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Doctor Who ‘The Name of the Doctor’ – Series 7, episode 13, Arts

Doctor Who ‘The Name of the Doctor’ – Series 7, episode 13

What a wonderful way to end this momentous series in the 50th year of Doctor Who. From the start of the episode you know this is going to be a good episode that will make the audience forgive past mistakes such as Dinosaurs on a Spaceship or the so-so Ring of Akhaten.

By | Arts | Saturday, 18 May 2013 at 8:00 pm

Doctor Who ‘Nightmare in Silver’ – Series 7, episode 12, Arts

Doctor Who ‘Nightmare in Silver’ – Series 7, episode 12

This week Neil Gaiman was in the writer’s chair with a story that saw the return of a classic Doctor Who foe: the Cybermen. Gaiman plus the Cybermen, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, unfortunately.

By | Arts | Saturday, 11 May 2013 at 9:30 pm

Doctor Who ‘The Crimson Horror’ – Series 7, episode 11, Arts

Doctor Who ‘The Crimson Horror’ – Series 7, episode 11

This week was another great adventure from the pen of Mark Gatiss, featuring mother and daughter duo Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling, who played a mother and daughter with a rather dysfunctional relationship. It also saw Clara don Victorian garb again, surely having to squeeze into a corset must jog at least one past life memory?

By | Arts | Saturday, 4 May 2013 at 7:30 pm

Review of Doctor Who ‘Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS’ – Series 7, episode 10, Arts

Review of Doctor Who ‘Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS’ – Series 7, episode 10

This week was essentially Tardis: Confidential where viewers got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Doctor’s vessel.

By | Arts | Saturday, 27 April 2013 at 10:00 pm

A fan’s eye view: Broadchurch series 1, episode 8, Arts

A fan’s eye view: Broadchurch series 1, episode 8

Readers, you were right.

By | Arts | Monday, 22 April 2013 at 11:01 pm

Review of Doctor Who ‘Hide’ – Series 7, episode 9, Arts

Review of Doctor Who ‘Hide’ – Series 7, episode 9

If fans were still not happy with last week, then do not despair because Hide supercedes even Cold War in its brilliance, proving to be terrifying for both the adults and children watching.

By | Arts | Saturday, 20 April 2013 at 9:00 pm

Review of Doctor Who ‘Black Orchid’ (Series 19), Arts

Review of Doctor Who ‘Black Orchid’ (Series 19)

It wouldn’t be Doctor Who without a bit of science fiction or fantasy and maybe that’s the reason this serial is so poor.

By | Arts | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at 5:00 am

Review of Broadchurch – Series 1, episode 7, Arts

Review of Broadchurch – Series 1, episode 7

Who could this Alistair Murray character be? He was found to cries of David Tennant shouting “of course, of course” to have been in email exchange with Danny, after police (finally) recovered his hard drive.

By | Arts | Monday, 15 April 2013 at 11:01 pm

Review of Doctor Who ‘Cold War’, Arts

Review of Doctor Who ‘Cold War’

If fans have been disappointed so far, then this is the adventure they have been waiting for and it is a corker.

By | Arts | Saturday, 13 April 2013 at 8:05 pm

Review of Broadchurch – Series 1, episode 6: Will David Tennant recover?, Arts

Review of Broadchurch – Series 1, episode 6: Will David Tennant recover?

Broadchurch has established a pattern (much to some viewers’ dislike) of one slow-paced filler episode followed by one that dramatically furthers the plot. Last night’s episode was the latter.

By | Arts | Monday, 8 April 2013 at 11:01 pm

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