‘1984’ play review

An adaptation is always going to differ from its source material. Deal with it. A play can’t be the book, and neither can a movie; what’s necessary is to capture the mood and essence of the story and transplant it to a different medium.

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Robert Emms (‘Atlantis’) interview

The first series of BBC One’s fantasy adventure drama Atlantis, from the creators of Merlin, is out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. CultBox caught up with actor Robert Emms (War Horse, Kick-Ass 2) to chat about his character, Pythagoras, and what’s coming up in Series 2.

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Win ‘Doctor Who’ books!

From award-winning science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds, ‘Harvest of Time’ is a brand new Doctor Who adventure featuring the Third Doctor, published by BBC Books on Thursday 6 February.

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‘Doctor Who’: Our hopes for Peter Capaldi’s era

Steven Moffat said recently: “If Russell [T Davies] had stayed on, [Doctor Who] would still have changed. And actually, it is time again to do that… So now we’ve got to actually get a bit raw at it and do it in a different direction.”

What are the things that Moffat and co have got a bit too good at? What do we now expect from a Doctor Who story? What is it time to lose?

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