Massive Spoiler Alert - definitely don't read this if you haven't watched and don't want one of the scariest episodes ruined. Now it's won't surprise you to learn that I've been confused - it's easily done. And after all, it IS Doctor Who. I mean, I STILL haven't worked out what Sylvester McCoy … [Read more...]
The BBC has confirmed the Doctor Who series 8 episode titles
Doctor Who returns to BBC One in five days. You may have noticed. With five more days until Peter Capaldi officially takes the controls of the good ship TARDIS, the BBC revealed the titles of the episodes that will make up series 8. Along with the episode titles, there's now also more information … [Read more...]
Doctor Who Series 8 – The big preview
A little over a year after he was first announced as the new Doctor, the time has nearly come for Peter Capaldi to take up reins of the TARDIS. Doctor Who returns to BBC One on Saturday August 23rd, with a full length opening episode directed by Brit horror luminary Ben … [Read more...]
Sherlock Vs Murdoch – the metaphorical battle for our souls. S3E3 – Dork Review
After two weeks of fairly low-crime character-focused lightheartedness, here we are at the Sherlock series finale. They basically cliffhangered the first episode out to set up this week’s big villain, Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen), and now here’s his big moment to shine. Got to get … [Read more...]
Can anyone survive Sherlock’s record-length best man speech? S3E2 – Dork Review
It’s the first regular Sherlock episode after we got that pesky cliffhanger out of the way, and I know I was expecting some crimesolving business-as-usual. Instead, we had the wedding of John Watson, framed by flashbacks of varying importance as a murder slowly unfolds. But how does it relate to … [Read more...]
Can Sherlock solve the mystery of his own death before the fans do? S3E1 – Dork Review
Two years ago, Sherlock Holmes swan-dived off the edge of a hospital and was found on the pavement below with a head wound. Oh, and dead. Ever since then, the internet has been overflowing with theories about how exactly he might have survived. Basically, the above paragraph describes the events … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor (and death of Matt Smith) – Dork Review
No sooner had Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat finished the anniversary special, he had to write yet another high-pressure episode: write out Matt Smith! Bring in Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor! Wrap up all outstanding plot threads from the Eleventh Doctor's tenure! Be a festive Christmas special … [Read more...]
Sherlock Minisode – Many Happy Returns – Dork Review
As a sort of "Merry Christmas"/"Sorry we've kept you on tenterhooks for two years" gesture, His Holiness Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have released a mini-prequel to the new series of Sherlock. It's called Many Happy Returns... and you can take that message as you please. … [Read more...]
The Time of The Doctor – Dork Preview
Tick, tock, tick, tock... as Christmas Day draws nearer, so does the end of the line for Matt Smith's turn as the Eleventh Doctor. But before he passes the baton to Peter Capaldi, he's got one more adventure ahead of him - and rest assure, he's not going to go down without a fight, as the new TV … [Read more...]
Sherlock Lives! – A Look at the Series 3 Launch Trailer
At last! Exactly two years after The Woman, The Hound and that fall, Sherlock is bounding back onto our screens on New Year's Day. And today, as an early Christmas present from His Holiness The Moffat, we've been finally granted a full trailer of the upcoming series. That sound you hear? Is Tumblr … [Read more...]