Author Archives: Roger Pocock

About Roger Pocock

Author of windowsintohistory.wordpress.com Co-writer on junkyard.blog Editor of frontiersmenhistorian.info

The Prisoner: Living in Harmony

Posted on April 8, 2020

Come back Nigel Stock, all is forgiven. I’ll take anything over a Western. It has actually been quite sad to see the decline of this series, which started so brilliantly, reached it’s peak with Hammer into Anvil, and has since … Continue reading →

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Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase

Posted on April 6, 2020

The opening titles set the tone for this anime series: more than a little odd, and also a bit cheap. It’s trying to be a vampire story with a difference. Two differences, actually: it tries very hard to be funny, … Continue reading →

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The Quintessential Quintuplets (Daz)

Posted on April 5, 2020

The Junkyard presents a review by Daz of the anime series The Quintessential Quintuplets: So… I finally got round to watching this show. Decided to binge it in one day seeing as we can’t really do much. Where do I … Continue reading →

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Another Episode 2

Posted on April 4, 2020

“Blueprint” The view from Igirisu: “You should be careful. It may have already begun. If it has it can’t be stopped.” But what exactly has begun? All the clues point towards something supernatural, but a good mystery story includes well-integrated … Continue reading →

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Babylon 5: A Late Delivery from Avalon

Posted on April 3, 2020

There are a lot of amazing episodes of Babylon 5 and the overall arc is a fantastic one but A Late Delivery from Avalon is filler.  Barring using the title anytime I’m getting something done a little later than I … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner: Nobody’s Fool

Posted on April 1, 2020

We are going to take a little sidestep today on our Prisoner viewing marathon to take a look at the recently discovered episode of The Prisoner, previously assumed to be missing forever: Nobody’s Fool. I’ll be doing the writing duties … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Boundary

Posted on March 30, 2020

I’ll have a go at explaining this, although I’m not entirely sure I understood it all after watching the whole series. Also, it’s one of those series where everything you think you know at the start turns out to be … Continue reading →

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