- by Will Judy in Headline, Popcorn
We open this week’s episode of Doctor Who on the Nostromo/Nebuchadnezzar, or rather, the dingy greenish interior of a spaceship with grouchy dudes arguing about salvage. One of them is an android, one’s sleeping. And I’m guessing two of them are the Van Baalen bros., so one plays guitar and the other drums. Doc & […]
April 27, 2013 /
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- by Will Judy in Headline, Popcorn
We open in 1974, and this being England, it could pass for any time from 1950 to 1978 to me. If we’re in Scotland, my apologies. Anyway, drafty country estate, roomful of mad scientist electronics, Doctor and his lovely assistant at work on a mystery. No, not The Doctor, some other chap in cool glasses. […]
April 20, 2013 |
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- by Will Judy in Headline, Popcorn
North Pole! 1983! Not even really the 80s yet! Pretty much the 70s with cheaper synths! And beneath the slightly cheesy looking CGI depths, it’s a Soviet sub! And holy dickens, it’s Davos from Game of Thrones! His beard looks fantastic! OK, I’ll settle down. Capt. Davos and his sinister 2nd in command are doing […]
April 13, 2013 |
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- by Will Judy in Headline, Popcorn
The Doctor is moping around greater Manchester in the 80s, reading a Dennis the Menace comic and stalking young lovers. Must not be a big week for disasters in need of averting. A bit of additional stalking reveals that these are present-day Souffle Girl’s parents, and that her mom died some years ago, and her […]
April 6, 2013 |
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- by Will Judy in Headline, Popcorn
So we left The Doctor in Victorian London, gleefully throwing himself into the Mystery of Souffle Girl, having nominally defeated Withnail and his snow globe via the magic of ruining Xmas. Which was touching and funny and if Souffle Girl has a nebbishy and eternally persistent boyfriend I quit this show forever. I enjoyed the […]
March 30, 2013 |
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- by Will Judy in Headline, Images, Popcorn
We open with snowy Victorian England: Lonely child, fussing parents, and predatory alien grooming an accomplice in deep, commanding tones. And in keeping with Doctor Who tradition, damaged child grows into venerable British actor, and we get… Withnail! Collecting fake snow in jars! Withnail’s imaginary friend has grown into a huge steampunk snow globe slash […]
December 25, 2012 |
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