Oh, for Flux Sake Contrary to how it may appear, I’ve desperately wanted to like Flux. The scope and ambition behind such a series is one that’s hard not to admire. Opening with a series-ending cliffhanger, opting to tell a story over a single canvas stretching across time & space, not to mention the promiseContinue reading “‘Wibbly Wobbly, Story Wory’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers”
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‘So Much to Explain, so Little Time’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux
Diminishing Chaos Flux’s fourth chapter falls into the usual trappings of a standard Chibnall episode. Aggressive scene hopping, people standing around explaining stuff to one another, new plot lines tumbling into the mix for the sake of “generating mystery”, B plots struggling to interlink with A plots, and seemingly random twists masquerading as enigmaticContinue reading “‘So Much to Explain, so Little Time’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux”
‘Cerebral Stowaways’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Four: Village of the Angels
Serialised Harmony This is actually a pretty darn decent episode. Perhaps the most consistent, structured, solid and entertaining instalment to the Flux serialisation to date. There’s a lot to praise Village of the Angels for, but one of the things it does exceptionally well relates to its structure and place within a serialised story. ThisContinue reading “‘Cerebral Stowaways’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Four: Village of the Angels”
‘A Dan with a Pan’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans
The Invasion of Time There are elements within War of the Sontarans that I admire. Firstly, it’s more structured than the previous week. While I enjoyed The Halloween Apocalypse to a reasonable extent, it did function primarily as setup for future instalments. Flux’s follow up chapter is more concerned with buckling down and getting onContinue reading “‘A Dan with a Pan’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans”
Oblivious Insomniac 