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
Warning: Contains Spoilers! The phrase ‘you just can’t please some people’ could easily have been invented with Doctor Who fans in mind. They didn’t like the Chris Chibnall era, so they wanted it to go back to the way it … Continue reading Doctor Who – The Church on Ruby Road: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! I believe that Russell T. Davies IS the Toymaker. Why? Well, come closer and I’ll explain. In the previous two stories, he presented elements that a certain type of person might consider ‘controversial’: Rose being trans, UNIT … Continue reading Doctor Who – The Giggle: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Very little was revealed about the second story in the 60th Anniversary trilogy, other than its title, Wild Blue Yonder, which didn’t give too much away. Unlike The Star Beast and The Giggle, no substantial clips of … Continue reading Doctor Who – Wild Blue Yonder: Review
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
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