Television
Doctor Who - Turn Left spoilers
by andrew on Jun.22, 2008, under Being British-Chinese, Television
My random thoughts on the latest incredibly dark episode of Doctor Who: Turn Left…
The Library episodes of Doctor Who
by andrew on Jun.10, 2008, under Television
were utterly fab. Seriously. It had something for everyone. Something for the kids (and cheap in terms of monster budget too!), and something to make us geeky old romantics sigh. and endless lines to quote over again and again. and enough stuff for jaded Whovians to sit up and take notice, musing “Well, I’ve never seen THAT before…” Oh, and Alex Kingston in a spacesuit.
Gawd knows how parents managed to get their kids into bed after those episodes though.
Old echoes in new Doctor Who…
by andrew on May.11, 2008, under Television
Maybe it’s just me, but amidst the applause (and the odd tear - that hasn’t happened in a long time!) in the latest Doctor Who episode, The Doctor’s Daughter, did I spot a few echoes of what used to go on with ye olde Doctor Who? To whit…
(SPOILERS AHEAD!)
Damn, the Daleks are coming back
by andrew on Mar.25, 2008, under Television
If there’s one wish I’d had for the forthcoming season of Doctor Who, it would be: ‘No More Daleks please’.
Yes, I appreciate they are definitively the most famous of foes, and guaranteed good viewing figures. But when you’ve reduced the kind of enemy who can obliterate an omnipresent God-like Time Lord race to a snivelling sobbing half-human hybrid wrapped in chains running at the first site of a brown raincoat, maybe it’s time to give them a bit of a rest, eh?
Throughout all the sneak peeks of season 4 thus far, there’s been nary a site of a pepperpot or an eyestalk. Which was a good thing. (The hint of the ye-olde companion-in-love-with-the-Doctor subplot is not a good thing. Even if it has the suddenly easy-on-the-eyes Catherine Tate).
However, amongst the mini teasers for the new season, there’s one for the Dalek. Harumph.
Where’s my Easter holiday?
by andrew on Mar.11, 2008, under Oy vey!, Television
For the last three years, I’ve been comfortably able to figure out when Easter is, for one simple reason - Doctor Who usually starts on the Easter Saturday. At least it has since its relaunch way back in 2005.
However, it’s only suddenly dawned on me that this year’s Good Friday - and the chance for two days of rest! - is next Friday. And no Doctor Who in sight. And because there hasn’t been any pre-publicity or previews for Doctor Who, I haven’t noticed it’s nearly Easter and consequently, it’s a wee bit late to book a quick getaway holiday somewhere I can mostly sleep and avoid people.
Where is my Doctor Who? Have the production team been beavering away on it all year and decided not to show it? Did they not notice it was Easter? When is it coming ?!
