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Category Archives: Reviews
Doctor Who Flux: Village of the Angels
These are the days where writing doesn’t come easy. Why? Because the episode I have to write about is just too good, and there’s nothing particularly interesting about pointing out how good something is. You’re probably not interested in my … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, Thirteenth Doctor
Tagged Dan, Flux, Jodie Whittaker, Village of the Angels, Weeping Angels, Yasmin
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Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow
For having one of Star Trek’s best remembered quotes, Return to Tomorrow is a dreadfully slow affair that offered the chance for greatness and delivered mediocrity. Conceptually, this is an episode about godlike beings who just want a favor. That … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged Return to Tomorrow, The Original Series
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Catch-1782
Which is why I’ve always said that detectives and computer technicians have something in common. I’d even go so far as to say it’s why I enjoy detective stories; as a fan of time travel, the storytelling is often surprisingly … Continue reading
Mysteria Friends (Anime Review)
Originally titled Manaria Friends, but retitled Mysteria Friends by Sentai Filmworks for the international market, this short anime series combines slice-of-life with fantasy. It is inspired by a chapter from a computer game that also spawned its own anime, but … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Fantasy, Manaria Friends, Mysteria Friends, Slice of Life, Yuri
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The Box of Delights Episode 2
“Where shall the ‘nighted Snowman go?“ We start this episode with Kay slicing at some wolves with a sword and stabbing one to death. OK, we never see the blade make contact with anything, but it’s still pushing things a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Fantasy, Magic, The Box of Delights
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The Avengers: Traitor in Zebra
At the start of this episode I thought I had put the disk in for Doctor Who: The War Games by mistake, with the opening shot of General Smythe looking thoughtfully out of the window, but it was actually not … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: Counterweight
There are a number of things I don’t understand about the episode Counterweight. I always let the Control Voice finish his monologue at the end before stopping the episode, but noticed this one had extra time, because there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged Counterweight
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Dreamtime
I think the combination of the 7th Doctor, Ace and Hex has a lot of potential and they were off to a good start in The Harvest, but Dreamtime wasn’t the place to go next! “You scared the sh… well, … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Doctor Who, Reviews, Science Fiction, Seventh Doctor
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Star Trek: A Private Little War
There have been countless articles and comments over the years about Star Trek’s season 2 pro-Vietnam episode, A Private Little War. This isn’t going to be about that. As readers, we’ve been there, done that. This is my experience with … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged A Private Little War, The Original Series
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Doctor Who Flux: Once, Upon Time
The Dark Times: so far little more than a cool sounding idea, a vague notion of a scary, distant past. This is the playground that Chris Chibnall is choosing to play in, and it’s surprising that no writer has really … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, Thirteenth Doctor
Tagged Dan, Flux, Jodie Whittaker, Once Upon Time, Yasmin
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Nekopara (Anime Review)
Do you like catgirls? Then you will love this series. If, like me, the question of whether you like catgirls or not has never entered your head, you will probably still find this an entertaining slice-of-life anime, as long as … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Catgirls, Ecchi, Fanservice, Nekopara, Slice of Life
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The Box of Delights Episode 1
“When the Wolves were Running” A wolf. Mr Punch. A rat. A mouse. A Roman soldier. Herne the Hunter. Abner Brown. Cole Hawlings. The Box of Delights. In a sequence that haunted my dreams as a child, these are the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Fantasy, Magic, The Box of Delights
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The Avengers: Death on the Rocks
We start this episode with a nasty murder, using a very fast setting mud pack. The murderer has a niche speciality; she’s a killer beautician. I’ve not seen one of those in a murder mystery or a thriller before. It’s … Continue reading
The Outer Limits: The Duplicate Man
Remember that scene in Doctor Who’s The Visitation when the Doctor was like, “we’re going to search for the Terileptil”, and Adric was like, “you know where it is?” and the Doctor sarcastically said, “Yes, that’s why we’re searching!” Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Outer Limits
Tagged The Duplicate Man
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Doctor Who Flux: War of the Sontarans
For the majority of this episode we have a much more traditional Doctor Who story, and it works well. The Sontarans have invaded, and the Doctor has to defeat them. Chris Chibnall does a very good job with this episode … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, Thirteenth Doctor
Tagged Dan, Flux, Jodie Whittaker, War of the Sontarans, Yasmin
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Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome
I had always liked The Immunity Syndrome but, as I’ve said before, putting the episodes under a microscope does have its disadvantages. While there’s a sense of mutual appreciation on the Enterprise, with both Kirk and Spock offering commendations to … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
Tagged The Immunity Syndrome, The Original Series
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The Game
You know what gives me a lot of enjoyment, Rog? What’s that, Mike? Making fun of sports! Maybe it’s the nerd in me talking, taking a morbid pleasure in mocking those that had mocked me as a kid but the … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Doctor Who, Fifth Doctor, Reviews, Science Fiction
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The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (Anime Review)
The idea behind The Ambition of Oda Nobuna is a little odd. Yoshiharu is an ordinary teenager who is a big fan of a video game set in Japan’s history. One day he suddenly finds himself in the past, interacting … Continue reading
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
One of my favourite television productions is the weird and wonderful adaptation of Alice in Wonderland from 1966. The next time the BBC returned to the world of Alice was their attempt at Alice Through the Looking Glass, seven years … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Reviews, Television
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass
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The View from the Junkyard 