CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA – Season One
[usr 3.5] Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s edgier interpretation of Archie Comics’ Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuted in comic-book form in 2014, so this Netflix drama is...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.12 – ‘The Doctor Falls’
[usr 4.0] With a Christmas Special yet to close Steven Moffat’s tenure as Doctor Who’s showrunner, “The Doctor Falls” still has plenty of work...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.11 – ‘World Enough and Time’
[usr 5.0] After that startling opening showing an older, somewhat crumpled version of The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) apparently regenerating, Steven Moffat clearly decided that,...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.10 – ‘The Eaters of Light’
[usr 3.5] Welcome back Rona Munro, writer of this week’s Doctor Who, “The Eaters of Light”. Munro, as many fans will recall, wrote what...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.9 – ‘Empress of Mars’
[usr 4.0] If this is his last appointment with the man in the blue box, then clearly writer Mark Gatiss had a field day...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.6 – ‘Extremis’
[usr 4.5] Steven Moffat returns to Doctor Who writing duties this week with “Extremis”, the first chapter of a three-part story. We’re also back...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.2 – ‘The Witch’s Familiar’
[usr 4.0] Perhaps it was inevitable that Missy (Michelle Gomez) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) would escape the ‘maximum extermination cliffhanger’ by using those vortex...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.1 – ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’
[usr 4.0] Would you leave a child to die on a battlefield? Well, you might have second thoughts if that child was Davros (Joey...
DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part Three
In preparation for next weekend’s arrival of Series Nine on the BBC (19 September), the concluding part of my review of Peter Capaldi’s debut year,...
DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part Two
In the lead up to Series Nine of Doctor Who in September, my review of Series Eight examines the merits and pitfalls of four...
DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part One
The trailers are already playing on BBC One and very soon we’ll be joining Peter Capaldi for his sophomore outing as Doctor Who. However,...