Meeeerrlin… he drives the fastest milkcart in the west.

Nimueh, Nimueh, Nimueh, Nimueh, In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

Apart from trying to crowbar the character’s names in popular songs, there’s also a lot of genuine enjoyment to be gleaned from BBC1’s latest stab at filling the “Doctor Who Slot”. Merlin has a kind of 21st century sheen to it that is remarkably similar to the revitalised Robin Hood, which, if you’re a fan of gritty realism, is

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Tags: Anthony-Head, Arthur, Camelot, Katie McGrath, Lancelot, Merlin, Nimueh, Richard-Willson

The Eyes Have It

Steven Moffatt has written a story in each of the two series of the Doctor Who so far (this two parter, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, and The Girl In The Fireplace in series two) and while Paul Cornell got a Hugo nomination for Father’s Day, Stephen went on to win the gong for this double bill. However, it is not just anonymous award’s committee that say this is good, in any survey of stroies you care to read you can guarantee that these stories will always do well. Take for

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Tags: Captain-Jack, Coupling, Doctor Who, Eccleston, Florence-Hoath, John-Barrowman, Richard-Willson, Rose-Tyler, SFX, Steven-Moffatt, The-Blitz, The-Doctor-Dances, The-Empty-Child

What Happened Next?

Sat down to watch Reichenbach Falls this evening, a recent BBC4 play about a detective and an author.� Got to about 2 minutes from the end and we saw the above.� The gut-wrenching realisation that the EPG and the broadcast have gone out of synch on the Sky box and you’ve missed the end, is not a nice feeling.� I also seem to have missed the repeats.� If anyone knows what happened just after the “One Year Later” subtitle, do let me know?

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Tags: Alec-Newman, BBC4, Ian-Rankin, John-Sessions, Modern Drama, Nina-Sosanya, Reichenbach-Falls, Richard-Willson, Sherlock-Holmes