‘Doctor Who’: ‘The Robots of Death’ (Special Edition) DVD review
Sometimes watching Doctor Who, one can feel an uneasy anxiety, waiting for the next arch performance or line of clunky dialogue to break the spell.
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Sometimes watching Doctor Who, one can feel an uneasy anxiety, waiting for the next arch performance or line of clunky dialogue to break the spell.
When The Tomb of the Cybermen was discovered in Hong Kong in 1991, it felt like a remarkable feat of resurrection for a story which is itself.
After successfully completing another grift, the team takes a visit to Albert’s past, only to find the building he completed his first ‘job’ in has been torn down.
In the opening instalment of Tony Basgallop’s thriller, all three principal characters seemed fairly appealing – and crucially, all of them were interesting and believable.
Eternal Law wraps up with a sense of never really having got started: six episodes of great acting, witty dialogue, a beautiful setting and a strong concept marred by lack of development.
This is a quiet episode, a slower episode; the kind that harks back to Series 1 in its intimacy and focus.
Back in the days when Children’s ITV was good – when it actually existed – there were periods when its output equalled and even surpassed that of its BBC rival.
It seems to happen way too often that quality TV shows are axed by money-minded suits before they’ve ever been given a chance to reach their full potential.
Fears that Grace may actually be dead come become all the more real with the sudden introduction of boyish risk taker Alex. A replacement for Grace? We shall see.
The new series of Being Human kicked off with the energy and twisty-turniness of a series finale.