After four episodes of build-up, it’s time for Amy and Rory Pond to leave Doctor Who. Much like Billie Piper or David Tennant, they leave after a lengthy run, just need a good departure for us to remember them fondly. So, did The Angels Take Manhattan deliver? Obviously, there will be spoilers, … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: The Power Of Three – Dork Review
Despite this Doctor Who series being the well-advertised Last Days Of The Ponds, we haven’t seen them that front and centre. In the last episode, they barely did anything. Well, all that changes in The Power Of Three, as the merry band face... an onslaught of cuboid alien droppings? The Doctor … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy – Dork Review
Last time: dinosaurs. This week, Doctor Who hits another trope: the Western. And with “Mercy” writ large in the title, it’s no surprise the Doctor’s here to wrestle with thorny issues of justice, ethics and clemency. Obviously, aliens, horses and shootouts too. Watch it on iPlayer before … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship – Dork Review
For the second week running, Doctor Who serves up an episode where the pitch is contained within the title (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship). But unlike Asylum of the Daleks, this one really does stick to the confines of that one-liner. There’s these dinosaurs, right, and they’re on a spaceship. So it’s … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Asylum of The Daleks – Dork Review
Doctor Who returns! After a year away (give or take the occasional Christmas special), they’re back with a five-episode run devoted to finally getting rid of the Ponds. Yes, they retired into a blue house last series, but that wasn’t dramatic enough, so they’re being yanked back for a proper … [Read more...]
Doctor Who – New Series 7 Trailer!
The latest Doctor Who trailer has just appeared! With just over three weeks until the likely air date of August 25th, it was about time we saw some promo, and sure enough, here's a full 90 seconds of footage from the new episodes. Especially since we already had a trailer for Merlin, and that … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: The Wedding Of River Song – Dork Review
The finale of Doctor Who has aired. The climax to a convoluted (if not complex) year long arc regarding the Doctor’s own death, not to mention the point where we get answers to all those fiddly River Song questions. So... did it deliver on all of that? And aside from the pressure to resolve … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: The God Complex – Dork Review
After last week’s sci-fi weepathon, we get a flavour of Doctor Who unseen for a while: the unsettling horror episode. In fact, the last occurrences might have been The Waters Of Mars or Midnight, back in the time of Tennant. But just as there’s no such thing as nearly funny, being scary is an … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited – Dork Review
I’m going to get my obvious, cheap joke about this week’s Doctor Who out of the way, and then we can move on to the usual serious academic criticism: had writer Tom McRae and director Nick Hurran been playing a lot of Portal 2 while they were crafting The Girl Who Waited? Because between the … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Night Terrors – Dork Review
Just imagine, there could be a baby on the TARDIS right now, and then an episode of Doctor Who, entitled Night Terrors could be all about infant Melody having bad dreams and Rory and Amy comforting her. There could be teddy bears and sweeties. But the kid is missing and that would be dull, so … [Read more...]
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