Tag: Doctor Who

‘Doctor Who’: ‘Babblesphere ‘ (‘Destiny of the Doctor’ 4) audiobook review

Doctor Who’s ‘Destiny of the Doctor’ series reaches its fourth instalment with ‘Babblesphere’, a tale for Tom Baker’s Doctor and Lalla Ward’s Romana. Written by Jonathan Morris, the play is performed by Ward with Roger Parrott.

Arriving on the Earth colony of Hephastos, the time travellers come across a replica of the palace of Versailles encased in a geodesic dome and set amid a harsh volcanic landscape. Within, they find an artistic commune where the perils of social media are writ large.

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‘Doctor Who’: Top 5 alien worlds

From Androzani Minor to Zolfa Thura, from the dawn of the universe to barren worlds at the end of time, the TARDIS has seen it all. With the Doctor showboating to his new friend Clara on a trip to ‘The Rings of Akhaten’ in this weekend’s Doctor Who episode, CultBox takes a look at our five favourite alien worlds from the show’s modern era.

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‘Broadchurch’: Episode 5 review

Well, we can probably now discount Jack Marshall as a suspect. Can’t we?

That’s the thing about Broadchurch: to be certain of anything is to risk being utterly wrong. It’s the dilemma the townspeople face this week as their collective gaze turns on a quiet old man who looks a lot like William Hartnell. The murder of Danny Latimer has stirred the sands of the Jurassic Coast, uncovering not only evidence like high tar cigarettes, but also events that some would rather stay buried.

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‘Doctor Who’: ‘The Rings Of Akhaten’ spoiler-free review

Songs. Since the Doctor returned in 2005 they’ve formed a quiet coda in the background of his lives, and not simply because of composer Murray Gold’s bombastic injection of sound. ‘I sang a song and the Daleks ran away’, Nine told Rose. ‘Your song is ending soon’, the Ood warned Ten, and sang him to sleep. And Eleven? Well, he’s played around a lot with a certain Melody lately.

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