Just Reach Out and I’ll Be There

It might have just been me, and judging by reaction elsewhere I could be right that it is only me, but “Blink” wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. This will teach me (once again) not to believe the hype generated by an online fan community, I had been hearing tales of RTD being positively chilled as he viewed the rushes during production and the “Fear Factor” team (check out the official site for more on them) scoring it as 5-and-a-half out of 5!. Oddly though, it has

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Tags: Bleak-House, Blink, Carey-Mulligan, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Freema-Agyeman, Jeckyl, Russel-T-Davies, Statues

Bloody Hell

We’re eight episodes into the first series of Torchwood and, if nothing else, it’s divided the opinion amongst, well, everyone. I have to confess that I’m in the “loving it” camp, even though I acknowledge that it can be a little hit and miss at times. The plots are tending to be a little derivative of other genre shows with the best/worst example being the “Countrycide” episode. In fact, Russell T Davies stated as much in the installment of Torchwood: De-Classified, which

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Tags: BBC3, Captain-Jack, Countrycide, DeClassified, Doctor Who, Gwen-Cooper, Owen-Harper, Russel-T-Davies, Sci Fi, Suzie, Torchwood