Tag: doctor-who
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Listening to Simon Russell Beale reviewing David Tennant’s performance of Hamlet on Today this morning, I am reminded of a point I wanted to make on my abortive “memo to Steven Moffat” blog post. That is, wouldn’t SRB make a fantastic Doctor? He would of course be more in the Troughton mould, but that is…
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Can someone explain this to me? Life on Mars Season 1 Box Set DVD Release Date: 15 May 2006 Run Time: 472 minutes Amazon Price: £16.98 GBP Doctor Who Season 1 Box Seat DVD Release Date: 21 Nov 2005 Run Time: 585 minutes Amazon Price: £49.16 GBP Those 113 minutes seem awfully expensive. Is this…
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Funny thing that Doctor Who Confidential. It is supposed to give you the inside gen of that particular week’s Doctor Who. This week, Derek Jacobi was the main guest star. Without wanting to give anything away, you would have thought they would have at least mentioned that this is his second appearance in Doctor Who,…
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After the last episode of Torchwood Season One, I offered my own considered thoughts on the programme which, with the exception of the Guppy Fans, appeared to go down quite well. One of my arguments was that the main problem with the series was the lead writer: Chris Chibnell. In the last series he wrote…
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I’m intrigued that the latest 2000AD Extreme Edition features a number of old Max Normal reprints, given that this somewhat obscure supporting character got his own little (acknowledged) homage in Saturday’s Doctor Who. Has the editor (and former DWM honcho) Alan Barnes been on the blower to Russell T? It’s all a conspiracy. UPDATE: As…