Clara gets a call for help from a friend, which leads to a street full of aliens hidden in the middle of London.
I’m still slightly behind with reviews. Heaven Sent review coming up later today.
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Doctor Who Review: Sleep No More
The Doctor and Clara stumble across a research station in orbit of Neptune. Naturally, something’s gone horribly wrong.
Doctor Who Review: The Zygon Inversion
Everything’s terrible, the Zygon rebels have won, how’s the Doctor going to save the day now?
I am catching up with Doctor Who – reviews of Sleep No More and Face the Raven are in the pipeline.
Movie Review: Spectre
Exotic locales, fast cars, guns, girls and explosions. It’s a Bond film, but like the rest of the Daniel Craig films there’s actually some continuity as well.
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BBC orders TV adaptation of His Dark Materials
According to Variety, the BBC have ordered “an initial eight-part series” of an adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy for BBC One.
Given that it says “initial”, can we hope that the first season will just cover Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, thus giving the trilogy the room it needs to develop on screen? I’m hoping that the recently excellent adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell points the way towards the possibility of another superb fantasy adaptation heading for our screens.
Doctor Who Review: The Zygon Invasion
Remember the Zygon doubles from the 50th anniversary special? Yes? Good. Time for the truth, or the consequences.
Doctor Who Review: The Woman Who Lived
The Doctor, tracking an alien artefact across the galaxy, encounters Ashildr again.
Doctor Who Review: The Girl Who Died
A Viking village is threatened by aliens reputed to be the greatest warriors in the galaxy.
Doctor Who Review: Before the Flood
Hundreds of years apart, the Doctor and Clara must work to solve the mystery of the ghosts and the spaceship.
Doctor Who Review: Under the Lake
The TARDIS arrives in an underwater base in the early 22nd century. Viewers are advised to bring a sofa to hide behind as the modern series shows it can still do scary.