The short, intense affair of Sherlock came to an end on Sunday. After the first episode, we all threw an internet parade and someone at the Beeb announced excitedly that a new series was coming. Then the second episode happened, everyone was a bit disillusioned and that BBC source must have been … [Read more...]
Sherlock – The Blind Banker: Dork Review
After the first episode of Sherlock, audience reaction was hysterical. Twitter had an orgasm and reviewers spilled so much praise onto their keyboards that they exploded in a shower of plastic. (Seriously, I’ve only just picked the S key out of my hair.) So perhaps it was inevitable that when the … [Read more...]
Mark Gatiss interview: “Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are immortal”
By now, you'll hopefully have read what our resident film and TV expert Nick had to say on the opening episode of Sherlock, and developed your own opinion on the modern adaptation. But how did Doctor Who power duo Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss feel about tackling the much-loved stories? Gatiss … [Read more...]
Sherlock – A Study In Pink: Dork Review
After a long wait, Sherlock bounds onto BBC1 to solve mysteries and seem quirky. Although devoid of aliens or goblins, it has attracted the geek eye due largely to co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, both writers on the all-conquering Doctor Who. The first episode, written by Moffat, has … [Read more...]
Sherlock: Five things Moffat needs to build a better Holmes
This week, we've got a guest post from Sherlock Holmes superfan and London-based Northern nerdlinger Rob Hinchcliffe. I love Sherlock Holmes. Have done ever since I was a kid. I’ve read all the original stories many times over, dragged my mum and dad to the Young Sherlock Holmes movie (twice), … [Read more...]
Geeks! What are you watching at the moment?
Doctor Who is over and there's now a massive hole in my usually jam-packed Sky+ series link line up. I'm still catching up on 30 Rock, but once that special joy is over, there will be nowhere for me to get my geek on. So what are you watching? Misfits is on the way, Sherlock should be good … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Doctor Who’s “Eleventh Hour”
Never mind the switch of government that we’re facing; the only British regime change that counts in 2010 finally happened on Saturday night: Matt Smith took over as the Doctor in “The Eleventh Hour”. Alongside new head writer Steven Moffat and companion Karen Gillan, he crash-lands gloriously on … [Read more...]
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