‘Consider The Doctor’, says Missy. Pause! We’ll consider The Doctor in a (Dalek) sec. But first we need to consider a more important question, which one day may be of universal importance to the show: Does Missy always carry thirty feet of sturdy rope around on her person? Or did she make it, like her … >
So, we are now past the half way point in BBC Two’s new sitcom, Boy Meets Girl. This is reflected in the relationship between Leo and Judy in that now they have decided to take the plunge and sleep together. Pam and Tony are going away on a romantic night together and Jamie (Leo’s brother) … >
Now halfway through BBC One’s new five-part drama, this week’s episode of Doctor Foster catapults all the stories forward greatly, while providing startling revelations about life in the Foster household. With Gemma now intent on divorce, her plan to bring her husband down has its own share of setbacks. Suranne Jones continues to be excellent, … >
If you haven’t seen Bill yet, go see it. If you have seen Bill, go see it again. You know you want to. Exploring the genre of speculative history with its tongue firmly lodged in cheek, the makers of Horrible Histories set out to give a possible (but probably not true) account of a period … >
It’s been several months now since Avengers: Age of Ultron was released in cinemas. We’ve had another Marvel movie since then (Phase II closer Ant-Man), and everyone is starting to look ahead to Captain America: Civil War next year, which promises to be perhaps the most highly anticipated instalment yet, given the provocative and tantalising … >
Fans of Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who are used to looking to his earlier work for signs of Who to come. But increasingly, it’s his 1999 Comic Relief skit, ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’, which looks less like a parody of the programme and more like a template for where it would head under his stewardship. … >
You’ll have heard of Avenue Q before, of course; the delinquent boozy stepchild of Sesame Street from the co-creator of Book of Mormon. Following five years in London’s West End, this supremely confident production (in Brighton all this week) absolutely nails the energetic perkiness and gawsh-darned American-ness that’s required to make Avenue Q work. One … >
The last ever season of Downton Abbey opens with Lord Grantham in hunting pink and Lady Mary scandalously astride rather than sidesaddle, preparing for the hunt. Barrow and Mosley are handing up drinks to the riders from silver trays and everything seems in order. But talk of staff reductions at the Abbey are whispered and … >
If you found a Now That’s What I Call 1990 album in a petrol station’s bargain bin, there would be some pretty memorable music on it. From the Mondays asking you to ‘Step On’ to Sinead O’Connor’s teary-eyed stare comparing you to nothing: the year would “rock”. Music has always played a large part in … >
So this is what Doctor Who looks like when the dial gets turned all the way up to 11. Or, in this case, 12. ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’s feels like Steven Moffat’s own ‘guitar solo on a tank’ moment: a surprising, swaggering return to our Saturday nights. When the man decides to show off, he really … >