After last week’s sci-fi weepathon, we get a flavour of Doctor Who unseen for a while: the unsettling horror episode. In fact, the last occurrences might have been The Waters Of Mars or Midnight, back in the time of Tennant. But just as there’s no such thing as nearly funny, being scary is an … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 10 – Dork Review
Torchwood: Miracle Day was only ten hours long, yet it felt longer than most other days on record. Still, it’s all over, dust settled, cost counted, and we can start asking the ultimate question: was it really worth it? More importantly, where does this series rank among the other Torchwood … [Read more...]
Watch Doctor Who on Facebook! The Future Is Now!
Want to control time in a Time Lord fashion? That’s unlikely to happen in your lifetime, but you can now watch episodes of Doctor Who online on a whim with the new Doctor Who Video On Demand Facebook app, and only for a small fee! … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited – Dork Review
I’m going to get my obvious, cheap joke about this week’s Doctor Who out of the way, and then we can move on to the usual serious academic criticism: had writer Tom McRae and director Nick Hurran been playing a lot of Portal 2 while they were crafting The Girl Who Waited? Because between the … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 9 – Dork Review
The penultimate episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day strikes, and it really needs to start rising above those accusations of emptiness and give us some action. In fairness, the last couple of episodes have been an improvement; I’ve felt the pleasant, rushing feeling of events speeding by. So as the … [Read more...]
Ultra Motor Fast4ward electric bicycles
Yes, cycling is great exercise and yes, it’s far better than using a car, but what if you prefer to take it easy while still getting to work faster than you can on most public transport options? Well, it turns out cycling doesn’t have to be hard work. Ultra Motor's range of Fast4ward electric … [Read more...]
Streetbank: The online community for meeting your real community
Ever had that situation where you've run out of sugar/eggs/rum/light bulbs and the local shops are closed The next best thing is to pop round to your friendly neighbour and ask if you can borrow some of theirs, right? The thing is, the good old days when everyone knew everyone and we all spent … [Read more...]
Comedy Showcase’s Chickens and The Jonathan Ross Show: What We’ve Been Watching
You can't fault Channel 4's commitment to new comedy. Every year they try out a bunch of pilots in a primetime slot in their Comedy Showcase strand, and over on E4 that's backed up with slightly more left-field offerings in Comedy Lab. So how did the first of this year's crop, Chickens, fare? … [Read more...]
Doctor Who: Night Terrors – Dork Review
Just imagine, there could be a baby on the TARDIS right now, and then an episode of Doctor Who, entitled Night Terrors could be all about infant Melody having bad dreams and Rory and Amy comforting her. There could be teddy bears and sweeties. But the kid is missing and that would be dull, so … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 8 – Dork Review
What I like about Torchwood: Miracle Day is that every episode seems to have its own locale that they cannot escape? Remember “The One Where They Sat On A Plane”? How about “The One Where They Were In Those Camps”? And who among us wasn’t touched by “The One Where They Had Flashbacks In A … [Read more...]
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