Now this is more like it! A very good episode, especially when you realise this was made before “Alien”. However the alien design was a bit rubbish and Sarah Jane was underused.
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Doctor Who: Robot, 1975 – ★★★
“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes” - The Doctor
Tom Baker is a delight. The story is a bit rubbish though and the effects are unintentionally hilarious.
What a mess! But a fitting end to Pertwee’s era - my least favourite Doctor so far in this massive marathon of Doctor Who.
Hilarious, and it helped me get through watching Classic Doctor Who, which can be a struggle at times!
Awful, slow, boring!
Dull, slow, bloated with ideas and terribly executed. This one stinks!
Ok so the special effects are terrible, the plot is as mad as a hatter and the Brig *still* has trouble believing the Doctor despite all he’s seen, yet this was one of the most interesting, twisty and exciting serial I’ve seen yet. Sarah-Jane is an excellent companion!
Watched on Monday August 24, 2020.
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Bad Science – ★★★★
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Doctor Who: Time Fracture
I’ve booked to go and see the immersive adventure Time Fracture next year!
This review may contain spoilers.
Now this was a very good story - my only complaints are that Cliff is very rude to Jo, and the link between the maggots and BOSS is rather tenuous. But overall a great one!
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I am officially half way through watching all of Classic Doctor Who 😄
Watched on Wednesday August 19, 2020.
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Looking: The Movie, 2016 – ★★★★★
This review may contain spoilers.
It’s not a standalone movie. Think of it more as “season 3” compressed into one package.
As the season finale this was almost perfect. I may not agree with what happened in the end, but it was the right thing for Patrick.
The scene with Kevin made me sob. I watched it again afterwards and it had the same effect. It’s so moving!
Watched on Wednesday August 12, 2020.
Watched on Tuesday August 11, 2020.
Watched on Monday August 10, 2020.
Watched on Monday August 10, 2020.
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Doctor Who: The Mutants, 1972 – ★★½
Watched on Saturday August 8, 2020.
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This is like the start of a Doctor Who episode. Or The Twilight Zone…
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The Martian, 2015 – ★★★★
Watched on Thursday July 9, 2020.
Essential reading if you use Facebook. I deleted my profile!!
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The Jungle Book, 2016 – ★★★
It would have worked better as a musical instead of having basically only King Louie burst into song.
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Hamilton, 2020 – ★★★★★
This was incredible. Almost as good as seeing it live (I saw it in London), the original cast are spectacular. I will probably watch it a dozen more times!
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Zootopia, 2016 – ★★★★
Watched on Monday June 22, 2020.
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I love screening out emails knowing they can never email me again on hey.com
I was an early adopter of GMail and managed to get a short GMail address, [email protected]
This was great until I realised how many people would sign me up to things thinking it was THEIR address 😖
The email became unusable. Now for the first time I’m checking it again because it’s forwarding to [email protected] and I can screen what comes in! 👏
Oh dear the only women are basically to lust over, there are no PoC I don’t think, and Frodo and Sam should just kiss already. Gollum steals the show.
An amazing film, obviously, but it pains me that there are so few women and I don’t think any PoC in this film.
Watched on Tuesday June 16, 2020.
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Land of Hope and Glory, 2017 – ★★★★★
So horrific, yet so necessary.
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Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 – ★★★½
Watched on Tuesday June 9, 2020.
Watched on Thursday June 4, 2020.
I’m afraid I really did not enjoy this one. With Gwen possessed (and her storyline really not moved on at all since the first box set) and Jack AWOL through most of it, it hasn’t felt like proper Torchwood.
I wanted to rate this higher because I do love Torchwood but I found the last 2 stories were not great, and I don’t like that Gwen is mysteriously possessed for almost the whole thing.