After the highs and lows of the opening two episodes that showed us two extremes of what The Walking Dead can be, it settled into a much more familiar pattern this week. ‘The Cell’ is, for want of a better term, fine. It’s competent in the way The Walking Dead at its base level is … >
Despite being missing from the BBC’s vaults since the purges of the early 1970’s, ‘The Power of the Daleks’ remains top of many a Doctor Who fan’s wishlist. Thanks to BBC Worldwide, the story has been granted new animated visuals to accompany the lovingly recovered soundtrack and is available to purchase in the UK from … >
Despite being missing from the BBC’s vaults since the purges of the early 1970’s, ‘The Power of the Daleks’ remains top of many a Doctor Who fan’s wishlist. Thanks to BBC Worldwide, the story has been granted new animated visuals to accompany the lovingly recovered soundtrack and is available to purchase in the UK from … >
This especially terrifying episode of Yonderland features one of the most terrifying things in the entire universe. No, I’m not talking about contemporary global politics, ice cream van music, or my pending loans: I’m talking about clowns. Clowns are scary. No amount of balloon snakes will make me less squirrely about them. It should come … >
After last week’s terrific study in grief, Class picks up on the events which launched BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off last month; that of the Shadow Kin threat and the precarious status of April’s heart. While we have been following the lives of Quill and the Coal Hill students, the Shadow Kin have been working … >
Wrapping up in style, with warm sunshine and sandy beaches, the series finale concerned the fate of some long lost Caribbean booty, namely a pistol and emerald ring belonging to the infamous pirate privateer Captain Morgan (yes, like the rum). Although Hooten had struck out on his own, leaving Lady Alex to her impending marriage, … >
Who is Ross Poldark to you? Is he selfless or selfish? To be admired or admonished? An idol or an idiot? Sexy or sexist? I’m running out of alliteration now, so hopefully you’ve made up your mind and we can move on to the next paragraph. The fact is he’s all of these things, it’s … >
With the Elster software spreading like a virus, Humans starts to explore the idea that acquired consciousness doesn’t automatically mean instantly acquired intelligence. For instance, my 10 month old nephew possesses a consciousness, and he keeps smushing broccoli into the carpet and repeatedly forgets that he’s scared of Mr. Pontipine’s moustache on In The Night … >
Closing the story of ITV’s three-part domestic horror series, HIM ends on a real high, with some interesting developments that made last night’s instalment the best episode of the drama so far and a fitting end to the story. “I need time to process this. It’s a lot to calibrate.” The action picks up straight … >
It would have been way too easy at this point for Crazyhead to slip quietly into the comfortable Freak of the Week format so coveted by other genre shows. It’s telling then that so far this hasn’t happened, with this third instalment feeling like an organic extension of the first episode, as opposed to just … >