Christopher Priest passed away on 2nd February 2024. He was without competition my favourite living author and it saddens me greatly that I will no longer be able to await his new novel with excited expectation. However, since I’m a … Continue reading ‘Expect Me Tomorrow’ by Christopher Priest: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! TV episodes are often filmed out of sequence, sometimes out of choice, sometimes out of necessity. In the case of the new series of Doctor Who, it was because incoming star Ncuti Gatwa was still contracted to … Continue reading Doctor Who – 73 Yards: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! From the moment that Doctor Who was revived in 2005, Steven Moffat has been a part of that process. Ask anyone whose first experience of the series was Christopher Eccleston to relay their lasting memories of that … Continue reading Doctor Who – Boom: Review
It’s very widely known and examined that following on from the enormous success of Star Wars in 1977, TV and film producers around the world weighed in with numerous examples of what can be generously described as homages and less … Continue reading Raiding the Lost Ark: The Homages and Rip-Offs of Indiana Jones
Many years ago, I went to see The Bootleg Beatles in concert and they were incredible; performing a show that presented the Fab Four from their earliest days right up to their acrimonious split. From back in the middle of … Continue reading Doctor Who – The Devil’s Chord: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this new series of Doctor Who, the first full series under the production deal between Disney+ and the BBC, as most of the pre-publicity was so insubstantial and fluffy … Continue reading Doctor Who – Space Babies: Review
My wife and I look forward to Sci-Fi Scarborough weekend all year round and have a ritual that we adhere to every time we go. On Friday afternoon, we drive to Scarborough from our home in South Tyneside and book … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough 2024: Review
Welcome to the October Club! What is the October Club, I hear you ask? Well, the October Club is a podcast that comprises a series of cosy chats for those long Winter months on various topics of pop culture. Join … Continue reading The October Club Podcast
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! The MCU is dead… or at least that’s what the Internet would have you believe. But the Internet is at best an unreliable narrator and at worst a downright liar, so you’d be a fool to … Continue reading The Marvels: Review
For a movie that was rated certificate ‘X’ in the UK (the ‘18’ certificate was still over a year away), Marvel UK seemed quite keen on promoting John Boorman’s Excalibur upon its release in 1981. Not only was there a … Continue reading The Legend Comes to Life Again! Merlin and Excalibur Revisited
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