Merlin: Season 3 DVD Boxset – Dork Review

Posted by on February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Merlin: Season 3 DVDRecently, Merlin season 3 was released on region 1 DVD in the United States, and we were offered the chance to review the boxset. Yes, we’re a UK-based site, but we love Merlin, so why not? Join us, as we relieve the year that saw Merlin battling ever harder to disguise his magic powers in the face of goblins, family secrets and the hidden-in-plain-sight threat of Evil Morgana!

Not to mention, the ultimate DVD set question: do you need to watch any of these bonus features?

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Primeval : Volume 3 DVD Boxset (Series 4-5) – Dork Review

Posted by on January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Primeval : Volume 3 DVD Boxset (Series 4-5) – Dork Review

Last year, knockabout dinosaur drama Primeval aired its fourth and fifth series, aired on ITV and Watch in the UK, and BBC America in the US. The last of these episodes comes out in DVD today in the UK, and the whole thirteen episodes were issued in the US as “Volume 3” earlier this month. And fair... Read More »

Stargazing Live, The American Office and Partners in Pretension: WWBW

Posted by on January 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Stargazing Live, The American Office and Partners in Pretension: WWBW

This week I “marvelled at the majesty of the night sky” with Dr Brian Cox, finally got the bug for The Office: An American Workplace, and learned all about generating ad revenue with comedy web series Partners in Pretension. Busy week… Read More » Pin itAKPC_IDS += "9078,"; Read More →

Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall – Dork Review

Posted by on January 15, 2012 · 3 Comments 

Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall – Dork Review

Ladies and gentlemen, it seems like only yesterday that series two of Sherlock started. Well, in fact it was two weeks ago, but it’s still been too brief a visit with the great detective. Already, it’s time for the finale, in which our hero faces his greatest challenge yet: a mobile phone app. Well,... Read More »

Wear Sherlock’s coat, Irene Adler’s shoes and Moriarty’s tie

Posted by on January 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Wear Sherlock’s coat, Irene Adler’s shoes and Moriarty’s tie

It’s Sunday night and every self-respecting geek is settled into his or her wingback chair (or sofa, if you don’t happen to live in the 1800s) ready for the onslaught of the brains and beauty that is Sherlock on BBC1. However, if watching (and dissecting on Twitter) isn’t enough for you, help... Read More »

Sherlock: The Hounds Of Baskerville – Dork Review

Posted by on January 9, 2012 · 4 Comments 

Sherlock: The Hounds Of Baskerville – Dork Review

The second episode of new Sherlock! This time, The Hound Of The Baskervilles gets the treatment, as Moffat and Gatiss pound through Conan Doyle’s most famous stories. There’s also a guest shot from Russell Tovey, who has now shown up in almost every famous geek show of our time, not to mention BBC3’s... Read More »

Earthflight, Great Expectations and the Horrible Histories Prom: What We’ve Been Watching

Posted by on January 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Earthflight, Great Expectations and the Horrible Histories Prom: What We’ve Been Watching

These last couple of weeks have been a real treat, telly-wise. Nick has already taken us through the first episode of Sherlock 2.0 (here), so let’s now celebrate a few other gems: BBC One’s latest flagship nature programme, Earthflight, the excellent adaptation of Dickens’s Great... Read More »

Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia – Dork Review

Posted by on January 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia – Dork Review

The return of Baker Street’s finest! Sherlock hits the BBC again, for another three movie-length adventures. Last year’s first run was widely regarded as marvellous, with two great episodes and, um, that other one, so anticipation was high for this comeback. Can Sherlock live up to our expectations?... Read More »

Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Outnumbered and Downton Abbey: What We’ve Been Watching

Posted by on December 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Outnumbered and Downton Abbey: What We’ve Been Watching

It’s Boxing Day, and that means we’re just about halfway through the Radio Times double issue – a good time, then, to take a look back over What We’ve Been Watching during this first Christmas week… Read More » Pin itAKPC_IDS += "8917,"; Read More →

Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe – Dork Review

Posted by on December 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe – Dork Review

It’s Christmas, and that means another festive-themed outing for Doctor Who. And after swiping A Christmas Carol last year, this time writer Steven Moffat is borrowing from less obvious source material. And he plagiarised Dickens so utterly that he had to acknowledge it in the script, so maybe... Read More »

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