DOCTOR WHO, 12.4 – ‘Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror’
I do wonder how many more encounters with historical and cultural figures are on Doctor Who’s wish list this year. Chris Chibnall’s tenure as…
DOCTOR WHO, 12.3 – ‘Orphan 55’
This week, writer Ed Hime’s “Orphan 55” turned out to be a divisive episode of Doctor Who. If you recall, in Series 11, Hime…
DOCTOR WHO, 12.2 – ‘Spyfall: Part 2’
A few post-review thoughts on “Spyfall: Part 1” to begin with. The snarking from certain quarters that a middle-aged Yorkshire man wouldn’t know what…
DOCTOR WHO, 12.1 – ‘Spyfall: Part 1’
Opening Series 12 with a few tried and tested flourishes from Russell T. Davies’ playbook (dropping us into various global locations in Part One…
DER GOLEM (1920)
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem, a giant creature made of clay, and uses sorcery to bring it to life to protect the city’s Jews from persecution.
POLYESTER (1981)
A suburban housewife’s world falls apart when she finds out her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being a local foot-fetishist…
LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)
In 1830, 40 years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla…
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D’Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
THE AVENGERS – ‘Tunnel of Fear’
“Tunnel of Fear” is the 20th episode of the first series of the 1960s British TV series The Avengers, and one of only three known complete series 1 episodes to have survived original broadcast…
DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)
A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.
DOCTOR WHO – ‘Twice Upon a Time’
And so we bid farewell to Peter Capaldi and the Twelfth Doctor. A shame really, as Capaldi was not best served by his writers…
OUTLANDER, 3.13 – ‘Eye of the Storm’
And so another season of Outlander comes to a close. The finale, “Eye of the Storm”, is something of a mixed bag. It didn’t…