Much of Torchwood: Miracle Day has been derided, here and elsewhere, for moving slowly. “When is something going to happen?”, people said. “Isn’t this just repeating itself? How many more episodes must end with a melodramatic declaration by Gwen Cooper?” Well, this episode definitely breaks the … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 6 – Dork Review
Torchwood: Miracle Day is now getting stuck into its second half, and there seem to be two major camps of opinion: the angry folk who think it’s just awful, and those who think it’s watchable but moving at a glacial pace. Thankfully, I fall into the latter category, otherwise these reviews would … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 5 – Dork Review
This week on Torchwood: Miracle Day, Oswald Danes takes centre stage at a rally, whilst the Torchwood crew break into an obvious death camp set up by the big evil corporation. This may sound like every episode so far, but could there be a more dramatic ending this time? After all, last time we … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 4 – Dork Review
Ever watched one of those news broadcasts after something catastrophic has happened, where the reporter tries to become a poet, describing events in emotive, melodramatic prose, restarting the obvious again and again, never reaching a conclusion or making a valid point? Well, Torchwood: Miracle … [Read more...]
Torchwood – Miracle Day, The Hour and Fool Us: What We’ve Been Watching
We've now seen three episodes of both Torchwood: Miracle Day and BBC Two's not-actually-all-that-like-Mad-Men-after-all retro drama The Hour. So it's about the right time to give them a mid-series (or, for the very American Torchwood, mid-season) appraisal, don't you think? … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 3 – Dork Review
The third week of Torchwood is upon us, and I think we’ve got the basic point now. The Torchwood gang, all two of them, have arrived in America and recruited two discarded CIA operatives to make themselves feel less lonely. Now they must investigate why people are no longer dying. So, with ten … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode 2 – Dork Review
After a first episode that was universally acclaimed as alrightish, Torchwood resumes with a poisoning, a TV appearance and a clunky melodrama moment at the end. And believe it or not, only one of those features Captain Jack Harkness. So does this constitute an hour of excitement? You’d think so, … [Read more...]
Torchwood: Miracle Day – Episode One – Dork Review
After a few years off, Torchwood is back to pass the time while we wait for the second half of Doctor Who. And it has been controversially Americanised too – whereas Who merely set a couple of episodes there, the new Torchwood is a co-production with the US channel Starz and (even more fanbaitingly) … [Read more...]
Five Father’s Day gifts your dad will actually like
There's a reason why dads usually end up with boring socks, dubious ties and a 'World's Greatest Dad' mug on Father's Day: the Father's Day aisle in most shops is full of utter crap. But it doesn't have to be this way! This year, you can either get your dad yet another pair of novelty cuff … [Read more...]
Springwatch and Doctor Who: What We’ve Been Watching
I was on the damp, crowded Northern line this evening with a book in my hand. That book was BirdwatchingWatching by Alex Horne. And keeping the page in that book was a sheet of as yet unused Doctor Who stickers. On that tube, I was looked at with pity. Here, at Dork Adore, I know I am among … [Read more...]
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