• New Doctor Who tease: It’s about (half) time…

    There’s still a few months to go before the new season of Doctor Who begins across the UK (with simulcast across various other territories), but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time for a teaser. Last year, the BBC chose the Wimbledon final to showcase Jodie Whittaker’s first real appearance...
  • Punisher

    View to a Skull: ‘Punisher’ proves rewarding…

    Frank Castle feels he has completed ‘dealing’ with the people responsible for the death of his family and has ‘retired’ to try and leave a so-called normal life. However the ghosts of the past, real or imagined,  won’t leave him alone –  and he’s about to find out that...
  • The Doctor Falls

    Doctor Who (S10 Ep.12) ‘The Doctor Falls’ review…

    The Doctor has lost his companion, Bill, to the conversion treatment that is making the first Cybermen. He is now a prisoner of not one but two incarnations of his nemesis, the Master/Missy. All hope seems lost but some quick thinking means that the Doctor quickly ensures they all...
  • ‘Mist’ Opportunites: King adaptation fails to reign…

    The town of Bridgeville, Maine has its fair share of triumphs and troubles but as its inhabitants face up to very human dilemmas, something is approaching the town. There’s a mist that is quickly encroaching across the woods and outlier streets and within lies something that doesn’t take too...
  • Doctor Who - World Enough and Time

    Doctor Who (S10 Ep.11) ‘World Enough & Time’…

    The only way for the Doctor to see if he can trust Missy is to give her a ‘field-test’ – setting her down in a compelling situation to see how she handles herself. To that end he’s recruited, somewhat reluctantly on their part, Bill and Nardole to accompany her...
  • The Eaters of Light

    Doctor Who (S10 Ep.10) ‘The Eaters of Light’…

    Bill is fascinated with the stories of the 9th Roman Legion – a company of soldiers who disappeared in Scotland in the 2nd Century and convinces the Doctor and Nardole to take her to see what really happened. The Doctor is convinced that it’s probably a very mundane mystery...
  • Empress of Mars

    Doctor Who (S10 Ep.9) ‘Empress of Mars’…

    When a new NASA satellite detects a two century old message under the north pole of Mars, the Doctor can’t help investigating but what he finds does not initially appear to fit within known history. Could a group of British soldiers really have travelled to Mars and, if so,...
  • Doctor Who (S10 Ep.8) ‘The Lie of the Land’…

    Spoilers… Humanity worships the monks – and has done throughout the centuries. They are our benevolent masters – and always have been. At least, that’s what most people believe. A handful still seem to remember that the aliens have only been here six months and that the correct ‘history’...
  • Doctor Who (S10 Ep.7) ‘The Pyramid at the End of the World…’

    The Doctor is now aware of an imminent threat to the Earth, but still unsure of when and how it will come. Summoned – in his role as ‘President of Earth’ in times of global crises – he is shown a very ancient pyramid built at a critical location...
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