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Fall Premiere: Doctor Who – “Let’s Kill Hitler”
“Let’s Kill Hitler” August 27th, 2011 When Steven Moffat threw that title at the end of “A Good Man Goes to War,” I was imagining something…different. In my mind, it sounded like a right rollicking caper, a piece of historical … Continue reading
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Midseason Finale: Doctor Who – “A Good Man Goes to War”
“A Good Man Goes to War” June 11th, 2011 My choice not to review “The Rebel Flesh” and “The Almost People” is partly due to the awkwardness created by BBC America making the idiotic decision to take a one-week hiatus … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – “Day of the Moon”
“Day of the Moon” April 30th, 2011 [Note: while this does not air until a bit later this evening in the U.S., I’m embracing my independence from any one particular country to post my review when it’s finished so that … Continue reading
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Review – Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series [Blu-Ray]
Last week, Craig Ferguson dedicated almost an entire episode to a television show. Now, this isn’t entirely uncommon in television talk shows, but it’s normally someone like Oprah searching for the zeitgeist by introducing the cast of Glee or something. … Continue reading
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Review – Doctor Who: The End of Time, The End of Tennant
The End of Time, The End of Tennant January 2nd, 2010 Watching Doctor Who: The End of Time, for me personally, is a bit of a strange exercise for two reason (one exclusive to me, the other general). First, I … Continue reading
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Review: Doctor Who: Waters of Mars (December 19th, Space/BBC America)
Doctor Who? My question exactly. This is not to suggest I don’t know the basic premise of Doctor Who: he’s an omniscient figure who travels through time/space solving exotic problems with the help of assistants (wait, I think it’s companions). … Continue reading
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A Public Service: Lowering Expectations for Skins Season 3
Lowering Expectations for Skins Season 3 August 7th, 2009 Earlier this year, British hit Skins returned to television with a third season in a way that few shows have done before. Gone were every single original cast member save some … Continue reading
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Torchwood: Children of Earth – “Day Five”
“Day Five” July 24th, 2009 As an experiment, I don’t really know how we’re supposed to qualify Children of Earth as a piece of television. Are we supposed to be judging it as if it were a season of Torchwood? … Continue reading
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Torchwood: Children of Earth – “Day Three”
“Day Three” July 22nd, 2009 At the heart of “Day Three,” part three of five of this week’s Torchwood: Children of Earth miniseries, is the fate of the middleman (sadly, the fate of canceled ABC Family series The Middleman remains … Continue reading
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Torchwood: Children of Earth – “Day Two”
“Day Two” July 21st, 2009 If I were a regular Torchwood viewer, I may have found “Day Two” to be particularly strange. Considering that Captain Jack Harkness, who seems to be the leader of Torchwood, is almost entirely absent due … Continue reading
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