Category Archives: Doctor Who
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 October 23
It’s a very happy, full table this week! Those who weren’t happy with Jodie Whittaker can be happy today as she is leaving the role, and fans can be happy that we get a new episode of Doctor Who. The kids will be happy, as Miraculous returns for a few episodes from its fifth season. The House of the Dragon’s season hasn’t ended, so watchers can happily meet the Black Queen. The fang-bangers can be happy with a new episode for both their shows, as Let the Right One In lets the cast learn what else is going on. Louis and Molloy read Claudia’s diaries in the Interview with a Vampire. The Handmaid’s Tale give June an opportunity while Serena loses some. Andor continues to keep its secrets. Stargirl finishes it’s two parter with a new powerset. American Horror Story gives us two episodes, no NYPD, and newly rooted evil. Lower Decks tells us nothing. Pennyworth does some gardening. Jonah and the bots watch The Mask, (not the Jim Carey one) in their Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 April 17
Plenty of new shows this week! The Doctor gives us a pirate battle with the Sea Devils. Russian Doll drops a new season (no word on if it involves anything Ukrainian,) as does Better Call Saul, but only the first two episodes. Riverdale turns Archie into a folk hero. The Good Doctor gets mechanical and meta. The Blacklist finally acknowledges that Red is actually in charge. We also get new Moon Knight, Young Justice, Picard, and Halo, but no advanced descriptions.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Bureau 42 Review – Doctor Who – “Eve of the Daleks”
New Year’s Eve is really not an event, in that the only thing special about it is that we have our own, human-made calendar, and it happens to flip over on the next day. It isn’t even accurate outside of a few miles thanks to time zones. That means that it is purely made up for marking Time, which means we probably should have been celebrating it with Doctor Who all along. This year, Chris continues his tradition of preferring New Years to the traditional holiday special, and bringing back our favorite holiday villains.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2021 December 26
Happy Boxing Day 📦 and welcome to the last update for 2021! Season four of Cobra Kai drops, which I think makes this show bigger than the movies that spawned it. If you didn’t get enough animated magic for the holiday season, Zatanna is getting some more allies on Young Justice. Mrs. Brown’s Boys continues the holiday specials, continuing Mammy’s holiday special. Otherwise, The Doctor is our Holiday Special gateway into space, as she gets to face the Daleks again. Our only two regularly scheduled shows are both taking place in the future, in space. The Expanse deals with Ceres Station and Discovery also deals with the politics as the galaxy converges to discuss the DMA.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Doctor Who Review: “The Vanquishers”
“It’s not like we haven’t had enough to do.”
–Doctor Who
The Flux ends in a chaotic mess of excessive plot threads, extraneous characters, unanswered questions, and wasted potential. The current Doctor will return on New Year’s for an encounter with the Daleks, but we’re no wiser about the mysteries and retcons added by Chris Chibnall, we’re possibly staring into a Whovian multiverse, and a certain arch-enemy of the Doctor’s is possibly back in play.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2021 December 5
There are a lot of old favorites returning this week, but first Doctor Who’s Season of Flux comes to a close. The Flash’s event season continues, and I admit I hadn’t quite realized it was an event season until this description, and we get guest stars a plenty. Guest stars continue to show up, as Riverdale is visited by a fan favorite Netflix witch. The Wheel of Time has multiple faceoffs. The Blacklist is the only other show to give us a description, telling us about an old crime family in therapy. Hawkeye and Discovery also have new episodes, which don’t need descriptions to get me interested in them. Adding to the list of description-less shows I am thrilled to watch, The Expanse returns for season six.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Doctor Who Review: Survivors of the Flux
This installment of the season-long arc features some excellent moments and it does move several of the disparate plotlines closer together. Overall, however, I do not know if I will be among those who survive the Flux.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2021 November 28
I hope everyone has a quiet week with family, regardless of last week’s turkey consumption, because this week is lighter on television. This week, Lost in Space will drop its third and final season. The Doctor continues to uncover her past while sorting out The Flux, The Flash visits The Hall of Justice with Black Lightning, Riverdale makes Rivervale make tough choices, Young Justice gives us some magic, and The Legends give us a Bebbo Christmas special. Wheel of Time introduce some new faces. We don’t get synopsis, but I am still most interested in Hawkeye and the crew of Star Trek: Discovery.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Doctor Who Flux Discussion: “Once, Upon Time” and “Village of the Angels”
The third and fourth episodes of the Doctor Who’s Flux features a chaotic but fairly original episode followed by one that embodies everything that has characterized this season, good and problematic.
What might be good and what, problematic, lies, of course, in the eye of the beholder.