If the first episode of Doctor Who‘s season 7.5 was a James Bond-esque adventure, the second episode, “The Rings of Akhaten” can best be described as Who-meets-Indiana Jones. Before I explain, let me first state that this episode was, in my humble opinion (yes, there are those of us who still spell that out), a [...]
Archive for the ‘Doctor Who’ Category
Indiana Who and the Temple of Akhaten
Posted: April 12, 2013 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Television, Watching the DoctorTags: Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matt Smith, Season 7.5, The Rings of Akhaten
0
The Year in Re-Vwho Twho
Posted: April 6, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Steven Moffat
It’s been a year… um, or so… since J. and Brian last gave vent to their thoughts, feelings, and conspiracy theories regarding that venerable television institution known as Doctor Who. So, although this year’s adventures are just beginning, join our two Who-ligans as they look back at the last twelve months… um, or so… of all [...]
Doctor Who Returns! J is Non-Plussed…!
Posted: April 4, 2013 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Television, Watching the DoctorOn Saturday, March 30, Doctor Who returned to the airwaves for the second half of Series Seven. Let me start off by saying that for all intents and purposes this REALLY should be the eighth series, but whatever. The first episode of the spring set, “The Bells of Saint John”, was everything that I’ve come to [...]
This weekend, Doctor Who aired it’s third episode of the fall season, “A Town Called Mercy.” Much like last week’s “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship,” this week’s episode has that one iconic image/hook: A gun-slinging cyborg. DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EPISODE YET!
“Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” – The Romp That Refreshes
Posted: September 10, 2012 by Brian in Doctor Who, Recap, TelevisionOne of the often-cited strengths of Doctor Who as a series is the flexibility of its concept—when your one permanent concept is an alien do-gooder with a time-and-space machine shaped like a police box, well, there’s not a whole lot you can’t do with that. Mostly, people refer to this wide-open imaginative potential when the show [...]
You’ve Gotta Fight… For Your Right…
Posted: September 8, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, Music, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Bruce Willis, Censorship, Copyright, Doctor Who, Hugo Awards, mp3, Music, Neil Gaiman, Robots, Science Fiction, TV
As the Podwits’ “World Without Dion” storyline comes to its epic conclusion, Brian and J. find themselves struggling in a wasteland without their beloved friend. Will Dion ever come back? Meanwhile, the remaining two Podwits ponder just what it means when you “buy” media online… and gasp at the horror of science fiction fans attacked [...]
Dock! Tore! Hoo!
Posted: September 3, 2012 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Andrew Cartmel, Asylum of the Daleks, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, Paul McGann, Steven Moffat, Sylvester McCoy, The Wedding of River Song
Saturday night was the premiere of the seventh season (series) of the new Doctor Who on BBC America. The show returned not with a whimper, but with a bang. A whole series of bangs, in fact, along with the greatest threat the Doctor has ever faced: a room filled with every Dalek from the series’ [...]
It’s All Brian’s Fault… HONEST!
Posted: July 7, 2012 by J. Marcus in Books, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Film, PodcastTags: Batman, Detective Comics, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Ernest Borgnine, San Diego Comic Con, Shada, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man
With Dion on the lam again, J. and Brian are forced to go it alone once again. Amazing technical goofs aside, the boys manage to run the bases, covering such amazing topics as the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, Doctor Who, the new Spider-Man movie and even a little bit of historical comic lore! So [...]
A Woman Scorned (A review of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio play The Wrath of the Iceni )
Posted: March 19, 2012 by Brian in Audio Review, Doctor WhoTags: Big Finish, Fourth Doctor, John Dorney, Leela, Louise Jameson, Nia Roberts, Tom Baker
With a couple of straight-up sci-fi stories under their belts, Big Finish Productions continues its long-awaited series of Fourth Doctor Adventures with something different from the Doctor Who toolbox: the historical adventure; more specifically, the historical adventure in which an injustice from Earth’s past leads to a debate about the ethics and desirability of changing history. The Wrath of the Iceni drops [...]
Knowledge Is Power (A review of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio play The Renaissance Man )
Posted: February 9, 2012 by Brian in Audio Review, Doctor WhoTags: Big Finish, Fourth Doctor, Ian McNeice, Justin Richards, Leela, Louise Jameson, Tom Baker
In January, Big Finish Productions kicked off its long-awaited series of Fourth Doctor Adventures with Destination: Nerva, a flawed but listenable audio drama that overcame its shortcomings through the novelty and excitement of hearing Tom Baker and Louise Jameson back in the Doctor Who saddle. In light of that admittedly underwhelming debut, I feared its [...]