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

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Review: Doctor Who – 4×9 – Forest of the Dead

7 June 2008 Rob Buckley 21 Comments

Forest of the Dead

Two-parters are tricky, aren’t they? You set up mysteries and problems in the first part that need to be answered in the second. Most importantly, you have to make sure there’s sufficient pay-off for the viewer, who’s been hanging around waiting for the answers.

Last week in Silence in the Library, Steven Moffat set up all sorts of questions that needed to be answered this week. Did he answer them this week? And did he answer them well?

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Sitting Tennant

Today’s Sitting Tennant (from Persephone)

6 June 2008 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

 

As Persephone says, it’s David Tennant, very definitely sitting, although he’s not using the chair properly. He’ll do himself a damage like that.

Captions, please!

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery in due course.

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Review: Doctor Who – Grand Theft Cosmos

4 June 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Is it my imagination or has the Eighth Doctor series of Big Finish Doctor Who audio plays been rapidly turning into a comedy strand?

Maybe Skull of Sobek wasn’t supposed to be funny, but it was. Brave New Town, despite not actually being funny, had Derek Griffiths in it. Max Warp was supposed to be funny, but wasn’t. And Dead London had a cast mostly playing it for yucks.

Now here comes Grand Theft Cosmos, featuring the return of The Headhunter and Karen. Were you on the edge of your seat waiting for that particular reunion? Have you?

Thought not.

With a good cast (Michael Maloney, Christopher Benjamin, Colin Spaull) and a 19th century jewel heist theme, Grand Theft Cosmos is yet another comedy for the eighth Doctor.

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Sitting Tennant

Today’s Sitting Tennant (from Toby)

4 June 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

David Tennant

Today’s Sitting Tennant comes from Toby. Many thanks, Tobes! It’s from Doctor Who, I believe. Anyone want to guess the episode?

Here, though, Tennant challenges us. He asks us to re-examine what we think we know. What is sitting? What is lying? What, even, is slouching? Yet he provides no easy answers. It is left to us, the viewers, to decide for ourselves. That, ultimately, is the true value of this work.

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery in due course.