Audio and radio play reviews

There’s a certain expectation with prequels. At the end of them, you’re supposed to go, “Oh, that‘s why he/she/it did that.” Everything’s supposed to line up with the subsequent stories. It worked with Batman Begins; it sort of worked with Enterprise; even Foundation and Earth and House Atreides et al filled everything in and left you thinking you understood everything a little better. If I sat down and thought about it, I could probably come up with some non-SF prequels that did the same.

So why don’t I feel that way having sat through the whole of I, Davros? Actually, why do I feel ripped off by the whole mini-series?

Continue reading “Review: I, Davros – Guilt”

We’re now up to part three of I, Davros, a potted biography of the inventor of the Daleks and the universe’s least politically correct villain. Cos, you know, those disableds are all evil cos they’re not like everyone else, you know, and they wish they were.

Not at all offensive, no.

Anyway, we’ve already had his slightly twisted childhood in Innocence, his slightly more rational 20s in Purity, and now, in Corruption, we’re up to his halcyon days, running the elite Kaled scientific corps.

Power’s going to his head though.

Continue reading “Review: I, Davros – Corruption”

We’re now up to part three of I, Davros, a potted biography of the inventor of the Daleks and the universe’s least politically correct villain. Cos, you know, those disableds are all evil cos they’re not like everyone else, you know, and they wish they were.

Not at all offensive, no.

Anyway, we’ve already had his slightly twisted childhood in Innocence, his slightly more rational 20s in Purity, and now, in Corruption, we’re up to his halcyon days, running the elite Kaled scientific corps.

Power’s going to his head though.

Continue reading “Review: I, Davros – Corruption”