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Frank Collins

Frank Collins

Freelance writer and film and television researcher (for hire).

Recent work: The Black Archive 31: 'Warriors' Gate', a 2019 monograph on the classic 1980 Doctor Who story for Obverse Books, booklet essays for Powerhouse's Blu-ray of 'Birdy' and Arrow's 'Count Yorga Collection' and 'Woody Allen: Seven Films 1986-1991' Blu-ray releases.

Other books include I.B Tauris's 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era' (2013) and 'Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens' (2010).

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DOCTOR WHO, 10.10 – ‘The Eaters of Light’

Welcome back Rona Munro, writer of this week’s Doctor Who, “The Eaters of Light”. Munro, as many fans will recall, wrote what turned out...

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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 5 & 6’

With “Part 5” of Twin Peaks: The Return we learn more about the web of terror created by the now incarcerated Mr. C, the...

twin peaks: the return - part 6
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THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT (1975)

The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming-of-age and growing into old age in conservative England.

the naked civil servant
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.9 – ‘Empress of Mars’

If this is his last appointment with the man in the blue box, then clearly writer Mark Gatiss had a field day with this...

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DOCTOR WHO, 10.8 – ‘The Lie of the Land’

There’s a line in this week’s Doctor Who, “The Lie of the Land”, that made me smile. It was a smile in recognition that...

doctor who - the lie of the land
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 4’

After the surreal absurdities of “Part 3”, “Part 4” of Twin Peaks: The Return is much more accessible. It’s not without its bizarre set-pieces,...

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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 3’

Having truly confounded his audience, many of whom were aching to see the quirky, cutesy, soap opera pastiche version of Twin Peaks they loved...

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DOCTOR WHO, 10.7 – ‘The Pyramid at the End of the World’

Imagine, you’re a skilled researcher working in a top secret lab completing biochemical trials on crops, and you’ve been out on the lash the...

dr who - pyramid at the end of the world
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 1 & 2’

There’s one indelible image that confirms director David Lynch hasn’t only returned, 26 years later, to that Pacific north-western town Twin Peaks, but has...

twin peaks - the return
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.6 – ‘Extremis’

Steven Moffat returns to Doctor Who writing duties this week with “Extremis”, the first chapter of a three-part story. We’re also back in a...

doctor who - extremis
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.5 – ‘Oxygen’

If you’ve been paying attention over the last five episodes of Doctor Who you’ll have noticed certain themes cropping up. There have been digs...

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DOCTOR WHO, 10.4 – ‘Knock Knock’

“Well, you don’t have to go to outer space to find monsters,” claims Nardole (Matt Lucas) at the conclusion of Mike Bartlett’s “Knock Knock”....

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