In addition to Doctor Who’s onscreen assault on the BBC schedule last November, a good deal of fan created content has appeared to mark the show’s golden year. One such piece is this crowd funded documentary which seeks to explore the show’s fandom in its various forms. From the academic who achieved a cameo in … >
This week’s episode of Orphan Black is heavily concerned with the past. Sarah’s past comes back to haunt her in the form of Helena, after she’s spent her time digging up the history of Mrs S and the secrets of Project Leda. We open on the revelation that it was Cal who smashed into the … >
For the uninitiated, Jago and Litefoot are Doctor Who’s quintessential odd couple. Thrown together by the events of ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’, Tom Baker’s 1977 Victorian era classic, the pair sprang fully formed from Robert Holmes’ tremendous story and left you wanting to see what happened next. Some thirty-two years later Big Finish tested … >
Bam! Once again, Game of Thrones’ fourth season has knocked it outta the park, continuing on its winning streak with this week’s cracking, twisty-tailed episode. Lysa Arryn took a last minute topple from her Moon Door, Oberyn Martell stepped forward to be Tyrion’s champion in his trial by combat, Mance Rayder’s men grew closer to … >
You could, especially after a few glasses of gin and a Katherine Heigl movie, argue that every relationship is doomed. For you and your partner it’s eventually going to end, either with a softly closed door and a note saying they’ve run off with the postie, or by one of you selfishly dropping dead first … >
‘Distempers of Learning’ answers a mystery that almost nobody would have considered central to Orphan Black – that of who Kira’s father is. While it may be an interesting question (and it still may not have been truthfully answered), it’s not one the show has ever treated as all that important until now. Impressively, through … >
A stylish and shocking final episode simultaneously provides a constant ‘end of days’ theme as well as keeping the punishing pace of Prey‘s opening two instalments, juggling dual storylines more than admirably. Although things got a tad complicated at times, it’s a necessary evil as the stunning third act is allowed due deference to breathe … >
Whoever you are, no matter how old, and however dead you may once have been, we all want to feel like we belong somewhere. Or at least make sure we’re not in a place we don’t belong. And where is that feeling most heightened? No, not a zombie brother, but at high school. Although actually, … >
With another great episode, Orphan Black slows things down a little to re-establish the various factions and conflicts we need to be aware of going forward. Now that Helena has been revealed to be alive, we get to meet some new Proletheans and say goodbye to Tomas. This episode also sees the return of Mrs … >
Prey’s second instalment keeps the pace, giving us the rounded, invigorating and brilliant result of emotional whiplash in the course of an hour. Chris Lunt’s credentials as a solid TV writer more than adept at unpredictable, heart in mouth crime drama is surely not in question and he plots out this episode as thoroughly as … >