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Category Archives: Television
Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Pince-Nez
I typically like everyone. My wife often makes fun of me for that. It’s like I’m a golden retriever who is just happy to talk to people. But when I started watching The Golden Pince-Nez, I couldn’t stand The Professor. … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Grandeur That Was Rome
Right from the start this episode had my attention, with a courtyard full of Roman statues and ivy growing around the walls. It’s a great setting for a story, but then I do have to admit that I share Sir … Continue reading
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Space: 1999 – Bringers of Wonder
It’s the only two-parter in the whole run of Space: 1999 and the question I had been wondering is whether this would be too much tedium or would two parts actually be worth it. Part one, now 1912 days into their travels, … Continue reading
The Andromeda Breakthrough: Cold Front
A couple of years ago I wrote articles about the one-and-a-bit remaining episodes of A for Andromeda, the 1961 sci-fi series. It has taken me two years to get around to the sequel from 1962, due to the difficulty in … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dead Man’s Party
For the second episode in a row, the writers of Buffy deal with the metaphorical by translating it into the literal. Last week we had the idea of children being forced to grow up fast, represented by literal accelerated ageing. … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: The Night of the Meek
It’s a funny thing: I knew this episode was coming and I was bummed. As a kid, this was one of my least liked episodes. Art Carney, who I loved in The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason, stars as Henry Corwin, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Television, The Twilight Zone
Tagged Rod Serling, Santa Claus, The Night of the Meek
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Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective
I am delighted to say that after a very weak start to Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes, the second episode was a major triumph. It spends over half the episode getting us ready for the pièce de résistance, but when … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Medicine Men
In 1961 Sydney Newman created The Avengers for ABC. Two years later he created another long-running series for rival channel BBC. You might have heard of it: Doctor Who. On 23rd November 1963, Doctor Who made it’s debut at 5.15pm … Continue reading
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Tagged Sydney Newman, The Avengers, The Medicine Men
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Space: 1999 – The Lambda Factor
A few episodes ago, I was surprised to see the writers Pip and Jane Baker behind an episode of Space: 1999. Today, we have other news! Terrance Dicks, one of the most prolific of the Doctor Who writers, makes his … Continue reading
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
Happy Halloween, and what better time of year to take a look at an anime series about a ghost, a demon-slaying ninja, a psychic who fights evil spirits and a bunch of girls who regularly expose their naked bodies to … Continue reading
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Tagged Fanservice, Halloween, Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Anne
Like Season Two, we begin the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the world turned upside down for Buffy’s friends, with Willow, Xander and Oz trying to cope with life without her. They are a haphazard substitute for … Continue reading
The Twilight Zone: A Most Unusual Camera
Ok at this point, I think it’s got to be a joke. The universe is having a laugh at my expense. Everything I’ve been watching has been chock full of terrible characters! What happened to the Mr. Bevis’s and the … Continue reading
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The Avengers: Second Sight
“It’s macabre.” That’s a good word to describe most of this episode, which concerns an operation to harvest corneas from a live patient in order to transplant them into a blind millionaire. The donor is apparently dying and owes the … Continue reading
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Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
This surely wins the prize of the Doctor Who episode that has the most to do. It’s a celebration of 100 years of the BBC, and therefore has to function in some way as a celebration of the 59 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace, Cybermen, Daleks, Graham, Tegan, The Power of the Doctor
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Space: 1999 – The Beta Cloud
Sometimes less is truly more. Take The Beta Cloud for example. A mysterious cloud appears and half the base is weak and dealing with Covid… I mean a fever and lack of energy. They are dropping like flies. The cloud … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Becoming (Parts 1 and 2)
Joyce is a terrible mother, and not for the first time (see also Ted). Buffy quite rightly challenges her for failing to notice what has been going on: “How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing and … Continue reading
The Twilight Zone: The Trouble with Templeton
I confess I’ve had a hard time of it lately. My shows have all been doing some dumb things and I’ve been mightily upset by that; a fact recently noticed by my cowriter, Roger. The issue I take with these … Continue reading
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The Avengers: The Gilded Cage
John P. Spagge used to be a “crime broker”, and the “king of the underworld”, but he has retired and spends his days sitting in his wheelchair being waited on by his snobbish butler. Steed and Cathy tempt him out … Continue reading
Space: 1999 – A Matter of Balance
I started on high alert with this one. The pre-credit sequence sets the stage: random crewmember Shermeen has a crush on Tony who is depressed when his latest attempt at making beer doesn’t work. Tony seems to blame her for … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Go Fish
For the second week in a row we’re exploring a classic horror theme, but it’s a very different kind of horror. Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of horror: the creepy kind, and the yucky kind. Last week was the … Continue reading
The View from the Junkyard 