Unearthly Times

Welcome to Unearthly Times

I'm cheating a bit here …


Oct
08
2023
SJA
15

It's a story with "… of Sarah Jane Smith" in the title, which means the Trickster is up to his usual, ahem, tricks again …


Oct
07
2023
SJA
14

Those who've come to The Mad Woman in the Attic looking for a huge overarching feminist re-reading of the whole of The Sarah Jane Adventures' oeuvre might feel they've been misled …


Oct
01
2023
SJA
13

Much of the fun in Prisoner of the Judoon comes from titular intergalactic space copper Captain Tybo's literal interpretation of human security signage …


Sep
30
2023
TW
3

It hardly seems fair to give the series-spanning Children of Earth a single blog post when the first two series of Torchwood yielded months' worth of my inane ramblings …


Sep
23
2023

Strictly speaking untitled, but generally referred to as "Tonight's the Night", this mini-episode is just a bit of fun, of course …


Sep
03
2023
Story
200

I've been re-reading The Stand recently, so I was acutely aware of Planet of the Dead's obvious use of the Magical Negro trope …


Sep
02
2023

To my shame, it took more than one attempt to get past the quiz area on the Series Two DVD disc to access The Sarah Jane Adventures' Comic Relief mini-episode From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love …


Aug
27
2023
Story
199

I was out of the UK for the Christmas of 2008/09, so spoilers – and a certain Doctor Who Confidential announcement in the New Year – meant I knew David Morrissey was not the next doctor by the time I sat down to watch, ahem, The Next Doctor. …


Aug
26
2023

Series Two of The Sarah Jane Adventures provides us with another tweak to the format and another strong series of adventures for Sarah Jane and the gang …


Aug
21
2023
SJA
12

If The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith explored what it was like for our heroine to have lost her parents, Enemy of the Bane explores what it means to Sarah Jane to be a parent …


Aug
20
2023
SJA
11

Sarah Jane spent all those years travelling with the Doctor, so she knows the potential risks of crossing your own time line …


Aug
19
2023
SJA
10

Haresh's cooking gets another bashing in The Mark of the Berserker …


Aug
06
2023
SJA
09

I'm fairly sure my parents took my sister and me to see Russ Abbot live on stage in Great Yarmouth in the early 80's …


Aug
05
2023
SJA
08

In The Day of the Clown Bradley Walsh is particularly creepy as Odd Bob the titular clown …


Jul
23
2023
SJA
07

The Sarah Jane Adventures kicks off Series Two with big news …


Jul
22
2023

Doctor Who was riding high in the summer of 2008 …


Jun
24
2023

After all the moping around poor Martha Jones had to do in Series Three, Donna Noble is the proverbial breath of fresh air …


Jun
18
2023
Story
198

The Stolen Earth / Journey's End contains the heady mix of brilliance, bombast and bollocks we've come to expect from these end-of-season finales …


Jun
17
2023
Story
197

While it isn't exactly Threads, a post-apocalyptic Britain in which Donna doesn't meet the Doctor is certainly a grim 'un. …


Jun
11
2023
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