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The Doctor made an oath a long time ago, one which he’s spent a great deal of time keeping and circumventing but that time may be running out. The Time Lord gets a personal request from the Vatican and even being blind (shhhh, don’t tell anyone), he can’t resist...
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It’s hard to find accommodation when you’re a student – or at least a home of the affordable kind, even if you’re happy to share. So when Bill (Pearl Mackie) and fellow class-mates are beginning to despair of ever finding a roof over their heads, it seems like...
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The first few minutes of Hulu‘s new series The Handmaid’s Tale start in tense pursuit that might make it seem like an effective but familiar contemporary drama – a family desperately trying to out-run those who would seek to do them harm. Giving no real clue of time and...
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“Regency England’s a bit more black than they show in the movies.” “So was Jesus. History’s a whitewash.” Rather than heading home in time and space, the Tardis has insisted on bringing its occupants to the banks of the Thames in 1814, the last year of the famous Frost...
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*Only Minor Spoilers* The Doctor may have certain duties and obligations that are keeping him close to Earth and the university in particular, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t take little side-steps… after all, even if you have to stay somewhere, the whole point of having a machine...
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*Some spoilers* Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) may make a modest income serving dinner at Bristol University but in between plates of fries and making eye-contact with other pretty girls, she quietly slips into the lectures provided by the man the students and faculty refer to as simply ‘The Doctor’...
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The days of being a hero are over for the man who was called Logan, Wolverine and ‘Bub’… he now goes by his original birth-name James Howlett. He drives an undiscerning limousine for those who can pay and tolerates the dregs of humanity that fill up his back seat....
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Strange vessels hovering over seemingly random locations send shock waves of panic across the globe. They do not appear to be an immediate threat but various governments begin to assemble their best and brightest to try and understand what is happening and why. Respected linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams)...
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There is no doubt that as far as cult successes go, Sherlock (shown on BBC1 in the UK and Masterpiece/PBS in the US) is as high-profile as you’re likely to get. Unlike traditional American shows that run to either thirteen or twenty-two episodes a...