On this week’s Oblivious Talks, Amber offers up her thoughts on the latest Doctor Who episode, The Legend of the Sea Devils. Also, to those who may be wondering, Amber is aware that Jodie Whittaker is the 13th Doctor, NOT the 11th Doctor. We’ll all just pretend that her Billy Fluff at the 3 minute,Continue reading “Oblivious Talks Episode 3 – Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils”
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‘Are we There Yet?’ – Doctor Who 13.8: Legend of the Sea Devils
Into the Void On the surface, show runner Chris Chibnall’s penultimate episode dons the ingredients of a rip-roaring special. We’ve got a real life pirate queen from the actual history books, pimped up pirate ships that glide through the skies, a plentiful helping of swash buckling sword fights, a sea beast bigger than the grandestContinue reading “‘Are we There Yet?’ – Doctor Who 13.8: Legend of the Sea Devils”
‘Today is Tomorrow. It Happened’ – Doctor Who 13.7: Eve of the Daleks
Groundhog Day of the Daleks Doctor Who is known for taking seemingly unrelated genres and stories, only to then hurl them head on at one another. While this occasionally generates something wonderful and unique from two seemingly dissimilar narratives, it can occasionally churn out utter nonsense. If you asked me a year ago whether IContinue reading “‘Today is Tomorrow. It Happened’ – Doctor Who 13.7: Eve of the Daleks”
‘Wibbly Wobbly, Story Wory’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers
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”
‘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”
‘Reflections of Yesteryear’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time
Narrative Disarray Episode three of Flux’s six-part serialisation follows on immediately from last week’s story. Yaz (Mandip Gill) has found herself trapped upon a holographic plate located on the planet time, while the Swarm (Sam Spruell) readies himself to kick-start some sort of event as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Dan (John Bishop) look onContinue reading “‘Reflections of Yesteryear’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time”
‘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”
‘Spooky Cocktails’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse
It’s clear that show runner Chris Chibnall is gunning to make his final full series on the show his most ambitious yet. Doctor Who Flux’s opening chapter, the Halloween Apocalypse, begins with the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) dangling above an ocean of acid that’s set to boil them alive the momentContinue reading “‘Spooky Cocktails’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse”
‘Something New, Something Bold’ – Doctor Who 11.3: Rosa
I’m not normally a fan of Doctor Who episodes set in the past. Not because I find history boring, I just often don’t think they’re done very well. The show’s had a bit of a habit romanticising past eras to the point in which they become a tad superficial and distorted. I get that DoctorContinue reading “‘Something New, Something Bold’ – Doctor Who 11.3: Rosa”
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