Unearthly Times

Welcome to Unearthly Times

When I wrote my initial post on The Eleventh Hour, I held back (and indeed cut out) some of my concerns about it …


Dec
28
2024
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It's all bollocks, of course, but it's hugely enjoyable bollocks …


Dec
22
2024
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James Corden may be the proverbial Marmite, but he, Daisy Haggard and especially Matt Smith are great in The Lodger …


Dec
21
2024
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Let's start with the important stuff: nobody in Vincent and the Doctor pronounces van Gogh correctly …


Dec
15
2024
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In the accompanying Monster Files on the Series 5 Blu-ray, the respect for the classic series seems to come somewhat begrudgingly …


Dec
14
2024
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It's hard to say which is the bigger shock at the beginning of Amy's Choice: a heavily preggers Amy Pond or Rory's ponytail? …


Dec
08
2024
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The cast of The Vampires of Venice is graced by the late Helen McCrory and she is unsurprisingly rather wonderful as the Saturnyne Sister of the Water Rosanna Calvierri …


Dec
07
2024
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The weeping angels are back and there's fun to be had.  …


Dec
01
2024
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Ah yes, the IKEA Daleks! …


Nov
30
2024
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My son pointed out that one of the problems with The Beast Below is the lack of mystery in its opening scenes …


Nov
24
2024
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When I started this Doctor Who marathon, Matt Smith was still, for a few more weeks at least, the Doctor …


Nov
23
2024

Doctor Who Greatest Moments was originally broadcast between Children of Earth and Series Three of The Sarah Jane Adventures. …


Nov
23
2023

David Tennant's time in the TARDIS played witness to some of Doctor Who's most emotional moments …


Nov
05
2023
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Bigger, louder and more bombastic seemed to have been RTD's guiding principle towards each of his twenty-first century Doctor Who finales …


Nov
04
2023

Do the Viperox 'decimate every world they encounter' or do 'they kill everything'? …


Oct
29
2023
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You might think that choosing to watch The Waters of Mars with my daughter shortly before running her a bath was not the brightest parenting idea I've ever had …


Oct
28
2023

Almost yer classic game of two halves is series three of The Sarah Jane Adventures  …


Oct
22
2023
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Just looking at the rash that flares up on anyone who gets infected by the Rakweed's spores in The Gift is enough to make you itchy …


Oct
21
2023
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This week's memory blind spot saw me completely forgetting Suranne Jones had been in The Sarah Jane Adventures …


Oct
15
2023
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I barely remembered anything of The Eternity Trap …


Oct
14
2023
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