Today’s Reviews: Words of wisdom and guidance
The hundreds of hours of television featuring the Doctor has thrown up some pearls of wisdom, gathered in this new book… Authors Simon Guerrier and Peter Anghelides suggest that whether […]
Today’s Reviews: They Can’t All Die First
The Blackening queries a lot of tropes in horror movies – not least that the black guy always dies first… For anyone who loves a cheesy Cabin In The Woods […]
Hear the Eighth Doctor meet Lady Audacity
The next set of Eighth Doctor Adventures sees Paul McGann’s Doctor in a different period of his life: The Doctor is about to gain a new best friend. Lady Audacity […]
Today’s Reviews: Terminus for the Avengers?
Hopefully it isn’t the concluding tale, but if it is, Big Finish’s Avengers go out in style: Julian Wadham and Emily Woodward have a great rapport here – the scenes […]
Today’s Reviews: Transformers return
The new batch of episodes of Transformers: Earthspark come under Alasdair Stuart’s spotlight… This is nuanced, powerful storytelling that combines action with moments of real character. Click here to read […]
Torchwood goes to the dogs
Details have been released of the next release in the Torchwood monthly range – with Tom Price gaining an unusual co-star. In a Big Finish first, a lead role (pun […]
Today’s Reviews: Medicus ex machina?
There’s a lot of tying up to do in the penultimate instalment of the 8th Doctor tale Stranded: Roy Gill’s script takes 107 Baker Street and diminishes it around our […]
Today’s Reviews: Set them free!
The Strange Planet aliens encounter cats and dogs… This episode explores social anxiety brilliantly, in an amusing – yet at times quite poignant – way. Click here to read Claire […]
Today’s Reviews: Multiple plates spinning for Foundation & Empire
The Isaac Asimov-inspired Foundation series continues to impress: The previous episode ratcheted up the jeopardy for the various opponents of the Empire, and this week we get to see the […]
Today’s Reviews: Meet Angus MacSteed
There’s a Scots edge to the middle story in the latest Avengers box set: Another story that makes it seem like Tara is the only person who is what she […]
Today’s Reviews: A Complete Disaster
The new BBC Two horror comedy Henpocalypse! strives for laughs from a bleak situation… The chaos isn’t funny, it’s just nasty, and the bridezilla isn’t a very sympathetic character at […]
Today’s Reviews: John gets caught. Again.
For someone who’s supposed to be an expert in navigating the terrain, John does get caught a lot… It’s an episode that takes the opportunity to have our two main […]
Disney+ sink the Nautilus
The Jules Verne prequel Nautilus won’t be surfacing on Disney+. As with The Spiderwick Chronicles, Disney has elected not to go ahead with streaming the completed fantasy series which shot […]
Today’s Reviews: Get Andy!
There’s a rescue with a difference in the second part of the final Stranded box set… The discussions that arise between Liv, Helen and Andy may well haunt you: it […]
Today’s Reviews: Visit a Strange Planet
The new Apple animated series Strange Planet is a delightful experience: It’s such a simple device, to alter the names of familiar things slightly, in such a way as they’re […]
No more Spiderwick at Disney
Disney+ has cancelled plans to air the new adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles. According to Deadline, the new eight part series is completed, and will now be shopped to other […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 