Oopsy. Although I said that Moonlight was going to air on Virgin 1 in the UK, it’s actually going to air on Living TV. Sorry – who knew Wikipedia isn’t always accurate?
Anyway, Living are currently airing a semi-cool advert for the show – it’s possibly a little cooler than the show itself – so you can give a try when it’s on. Remember, it’s not until about episode five or six that it starts to pick up (episode four if you can tolerate pop-video style direction). Here’s the trailer below.
That’s a bit more like it. After treading water, sometimes literally, for the last couple of weeks, we’re heading towards the end of the series and so the plot developments are getting piled on.
Doctor Who
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US TV
Yes, I’ve skipped one. Sorry, I was more excited by the prospect of another Charley story, this time with the sixth Doctor, than I was about finding out how Erimem gets thrown overboard through the help of a giant penis in a cape (Pertwee fans will know what I’m on about. Maybe). I’ll get round to Bride of Peladon some time in the next fortnight, I reckon.
Now the thing about most Doctor Who stories is they’re inherently crime stories. They may be set in outer space or the future, but nine times out of ten, someone’s been killed, the Doctor investigates, unmasks the evil-doer and puts a stop to their plans. The end.
Of course, the real world isn’t a detective novel and when a crime gets committed, particularly a murder, usually the police will be involved – and they’re not as cack-handed in real-life as they are in Sherlock Holmes stories. So The Condemned‘s quite an interesting idea. What if the Doctor landed at a crime scene in 2008 and got arrested by the police? Proper, Manchester police at that.
In the UK: Thursdays, 9pm, BBC1
In the US: Not yet acquired
1981! Brilliant! Much better than 1973.
I loved 1981. I may only have been eight at the time but it seems to have left a lasting impression on my musical tastes among other things. So what could be better than Life on Mars in 1973?
How about a sequel, Ashes to Ashes, set in 1981? That’s got to be great hasn’t it?
Or has it?
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