progressive politics and regressive entertainment. like peanut and butter.
June 26, 2012 2 Comments
When we rejoin the Doctor at the start of “The Family of Blood,” he’s not quite himself. Turned into a human in order to hide, the Doctor is now John Smith. John Smith simply doesn’t know what to do when faced with a family of aliens who have killed some humans, taken over their bodies, and employ scarecrows as soldiers. It’s up to Martha.
MARTHA: Don’t just stand there, move! God, you’re rubbish as a human!
April 29, 2012 3 Comments
Looking at the front page of the BBC News website last night and noticed that the two business headlines on their front page both testify to the awesomeness that is austerity.
How much do you want to bet that our Benevolent Rulers will double down (yet again) for more of the same? Another few decades of record big business profits and they’ll reward us all with free toasters or something. I think that’s the plan. Except for the toasters.
April 17, 2012 5 Comments
I had to do it! I’ve been waiting to finish off Sherlock (so to speak), in part because life has been busy, and in part because it would mean a lengthy wait for season three before my next Sherlock fix. But I just had to watch “The Reichenbach Fall” before it official airs on PBS in May.
Once again, I don’t do a full recap, but turn back now if you haven’t seen the episode and want to avoid any surprises. I do talk about the ending.
April 8, 2012 1 Comment
I’ve been promised that season three of the new Doctor Who really starts to heat up in the middle, probably around episode 8, which is titled “Human Nature.” In the meantime, I feel compelled to watch these things in order and the next step of the trek required me to view “Evolution of the Daleks,” the second half of a two-parter. I had found the first half (“Daleks in Manhattan”) to be passable but clunky and that’s an accurate description of this episode as well, although there is some inevitable satisfaction in seeing an ending come together.
Plus, they leap straight into the action. Fear the plunger!
March 13, 2012 5 Comments
This review lands in the middle of a puddle, so to speak. It’s halfway between January, when the episode premiered in the UK, and May, when the it will air in the the States. Once again, I try not to give away any of the crucial turns in the mystery, but if you want to avoid any hint of a half-spoiler, turn back now!
December 28, 2011 1 Comment
True confessions time: as a child I was a member of two (2) Doctor Who fan societies. In memory of that age, here are the intro themes from all the Doctor Whos, 1963-2010. It’s the BBC Radiophonic Workshop at its best.
You can also mix your own version over at the BBC.
