Audio and radio play reviews

Review: Doctor Who – Human Resources (parts 1 and 2)

Human ResourcesThought I’d wait until both parts of the story had aired before reviewing this one. Then I thought I’d wait until I’d fixed my iPod, but I’m still waiting on a part off eBay (£10) – which seemed a better plan than getting Apple to fix it (£169) – so what the hell, I listened to it off my Mac directly. No obstacle can get in my way when I put my mind to it. Go me!

Rather than a rip-roaring, undeniably impressive two-parter to match the season opener, Blood of the Daleks, Human Resources was a reasonable, slightly dull, but flawed ending to Paul McGann’s first set of original Doctor Who plays for the Beeb. With the return of another old-series monster, the Cybermen, we might have hoped for more, but you can’t have everything.

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Thursday’s potted news

Morning has broken. Yey.

Doctor Who

  • Russell T Davies says, “We’d love to have Hugh.”

Film

British TV

  • The National Film and Television Archive is to be opened up to the public for free.

US TV

  • Claudia Black will be guest starring on The Dresden Files.
  • Stewie Griffin and Brian the dog from Family Guy are to become talk-show hosts
  • Video interviews with the stars of Heroes.
  • Jericho star Lennie James fesses up to being British and gives some pretty interesting insights.
  • Nigel Lythgoe’s handling the Emmys this year.
  • There’s a Grey’s Anatomy spin-off in the works.