‘Doctor Who’: Series 5 DVD review

As the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond arrive on DVD and Blu-ray with all 13 episodes of ‘The Complete Fifth Series’, we look back at what we loved and what we didn’t love in this year’s Doctor Who.

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‘Doctor Who’: ‘The Lodger’ review

Wanted: new man to replace the previous, uh, Tennant. GSOH, travellers welcome. Good sense of timing essential. Room may be bigger on the inside. Series 5, so far, has seemed a lot quieter and more cosy than the rest of nu-Who that has preceded it. While there’s been Something Very Important hinted at on the … >

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‘Doctor Who’: ‘Vincent And The Doctor’ review

So, ‘Vincent And The Doctor’ wasn’t just a working title after all. Presumably, any other title will just give away far too much about the plot, right? Well, actually, no, because any other cracks in Series 5’s ongoing story are being pushed back to the edge of the frame this week, as this episode (more … >

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Film Research Paper Topics: Ideas and Tips

Writing an article on film-related disciplines is not an easy task. There are too many things that you should consider and focus on. One such challenge is coming up with decent research paper topics. How to choose the film that deserves your attention? What perspective to take while exploring this motion picture? And how to … >

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Don’t Blink – Weeping Angels board game coming from Gale Force Nine

The statuesque Doctor Who villains are also battling a pair of Doctors on audio this July. Fresh from their appearances in Flux, including the entertaining Village of the Angels, the monsters are adding both a board game and a new audio drama to their repertoire in the coming months. Amazingly, it’s almost fifteen years since … >

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Torchwood: The Green Life review

This much-anticipated second release in the new series of Doctor Who monster-themed Torchwood audios returns to the setting of the classic 1973 Jon Pertwee story The Green Death: “the one with the giant maggots” as it is ubiquitously referred to in pop culture. For the majority of the story this is a double-act, as Torchwood’s … >

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Torchwood: Night Of The Fendahl review

A low-budget, low-rent film crew are shooting their latest schlock horror in the mocked-up catacombs of Fetch Priory. It’s a hackneyed, tawdry slasher, replete with all the overused “young woman as sacrificial victim” clichés. But this film project is not just a case of tacky production values and poor creative choices. This movie director and … >

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