Warning: Contains Spoilers! Doctor Who Weekly was an important part of my childhood, as it was for many fans who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s. I distinctly remember my Mother bringing me home the very first issue when … Continue reading Doctor Who – The Star Beast: Review
Looking through the Doctor Who pages here on The Universal Omnibus, it suddenly came to my attention that they were a bit of a mess. Not everything was linked to where it’s supposed to be linked and there were a number … Continue reading A Whoniverse of Our Very Own
I don’t often talk about my Social Anxiety, In fact, it’s not even something I put a name to until fairly recently. I certainly don’t know to what extent my friends are aware of it; they may read this and … Continue reading Get Off Of My Cloud: Social Anxiety and Social Media
After a fallow period in the late 1970s, renowned TV writer Nigel Kneale had something of a renaissance at the turn of the decade, bringing back his most famous creation Professor Bernard Quatermass in a prestige series for Thames Television’s … Continue reading From Mercury with Love: Nigel Kneale’s Kinvig
Okay, this is weird. I’ve never reviewed a single song before; I’ve done albums, EPs even, but not an individual song on its own. This is no ordinary song, however; this is the first brand new song by the Beatles … Continue reading The Beatles’ Now and Then: Review
Addendum: When I wrote feature back in July 2023, I did so using the information widely available at the time. Since then, more information has come to light about the creation of the Celestial Toymaker. The text below is as … Continue reading Is The Celestial Toymaker Racist?
For the debut of Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor in 1984, Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner made an unusual and, in retrospect, quite unwise decision: instead of introducing the new Doctor in the first episode of a new season, … Continue reading Thou Craggy Knob! The Curious Case of the Twin Dilemma
For the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, we were blessed with the sublime The Five Doctors, a feature-length adventure that would go on to become a subject of warm nostalgia to even the most hard-hearted of fans. It … Continue reading Spinning Around (Or How to Watch ‘Dimensions in Time’ Without Vomiting)
This is a poem that started life as a song in the style of Sparks, but never got completed because… well, I’m just not musical enough. I always thought your blonde hair was actual,But now you take off your clothes, … Continue reading You’re Not a Blonde!
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Since Black Mirror started on Channel 4 in 2011, there has always been a lot of lazy journalism that describes the series as a modern Twilight Zone; because it’s an anthology series with sci-fi leanings and that’s … Continue reading Black Mirror Season 6: Review
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