The conclusion of the current two-parter sees some predictable things go wrong, and some surprising things as well.
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Doctor Who Review: The Hungry Earth
The Silurians make a return to our screens as the stupid humans dig too deeply into the Earth yet again. When will the inhabitants of the Whoniverse learn that the safest strategy is just to stay at home and maybe grow some onions or something?
Doctor Who Review: Amy’s Choice
Domestic bliss for Amy and Rory is interrupted by the return of the Doctor. Or is it a dream? Or are they dreaming of the past? And what’s with all the old people?
Doctor Who Review: The Vampires of Venice
I apologise for the lack of a review of Flesh and Stone last week; this was due to the coinciding of my birthday and a pile of rehearsals. Suffice it to say that it was a worthy conclusion to Time of Angels. This week, we regress back to the mean a bit, but the mean does seem to be higher than last series.
Doctor Who Review: Victory of the Daleks
Daleks in London during the Second World War. You know it can’t be good, even though they’ve got little union flags under their eyestalks.
Doctor Who Review: The Beast Below
In the future, the Earth has been made uninhabitable by excessive solar activity, so the UK’s population is now housed in a giant starship. There is, naturally, something terribly wrong with it.
Doctor Who Review: The Eleventh Hour
Steven Moffat is now at the helm, and there’s a new Doctor in the TARDIS. Will things be different for the new series, or are we just going to get more of the same?
Futurama Getting New Voices?
I’m sure many of our readers were excited by the news that Futurama had been commissioned for a new season. But it may come with a surprising change: according to Entertainment Weekly there’s been a disagreement over salaries, and as a result the voice actors will be recast.
I’m just hoping this doesn’t turn out to be for real, and we’re able to enjoy new Futurama without the jarring experience of all the characters sounding different even though they would probably get a good joke out of it in the first episode.
David Eddings dies
As seen at the BBC, David Eddings, author of the Elenium, the Belgariad and numerous other fantasy novels, has died aged 77. His wife Leigh, who was much involved in the writing process, died two years ago.
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead review
Doctor Who’s 2009 Easter special. This is the first of the specials made instead of a full series for 2009.