‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’: ‘The Curse of Clyde Langer (Part 1)’ review
The second of Series 5’s three two-part tales opens with a jinxed Native American totem pole and an unusual rainstorm over London: a downpour of trout.
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The second of Series 5’s three two-part tales opens with a jinxed Native American totem pole and an unusual rainstorm over London: a downpour of trout.
After some faltering early steps – poised precariously between enthralling paranormal drama and trying-too-hard teenage vom-com – The Fades has finally found the right balance.
In the second part of Series 5’s opening story, Sarah Jane and her Scooby gang continue to protect the life of an innocent.
Supernatural is a show that – much like many of the creatures, ghosts and ghouls that populate its universe – just refuses to die.
Downton Abbey has played this cat and mouse game with us so many times before that we no longer know what’s misdirection and what’s just saggy plotting.
From the soft grainy film sequences to one of the spookiest title sequences ever devised for television, even the sight of the HTV logo is sufficient to induce a nostalgia rush.
The bridging between two different mediums could easily have not worked, yet the motion comic feels appropriately dramatic and pacy, and for this it must be applauded.
‘Oh that man,’ River Song says, wine glass in hand, the same old glint in her eye, ‘he’s always one step ahead of everyone.’ We all know who she’s talking about, of course, but she could just as easily be referring to the man who has led us on a stunning, season-long dance and left … >
The Event has all the ingredients needed for a successful run: a strong story that never feels as if it’s being made up on the hoof, complex characterisation and a sense of mystery.
The fluctuation in quality between the apocalyptic and the adolescent in the opening instalment of The Fades was not, it seems, merely just the throes of a troubled birth.