Just five days to go until the new series of Doctor Who and I’m so excited! This series promises to be yet another epic following on from last years’ Master story arc will this year’s top it? Lets hope so.
Catherine Tate joins the Doctor, as dippy Donna, on board the TARDIS in episode opener ‘Partners In Crime’, which will be screened on BBC1 at 6.20pm. Don’t miss out (Raquel if Corrie’s in it!).
You’ll be able to read my thoughts on each episode as they air and I might have something else planned as well! I bet you’re on tenderhooks, aren’t you? Ok, maybe not!
But for now here are some previews of series 4, enjoy!
Preview 1
Preview 2
'Campire' Trailer
Monday, 31 March 2008
Saturday, 29 March 2008
I'm Back!
That’s right folks get set for a new season of thrills and spills! Maybe not, but the reason for my recent sabbatical? I wish I could say that I was imprisoned in a divergent universe, infected with Anti Time and living in sin with Ruth Kelly. But no I haven’t! I’ve had a lot of things that just got into the way, so I couldn’t be arsed!
Anyway, with Doctor Who making its comeback next week, I’ll be putting up my review of the last Primeval, Torchwood and Ashes To Ashes episodes, when I can! I haven’t seen an episode of Lost since my last blog, so they are (sort of) up to date!
Cheers and please leave a comment, so I know I’m not writing this shite for nothing!
Anyway, with Doctor Who making its comeback next week, I’ll be putting up my review of the last Primeval, Torchwood and Ashes To Ashes episodes, when I can! I haven’t seen an episode of Lost since my last blog, so they are (sort of) up to date!
Cheers and please leave a comment, so I know I’m not writing this shite for nothing!
Monday, 25 February 2008
Big Finish Doctor Who 105 - The Condemned
If you’ve not listened to the 8th Doctor audio ‘The Girl Who Never Was’ and don’t want to be spoiled, please don’t read on. The events of that story are connected to this one.
Anyway, for those already in the know (or those who just love spoilers!) Charley Pollard joins the 6th Doctor aboard the TARDIS. However the 6th Doctor doesn’t know who she is and Charley tries her best not to tell him. So as the Doctor and ‘Charlotte Smith’ (hmm) get acquainted, they land in a flat, in Manchester, in 2008.
As soon as they step out of the TARDIS, they learn that a man, who they find, was murdered and with The Doctor being The Doctor, he has to investigate! The Doctor and Charley become separated, as Charley is kidnapped and The Doctor is arrested!
Its another decent effort from the guys at Big Finish, Colin Baker’s audios are always worth a listen! Maybe I was expecting a bit more friction between the Doctor and Charley, they were hardly together in this audio! That’s possibly something, which they need to work on in future stories. Despite that, it’s still a cracking story! The chemistry between Colin Baker and Anna Hope is an absolute joy to listen to and I can see Anna Hope’s character as a possible companion! But then again, I want to see the Kandyman make a return, so what do I know!
8/10
(and yes, I do realise that the cover is a bit of a giveaway. Hopefully you've not noticed!)
Anyway, for those already in the know (or those who just love spoilers!) Charley Pollard joins the 6th Doctor aboard the TARDIS. However the 6th Doctor doesn’t know who she is and Charley tries her best not to tell him. So as the Doctor and ‘Charlotte Smith’ (hmm) get acquainted, they land in a flat, in Manchester, in 2008.As soon as they step out of the TARDIS, they learn that a man, who they find, was murdered and with The Doctor being The Doctor, he has to investigate! The Doctor and Charley become separated, as Charley is kidnapped and The Doctor is arrested!
Its another decent effort from the guys at Big Finish, Colin Baker’s audios are always worth a listen! Maybe I was expecting a bit more friction between the Doctor and Charley, they were hardly together in this audio! That’s possibly something, which they need to work on in future stories. Despite that, it’s still a cracking story! The chemistry between Colin Baker and Anna Hope is an absolute joy to listen to and I can see Anna Hope’s character as a possible companion! But then again, I want to see the Kandyman make a return, so what do I know!
8/10
(and yes, I do realise that the cover is a bit of a giveaway. Hopefully you've not noticed!)
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Lost Series 4 Episode 3 - The Economist
Another solid episode from the guys over at Lost. Sayid is the target of the ‘flasfowards’ as we learn he works for Ben, who has given him a ‘list’ of people to kill. He starts up a relationship with a lovely lady, in order to get near her boss. Unfortunately she twigs, shoots him but he manages to recover and kills her. That’s not how you treat a lady, Sayid! While he’s getting stitched up, we learn that his boss is Ben. I’m not sure if these ‘flash forwards’ will be the final outcome of the characters, I hope not, it’s getting confusing!
Meanwhile back on the island, Sayid gets his place on Frank’s plane after he ‘swapped’ Miles for Charlotte, who has been held by the ever-weird Locke. But he isn’t the only weirdo, new arrival Dan, is battling him for the ‘Hurley madness trophy’, with his increasingly bizarre behaviour.
Desmond is the other person who gets a place on the plane. He asks Frank about whether or not he has any knowledge of his beloved Penny. He doesn’t, so the plot thickens, as the now-rotting corpse of Naomi once said that she (Penny) had sent them. When she was alive, obviously!
No real criticisms to report (shame!), although I get the feeling that Lost is like a soap. It doesn’t seem that there is a set plan for the storylines. More questions are being asked but we have no answers, yet!
8/10
Next Week: Desmond nicks the boat and turns into the bloke off ‘Cape Fear’ – scary!
Meanwhile back on the island, Sayid gets his place on Frank’s plane after he ‘swapped’ Miles for Charlotte, who has been held by the ever-weird Locke. But he isn’t the only weirdo, new arrival Dan, is battling him for the ‘Hurley madness trophy’, with his increasingly bizarre behaviour.
Desmond is the other person who gets a place on the plane. He asks Frank about whether or not he has any knowledge of his beloved Penny. He doesn’t, so the plot thickens, as the now-rotting corpse of Naomi once said that she (Penny) had sent them. When she was alive, obviously!
No real criticisms to report (shame!), although I get the feeling that Lost is like a soap. It doesn’t seem that there is a set plan for the storylines. More questions are being asked but we have no answers, yet!
8/10
Next Week: Desmond nicks the boat and turns into the bloke off ‘Cape Fear’ – scary!
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Torchwood Series 2 Episode 6 - Reset
The time has finally arrived, Martha Jones makes her first appearance in Torchwood – and its okay, not brilliant but okay!
‘Jim Robinson’ pops up speaking in a yank accent, (not sure what that’s all about, what’s wrong with his normal (Kiwi) accent?) playing a Doctor who is experimenting with alien lava, which is able to cure a number of diseases. The catch is that all the patients die a horrible death, although somehow I don’t think they know this!
Enter Martha, who now works for UNIT. Ah, those where the days! Jon Pertwee in his velvet jackets, drinking wine and constantly clashing with the Brigadier. While we are on this subject may I just remind RTD and his team of writers that THE UNIT SOILDERS DID NOT WEAR A RED CAP/BERET. It seems with the trailers for series 4 and Jack’s pining for ‘a bloke in a rap cap’, suggests that UNIT have changed.
Anyway back to the episode, where Martha somehow becomes qualified in most areas of healthcare, in just a matter of months. The team eventually find the place where all this stuff has been ‘going down’. Without going into any lewd sex jokes (as if I would!), Martha, goes down ‘undercover’ to investigate.
Eventually the team break in and they find out that a number of aliens have been kept prisoner at the lab and Jim Robinson as been ‘doing things’ to them (I’m no good at not doing a sex gag!). Oh and Martha gets infected with the lava thing, it doesn’t really matter because she’s fine! Owen isn’t, as Jim Robinson shoots him. Did I say don’t read this, if you’ve not seen it? Whoops, never mind!
This episode is slightly better than previous weeks, any more ‘To The Last Man’ and ‘Meat’ would have me writing a very stern letter to ‘Points of View’ to ask why the BBC are wasting money on this rather than let certain BBC executives have that extra car. It’s a mad, mad world! It was a decent story but it stank of ‘political correctness’, I mean that Weevil could have murdered innocent people!
8/10
Next Week: Jack bumps into a gay weevil and invites him to his caravan in Newport.
‘Jim Robinson’ pops up speaking in a yank accent, (not sure what that’s all about, what’s wrong with his normal (Kiwi) accent?) playing a Doctor who is experimenting with alien lava, which is able to cure a number of diseases. The catch is that all the patients die a horrible death, although somehow I don’t think they know this!
Enter Martha, who now works for UNIT. Ah, those where the days! Jon Pertwee in his velvet jackets, drinking wine and constantly clashing with the Brigadier. While we are on this subject may I just remind RTD and his team of writers that THE UNIT SOILDERS DID NOT WEAR A RED CAP/BERET. It seems with the trailers for series 4 and Jack’s pining for ‘a bloke in a rap cap’, suggests that UNIT have changed.
Anyway back to the episode, where Martha somehow becomes qualified in most areas of healthcare, in just a matter of months. The team eventually find the place where all this stuff has been ‘going down’. Without going into any lewd sex jokes (as if I would!), Martha, goes down ‘undercover’ to investigate.
Eventually the team break in and they find out that a number of aliens have been kept prisoner at the lab and Jim Robinson as been ‘doing things’ to them (I’m no good at not doing a sex gag!). Oh and Martha gets infected with the lava thing, it doesn’t really matter because she’s fine! Owen isn’t, as Jim Robinson shoots him. Did I say don’t read this, if you’ve not seen it? Whoops, never mind!
This episode is slightly better than previous weeks, any more ‘To The Last Man’ and ‘Meat’ would have me writing a very stern letter to ‘Points of View’ to ask why the BBC are wasting money on this rather than let certain BBC executives have that extra car. It’s a mad, mad world! It was a decent story but it stank of ‘political correctness’, I mean that Weevil could have murdered innocent people!
8/10
Next Week: Jack bumps into a gay weevil and invites him to his caravan in Newport.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Primeval Series 2 Episode 6
It’s the moment Doctor Who fans were wetting their pants for! Acclaimed Doctor Who writer, Paul Cornell’s episode was aired!
With me being the typically outgoing guy that I am, I have stayed wired to Internet for weeks to read some Doctor Who fans views of Primeval. It isn’t that great. They seem to think it’s a ploy by ITV to steal the BBC’s thunder, which is strange, because I swear that there is almost two months between Primeval ending and Doctor Who starting! The more old school fans seem into it but the rest just label it a ‘pathetic children’s show, with crap special effects.’ Remind me again what Doctor Who was (and still, in many respects, is) like during its original 1963-89 run?
Anyway back to the episode, which I quite liked actually! The plot has started to come into focus, but there are still questions to be answered. It’s like watching an episode of Lost! When a Mammoth run's amok on the motorway, Cutter, Abby and Connor arrive on the scene to help. Meanwhile Stephen isn’t, he’s too busy ‘chatting’ to Helen, who we know is the main conspirator.
Despite wrecking countless cars, Connor manages to lock the beast (that’s the mammoth btw!) in a truck – eh? The team get back to the ARC, where Cutter finds out about Stephen and hits him, after giving him his P45 of course! Cutter and Connor then set up a false alarm on the anomaly detector but someone knows and sends Jenny out to meet the waiting Cutter, Connor and Abby. That someone is Leek, who plays a fine villain, to be fair.
While the remaining team are playing silly beggars in, an obligatory Paul Cornell script location, a church, Leek sets a ‘Future Predator’ on Lester. (who picks up a pre-loaded machine gun from the stocks, again – eh?). With my likeness growing for Lester, it seems he’s going to be a victim of the FP but the mammoth saves him! Hurrah!
The action doesn’t end there, as the team track down Leek, they think they have him but they don’t! Leek then pops up and takes the team prisoner, along with Helen of course and we now know what’s been happening – Leek has been capturing the creatures, which came out of the various anomalies.
Next week, the last episode, is already looking exciting. Will we find out that Helen did change history? Will we find out what happened to Claudia? Will the bloke who plays Stephen, get some acting lessons? And will Abby and Connor finally ‘get it together’ - and buy a lovely coat for Rex? We shall see!
9/10
Next Week: If a TARDIS pops up, I will quite literally, freeze!
With me being the typically outgoing guy that I am, I have stayed wired to Internet for weeks to read some Doctor Who fans views of Primeval. It isn’t that great. They seem to think it’s a ploy by ITV to steal the BBC’s thunder, which is strange, because I swear that there is almost two months between Primeval ending and Doctor Who starting! The more old school fans seem into it but the rest just label it a ‘pathetic children’s show, with crap special effects.’ Remind me again what Doctor Who was (and still, in many respects, is) like during its original 1963-89 run?
Anyway back to the episode, which I quite liked actually! The plot has started to come into focus, but there are still questions to be answered. It’s like watching an episode of Lost! When a Mammoth run's amok on the motorway, Cutter, Abby and Connor arrive on the scene to help. Meanwhile Stephen isn’t, he’s too busy ‘chatting’ to Helen, who we know is the main conspirator.
Despite wrecking countless cars, Connor manages to lock the beast (that’s the mammoth btw!) in a truck – eh? The team get back to the ARC, where Cutter finds out about Stephen and hits him, after giving him his P45 of course! Cutter and Connor then set up a false alarm on the anomaly detector but someone knows and sends Jenny out to meet the waiting Cutter, Connor and Abby. That someone is Leek, who plays a fine villain, to be fair.
While the remaining team are playing silly beggars in, an obligatory Paul Cornell script location, a church, Leek sets a ‘Future Predator’ on Lester. (who picks up a pre-loaded machine gun from the stocks, again – eh?). With my likeness growing for Lester, it seems he’s going to be a victim of the FP but the mammoth saves him! Hurrah!
The action doesn’t end there, as the team track down Leek, they think they have him but they don’t! Leek then pops up and takes the team prisoner, along with Helen of course and we now know what’s been happening – Leek has been capturing the creatures, which came out of the various anomalies.
Next week, the last episode, is already looking exciting. Will we find out that Helen did change history? Will we find out what happened to Claudia? Will the bloke who plays Stephen, get some acting lessons? And will Abby and Connor finally ‘get it together’ - and buy a lovely coat for Rex? We shall see!
9/10
Next Week: If a TARDIS pops up, I will quite literally, freeze!
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Ashes To Ashes - Episode 2
Another fine episode from the folks over at A2A! We learn more about Alex, Chris is caught wearing make-up and dancing in a new romantics club and Gene is back to his best, firing snooker balls at men’s ‘naughty nits’!
When the team get a note from an organisation, which are trying to disrupt the wedding of Charles and Diana, by bombing a near-by office, they suspect local publican David Bonds but instead arrest his son, George, who seems to have a fascism fixation.
Meanwhile Alex is getting down and dirty with rich businessman, Danny Moore, the man who is under threat from the bomb. They go clubbing and spot Chris and Shaz in ‘new romantic’ get up. Oh dear!
Meanwhile Alex’s mother (who was killed in 1981) is the solicitor defending George. She comes across as a bit of a bitch and there’s plenty friction between her and Alex. This escalates after Alex refuses her request to spy on her male colleagues.
George eventually owns up to sending the letters but Gene has a hunch – it was David that sent out the letters. So when he’s locked up, the team join in a street party where (after ‘advice’ from Alex, about how the future will contain people who blow themselves up for their beliefs) George blows himself up. Thankfully no one is hurt, which is a shame on that smug Danny’s part!
The episode flows very well, the chemistry between Gene and Alex is bubbling, Ray is starting to get more likable and Chris’ make up was very good! Anyone judging the show against Life On Mars should get some perspective – it’s a totally different show! Looking forward to next week, as the team attend a fancy dress party!
9/10
Next Week: The clown that keeps following Alex around is actually Adam Ant, while on a (ahem) 'bender'!
When the team get a note from an organisation, which are trying to disrupt the wedding of Charles and Diana, by bombing a near-by office, they suspect local publican David Bonds but instead arrest his son, George, who seems to have a fascism fixation.
Meanwhile Alex is getting down and dirty with rich businessman, Danny Moore, the man who is under threat from the bomb. They go clubbing and spot Chris and Shaz in ‘new romantic’ get up. Oh dear!
Meanwhile Alex’s mother (who was killed in 1981) is the solicitor defending George. She comes across as a bit of a bitch and there’s plenty friction between her and Alex. This escalates after Alex refuses her request to spy on her male colleagues.
George eventually owns up to sending the letters but Gene has a hunch – it was David that sent out the letters. So when he’s locked up, the team join in a street party where (after ‘advice’ from Alex, about how the future will contain people who blow themselves up for their beliefs) George blows himself up. Thankfully no one is hurt, which is a shame on that smug Danny’s part!
The episode flows very well, the chemistry between Gene and Alex is bubbling, Ray is starting to get more likable and Chris’ make up was very good! Anyone judging the show against Life On Mars should get some perspective – it’s a totally different show! Looking forward to next week, as the team attend a fancy dress party!
9/10
Next Week: The clown that keeps following Alex around is actually Adam Ant, while on a (ahem) 'bender'!
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