As Doctor Who fans we are used to enjoying stories in varying eras of the show, but there is a special thrill with the current Eighth Doctor offerings from Big Finish. While the Ravenous stories see a younger Eighth enjoying adventures in the company of companions Liv and Helen, the alternate strand is set much … >
Written by Jonathan Barnes, The Master Of Blackstone Grange finds Sherlock Holmes (Nick Briggs) somewhat lacking focus. Moriarty is no more, Holmes is lacking a serious challenge, and it is Watson (Richard Earl) who finds a new client, Horace Grigg (Nigel Hastings) and Holmes is about to embark upon a new quest when he learns … >
Though this would-be high-tension drama declares to be about the high-stakes world of online gambling, that fib is discarded early for a regular plot involving a young guy mentored in shiftiness by a charismatic criminal. As a way to seem authentic, a banal voiceover throws around phrases like “You gotta go all-in or cash out!” … >
Here’s a very welcome update: the new series of Taskmaster is a little closer than we though. Dave has confirmed that Taskmaster series 6 is nearly with us, and that the show will begin its new run this week, on May 2nd! What’s more, we’ve now been gifted a clip from the first episode of the new series. Feast … >
For fans of the brilliant Taskmaster, it’s good times right now. The first of four further series of the show kicks off next week, on May 2nd. It’ll broadcast on Dave, and the contestants for the new run are Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine. Furthermore, we now learn that … >
Syfy has ordered a full season of Deadly Class, a small screen comic book adaptation from Joe and Anthony Russo. These brothers are best known for directing Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War for Marvel Studios, which makes any comics-adapting project with their names on it a very exciting prospect indeed. In its original … >
Here are all the nominees for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards 2018 – or, as we know them, the TV BAFTAs.
Running in various formats since 2004, Gallifrey has chronicled eight series worth of political machinations at the heart of Time Lord society. Following the stories of the Doctor’s former companions Romana and Leela. Latterly, the series has added Ace to its roster, picking up on the notion that the Doctor was preparing her for life … >
When Doctor Who returned to television, the “Time War” was a masterstroke; side-stepping years of continuity, it allowed new viewers to learn about the Doctor’s past alongside his die-hard fans. Through a drip feed of titbits, passing references and old enemies in subsequent years, this backstory built inexorably towards Gallifrey’s climatic return in time for … >
In the second episode of Red Dwarf’s twelfth series, the crew encounter a group of rogue mechanoids who put the minds of Lister, Rimmer and Cat into mech bodies as punishment for ‘enslaving’ Kryten.