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”
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‘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”
‘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”
‘Battle of the Pots’ – Doctor Who 12.11: Revolution of the Daleks
Despite some of my reservations regarding the more recent episodes of Doctor Who, I found myself looking forward to 2021’s new year’s special, Revolution of the Daleks. After all, it was the first Doctor Who story we’d had in over 10 months. After such a horrible year, it was nice to be able to returnContinue reading “‘Battle of the Pots’ – Doctor Who 12.11: Revolution of the Daleks”
‘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”
‘Fictional Vistas’ – Doctor Who 11.2 The Ghost Monument
The first thing to mention about this episode is how utterly bloody gorgeous it looks. Opting to shoot this one in South Africa was a fab decision, not just for the sheer aesthetic polish it provides to the story, but because of how much bigger it makes the show feel. We’re definitely not in CardiffContinue reading “‘Fictional Vistas’ – Doctor Who 11.2 The Ghost Monument”
‘Welcome to the Revolution’ – Doctor Who 11.1 The Woman who Fell to Earth
The Woman who Fell to Earth is an interesting beast; one I am still attempting to process in my head. Most notably, the shift in pace compared to more recent years is utterly staggering. We talked a lot about the show slowing down during the 2017 run of episodes. If series 10 was a caseContinue reading “‘Welcome to the Revolution’ – Doctor Who 11.1 The Woman who Fell to Earth”
Oblivious Insomniac 