It’s tough to look around in any media these days without the concept of a reboot being thrust in front of your unsuspecting face. ‘Don’t you remember how much you LOVED this film/TV show/game/song? Don’t you want to see it AGAIN? But this time slightly DIFFERENT?’ It’s always struck me […]
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Outside the Blue Box: Mark Sheppard in Supernatural (2009-17)
Don’t you just love it when we get a TV crossover? The Jetsons meet The Flintstones, The Simpsons meets Family Guy, Friends meets ER! As Whovians, it’s incredibly rare that we’re treated to such an event, given the Whoniverse is so gigantically huge already, looping in other TV shows feels […]
Outside the Blue Box: The Divine Comedy (1989- )
The process of producing a television show as complex as Doctor Who is no mean feat. Once the scripts are written, the locations scouted, the sets built and the tea bags purchased, the actors begin their job of bringing the stories to life. Another aspect of production, arguably one of […]
Tim Travers and the Time Travelers Paradox (2024) The Grandfather Paradox Gets a Splatter-Comedy Makeover
‘Wibbly wobbley, timey whimy’, as a famous Doctor once said, quite accurately sums up the vastly complicated intricacies of time travel. While many of us would enjoy the supposed benefits of jumping through history, seeing the dinosaurs, meeting our favourite historical figure, tasting that sweet, sweet Dodo meat – the […]
Outside of the Blue Box: Annette Badland
Saying ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Eastenders’ in the same sentence sends a shiver down old Whovians spines. While the debate rages over whether ‘Dimensions In Time’ in all its hard swipe cut aways and craggy faced companions’ glory is canon or not (I promise not to mention it again), the two […]
Outside the Blue Box: Murder Most Horrid (1991-1999)
The Great British anthology series has had many vestiges throughout the broadcast years. Often finding a home in the mysterious or macabre genres, horror anthologies and the BBC go together like strawberries and cream and arguably peaked in the 70’s with series like Dead of Night and Supernatural, individually produced […]
Outside the Blue Box: A Christmas Carol (2000)
AAll Doctor Who fans know that it’s canonically true that the Doctor knows Charles Dickens. After all, they defeated the Gelth together on Christmas Eve 1869. But here’s a question no one ever asked: I wonder what Charles Dickens would have made of EastEnders? Moreover, can comparisons be drawn between […]
Elvira Mistress of the Dark (1988) Campy, Super Sarky Supernatural Laughs
Picture it, Halloween night, 1993 and 13-year-old me is too terrified to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street which my friend’s parents have rented on video (look it up, kids) for the annual Halloween party. So, suffering from major humiliation, I was thrust alone into an upstairs bedroom with the […]
Never Have I Ever (Frightfest 2024) Review
What goes around comes around in Never Have I Ever‘s tale of domestic drama and drinking games. Sam (Andrew Lee Potts), is a struggling screen writer with a drinking habit who misses his deadlines and is low on cash. His reputation around town precedes him, and his struggles to get […]
Slotherhouse (2023) There are no Dumb Ideas, Only Terrible CGI (Review)
Picture the three toed Sloth. A majestic creature, slow yet steady, hanging from tree branches with docile confidence, basking in their South American forest environment, munching on leaves with a strong murderous rage in their heart. Oh yes, according to this movie, Slotherhouse, Sloths are natures number one adaptive predator […]