ReviewTV
Spyder’s Web: The Complete Series (DVD review).
Back in 1972, I came across this rather quaint espionage series called ‘Spyder’s Web’ on television. As this was a while before we…
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Television shows.
January 2014
ReviewScifi
The Tomorrow People 2013 Pilot: an assessment by: GF Willmetts (TV review).
Watching this second remake of ‘The Tomorrow People’, the last being in 1992, this version owes more to the films ‘Jumper’ (2008), ‘Scanners’…
December 2013
ReviewBooks
Once Upon a Time: Behind The Magic: A Companion by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry (book review).
In ‘Once Upon A Time’, the characters of a fairy tale world have been transported under an evil curse to live in small-town…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: The Mark Of The Rani by Pip and Jane Baker (DVD review).
The Doctor (actor Colin Baker) and Peri (actress Nicola Bryant) find the TARDIS drawn off course by another TARDIS and instead of Kew…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: U.N.I.T. Files DVD boxset (DVD review).
This boxset contains two stories: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion. Doctor Who: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs by Malcolm Hulke (region…
November 2013
ReviewScifi
The Twilight Zone Season Two DVD boxset (DVD review).
It is a dark and moody time and you want something to lift your soul. You spot a boxset you’ve being holding back…
ReviewBooks
BBC VFX: The Story Of The BBC Visual Effects Department: 1954-2003 by Matt Irvine and Mike Tucker (book review).
The art of special effect is not to be seen as such. It’s part of the story and not supposed to stand out…
October 2013
ReviewFantasy
Lost Girl Season Two DVD boxset (DVD review).
Bo returns as the half-human, half-fae in this Canadian series, ‘Lost Girl’, about Bo, a girl trying to find her way in a…
September 2013
ReviewFantasy
Atlantis: Episode One: BBC One, Saturday 28th September 2013 (review) by KT Davies.
You’ve heard the phrase too much of a good thing? Well, that just about sums up ‘Atlantis’, the new programme for the family…
ReviewBooks
The Avengers Companion by Alain Carraze and Jean-Luc Putheaud (book review).
Y’know, after reading the various books about the TV series ‘The Avengers, it only struck me when reading the 1990 book ‘The Avengers…
ReviewBooks
The Worlds Of Farscape edited by Sherry Ginn (book review).
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a decade since ‘Farscape’ was on the air and yet the number of books about the…
ReviewHorror
The Addams Family: The Complete Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset (DVD review).
When I was growing up, watching ‘The Addams Family’ on TV was one of my favourite events. I even did a comicstrip based…