“Certain moments in Time are fixed. Tiny, precious moments. Everything else is in flux, anything can happen. But those certain moments…they have to stand.” So said The Tenth Doctor in ‘The Waters of Mars’ – not the last time you’ll hear that episode mentioned in this review, or others. Viewers will draw close parallels between … >
Watching the opener to Peaky Blinders’ second season is like swaggering back into your old home town. Just as the streets, the faces, and the noises of your old manor are all as vibrantly familiar and much more impressively dismal than you remembered, so there’s an identical sensation as you hear the ferric beat of … >
This is truly the age of the superhero. Not only do they dominate the comics industry, but the biggest films of the year invariably involve genetically/mystically/technologically/alien enhanced people punching one another. Even TV isn’t safe, what with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and DC’s Arrow – soon to be followed up with a The Flash spin-off … >
The BBC has published the official synopsis for the eighth episode of Doctor Who‘s new season, titled ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’. Written by Jamie Mathieson and guest starring Frank Skinner and singer Foxes, the episode airs at 8.35pm on Saturday 11 October on BBC One and is described by Steven Moffat as “stunning in a … >
Back in 2007’s Season 3, Steven Moffat submitted the script for ‘Blink’, an episode of Doctor Who directly inspired by a story he had written for the previous year’s Doctor Who annual, which sought to explore the creepy possibilities of monsters inspired by nightmares and neuroses. Now, seven years later, he’s crafted ‘Listen’, an episode … >
Actor, singer, poet and award-winning playwright Michaela Coel will lead the cast of Chewing Gum, a new E4 comedy series. The six 30-minute episoes will star Coel as Tracey Gordon, a religious Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old who is fast finding out that the more she learns about the world, the less she understands. Rachel Springett, Commissioning Editor … >
Sometimes the ambition of a Doctor Who story utterly outstrips the production’s ability to deliver and 1977’s ‘The Invisible Enemy’ is a case in point. The story, involving a sentient space virus which infects the Doctor and prompts a Fantastic Voyage style adventure into the Time Lord’s head, is probably best remembered for the introduction … >
Starring Hermione Norris, Tara Fitzgerald, Jill Halfpenny and Katherine Parkinson, In the Club is BBC One’s new drama from Fat Friends creator Kay Mellor. Also starring Will Mellor, Jonathan Kerrigan, Sacha Dhawan and newcomer Hannah Midgley, the six-part series tells the story of a seemingly straightforward antenatal group, where secrets and lies bubbling beneath the … >
It was with a mixture of feelings that we approached Into the Dalek. On the one hand, the presence of Phil ‘The Waters of Mars’ Ford on the credits was enough to pique the interest. On the other – well, stories about miniaturisation are always a little shlocky, aren’t they? Whether it’s in TV and … >
The Village returns to BBC One with a second series set in the 1920s. BBC One’s plan to tell the story of the 20th century through the life of one Peak District village moves into the Jazz Age. The shock of the new will turn the lives of our villagers inside out. Outsiders bring in … >