … >
Before 2005, Doctor Who did not spend a lot of time dwelling on matters of the heart. Occasionally the Time Lord’s companions would fall for someone, but the central character remained virtually asexual – despite being a grandparent and therefore presumably a parent too. That’s not to say he has not had his moments though; … >
Love plays a strong role in modern Doctor Who, with not just the companions but the Time Lord himself occasionally becoming involved with affairs of the heart. Of course, being the Doctor, romantic moments often involve self-sacrifice and monsters too. Here are 15 of our favourite romantic moments from the past decade of Doctor Who… … >