Category: Science fiction
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The Romans: Doctor Who S2, Serial 4
The Romans was execrable. Click here for the (slightly) more erudite review.
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The Rescue: Doctor Who S2, Serial 3
On the planet, Dido, future human Vicki waits for rescue after the locals killed her ship’s crew. Or did they…
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The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Doctor Who S2, Serial 2
Both iconic, ridiculous, profound and flabby, The Dalek Invasion of Earth remains the most influential episode of classic Who. The Daleks are (inexplicably back) and they want Earth!
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Planet of Giants: Doctor Who S2, Serial 1
Based on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, this opening to Doctor Who’s second season is a clever conceit weighed down by poor execution.
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The Reign of Terror: Doctor Who S1, Serial 8
I review the middling historical, The Reign of Terror, one I believe is in fact not too long but instead too short.
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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.