Author: LT
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The Sensorites: Doctor Who S1, Serial 7
I review the underrated first season finale, The Sensorites: a story that resonates in a Covid-19 world.
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The Aztecs: Doctor Who S1, Serial 6
Barbara tries to put a stop to human sacrifice in The Aztecs: arguably the first season’s finest serial.
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When Art Fails to Teach
If I was in Elysium, I wouldn’t want to let those ratbags in either Unnamed relative, circa 2013 It’s an enduring image of the Trump election campaign at the end 2020. In a year marked by Black Lives Matter protests – and in the middle of a pandemic – Trump supporters danced it up in…
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The Keys of Marinus: Doctor Who, S1 Serial 5
The Keys of Marinus was a last-minute replacement serial that would send the Doctor and his companions to different locations in search of the eponymous Keys of Marinus
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Marco Polo: Doctor Who, S1 Serial 4
The show’s first season is most famous for the exceptional historical The Aztecs. But before it aired there was a 13th century adventure through Central Asia. Marco Polo.
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The Edge of Destruction: Doctor Who, S1 Serial 3
I review one of television’s earliest bottle episodes: The Edge of Destruction.
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Equality and Equity in Squid Game
Korea’s new death game drama delivers a profound if somewhat muted critique of capitalism
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An Unearthly Child: Doctor Who, S1 Serial 1
My rewatch of Doctor Who begins with The Unearthly Child.
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Korea’s Worst of the Worst
With all this talk about the Best of the Best I decided to take a minute to reflect on their dark mirror: the Worst of the Worst.