Doctor Who

An archive of blog entries about British science-fiction programme Doctor Who.

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7 January 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Review: Doctor Who – 128 – The Eternal Summer

6 January 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Eternal-Summer-cover.jpgTime for part two of the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Stockbridge trilogy that Big Finish has been running. As you may recall from the 1980s (chances are – probably not), Stockbridge featured heavily in the DWM comic strip and – surprise, surprise, given the company’s motto is “No piece of continuity knowingly left unmined” – Big Finish has decided to set three Fifth Doctor stories in Stockbridge of the past, present and future.

Episode one, The Castle of Fear, ended on a cliffhanger and episode two, The Eternal Summer, more or less carries right on – except it doesn’t.

The Doctor wakes up in a boarding house in Stockbridge, all things right with the world, except he’s not sure how he got there or where Nyssa is. How did he escape that cliffhanger? And who will be the bad guy this time?

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Wednesday’s Stone the crows news

6 January 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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  • Sharon Stone to appear in four episodes of Law & Order: SVU…
  • …and Mischa Barton to guest as a hooker
  • Fox greenlights Shawn Ryan’s Ridealong, CBS picks up True Love
  • David Milch and Michael Mann to work on horse-racing drama for HBO
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Doctor Who – The End of Time – Parts 1 and 2

4 January 2010 Rob Buckley 19 Comments

The End of Time

In the UK: Christmas Day/New Year’s Day, BBC1/BBC HD
In the US: December 26th/January 2nd, BBC America

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Yes, it was Christmas, but it was also time to say goodbye to David Tennant as the Doctor in a two-part special of Doctor Who. We laughed (maybe), we cried (probably), we said “WTF was that?” (a lot) – it was a typical Rusty way to end it all.

Discussions after the jump.

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Doctor Who series five trailer

4 January 2010 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Just in case you missed it after Doctor Who Confidential on BBC3 (like the intro by David Tennant to The End of Time – Part 2, it didn’t air on BBC HD), here’s the trailer for series five of Doctor Who with Matt Smith. What are we all thinking? A few familiar faces (and ‘faces’), some possible Silurians and a whole lot of action adventure there, including the Doctor throwing a punch and firing a handgun. Enough to upset the old guard or a promise of good things to come?

BTW Americans, you should be able to watch this as well if you want.

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