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- Life in Lockdown April 6, 2020
- Doctor Who – Series 12: Final Thoughts March 23, 2020
- Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 10: “The Timeless Children” March 2, 2020
- Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 9: “Ascension of the Cybermen” February 24, 2020
- How’s The Writing Going? (February 2020) February 19, 2020
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Life in Lockdown
Today I thought I would share how I’ve been getting along in the current COVID-19 pandemic and the government restrictions that have been put in place. Some of it has been relatively simple, and some of it more difficult. I … Continue reading
Doctor Who – Series 12: Final Thoughts
Watching Series 12 of Doctor Who hasn’t always given me happy feelings – and that’s mostly not because of what was onscreen. After every episode, there would always be plenty of comments from people on social media, and a great … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 10: “The Timeless Children”
I honestly thought Yaz was a goner when Graham started telling her what a great person she was, in case “we don’t get out of this”. And then in the end, all of the Fam are still alive! Pretty surprising, … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 9: “Ascension of the Cybermen”
The chapters from the life of Brendan interspersed throughout the episode seem pretty random – another one of those things that Steven Moffat would do – but I’m trusting that it has some purpose which will become evident in the … Continue reading
How’s The Writing Going? (February 2020)
So far in 2020, my attempts at fiction writing have not been going as well as I’d hoped. For several weeks, I’ve continued to wrestle with the vampire story that I’ve been working on for some time now. Sometimes, I’ve … Continue reading
Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 8: “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”
This episode had a particularly good atmosphere, with the eerily lit house and the stormy weather. (I think it helped that it was very windy outside as I watched it.) Obviously Doctor Who has done haunted-house episodes before, but this … Continue reading
Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 7: “Can You Hear Me?”
Watching the opening scene in Aleppo, I thought the dialogue was a little too modern – but apparently there really was such a thing as recognition and treatment of mental illness in that time and place. A lot of different … Continue reading
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Film review: Birds of Prey
2016’s Suicide Squad was not a very good film – but one thing that many people did like about it was Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn. So to Warner Bros executives, bringing back Robbie for a film with Harley … Continue reading
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Film review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Growing up in the UK, I didn’t get to watch Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood – all I really knew of Fred Rogers was the occasional reference to him on other American TV shows. I learned a lot more about him more … Continue reading
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Doctor Who – Series 12, Episode 6: “Praxeus”
What with kicking off in a bunch of different locations, and it not being at all clear what’s going on, this episode’s opening feels reminiscent of some Steven Moffat episodes where he would try to be too clever and just … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Walsh, Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, Pete McTighe, Praxeus, Thirteenth Doctor, Tosin Cole
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